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Mamoun Fandy is an
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ian-born
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scholar. He is president of the London Global Strategy Institute, and a former senior fellow at the Baker Institute, the
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, and at the
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in
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. Before that Fandy was a research professor of politics at the
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States, is an academic center "distinguished by its emphasis on study of the contemporary Arab world and its rigorous Arabic language training." Part of ...
at the
School of Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continu ...
of
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, as well as of Arab politics at the
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. He is frequently seen on American television, and is a columnist for ''
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'' and the ''
Asharq Al-Awsat ''Asharq Al-Awsat'' (, meaning "The Middle East") is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages. Although pu ...
''. In his 2007 book ''(Un)Civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World'', Fandy called
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the "Muslim Brotherhood channel", accusing the network of glorifying
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founder Hassan Al-Bannah in a two-part documentary in 2006. He is currently living in London with his wife and two children.


Books

*2001 ''Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent'' (hardcover ; paperback ) *2004 ''The Road to Kandahar: On the Trail of bin Laden and Zawaheri'' *2007 ''(Un)Civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World'' () *2009 ''Kuwait and a New Concept of International Politics''


References

* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Middle Eastern studies in the United States Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty {{MEast-studies-bio-stub