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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The Evolving Role of Political Institutions in the Arab World”<\/em><\/h4>\n The 5th program in APSA’s MENA Workshops series began with a one-week workshop from September 24-28, 2018 in partnership with the Center for Studies and Research in Social Sciences (CERSS<\/a>). The workshop was led by co-leaders Ahmed Jazouli (Independent Scholar, Morocco), Tofigh Maboudi (Loyola University Chicago, USA), Asma Nouira (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia), Abdallah Saaf (Mohammed V University, Morocco), and Peter J. Schraeder (Loyola University Chicago, USA). Twenty-three PhD students and early-career scholars attended as fellows. Together, attendees explored the relationships between formal political institutions and political liberalization in the MENA region. Using a broad interpretation of formal political institutions that included government agencies, legislative and judicial bodies, political parties and organizations, electoral rules and systems, local government, and constitutions, fellows examined core questions and theories of formal political institutions as well as the implications of these theories for political representation, channeling citizen interests, government performance, and more broadly, political liberalization. Classroom discussions were enhanced by visits to the Moroccan Parliament and the National Council for Human Rights. More broadly, the workshop included sessions on research design and manuscript preparation, best practices and approaches for conducting field research, and scholarly networking. Fellows also shared their own research on topics related to political institutions in the MENA region. See the Reading List.pdf<\/a> and Schedule.pdf<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\nFollowing the September workshop, fellows had three months to revise their research for presentation and further feedback at a follow-up workshop to be held in January 2019 at the University of Tunis-El Manar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n\n<\/h4>\n2018 Fellows<\/h4>\n\u2022 Ms. Abeer Al Wajih \u2013 University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia
\n\u2022 Mr. Amar Rouabhi \u2013 Bouira University, Algeria
\n\u2022 Mr. Amir Abdul Reda \u2013 University of Toronto, Canada
\n\u2022 Mr. Ari Tatian – Vrije University, Belgium
\n\u2022 Ms. Aziza Ibrahim \u2013 American University in Cairo, Egypt
\n\u2022 Mr. Badr Karkbi \u2013 University of Bordeaux, France
\n\u2022 Ms. Caroline Abadeer \u2013 Stanford University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Engy Moussa \u2013 University of Cambridge, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Ester Sigillo \u2013 Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
\n\u2022 Ms. Farah Hegazi \u2013 Duke University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Fatma Raach \u2013 University of Tunis, Tunisia
\n\u2022 Ms. Imane Terhmina \u2013 Yale University, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Islam Abdelbary \u2013 University of Plymouth, UK
\n\u2022 Mr. Karl Karim Zakhour \u2013 Stockholm University, Sweden
\n\u2022 Ms. Kirstie Dobbs \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Michael Schumacher \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Nellie Bohac \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Raad Al-Tal \u2013 University of Aberdeen, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Razan Malash – Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid, Spain
\n\u2022 Ms. Samia Ahmed – Gedarif University, Sudan
\n\u2022 Mr. Sari Madi \u2013 University of Montreal, Canada
\n\u2022 Ms. Shorouk Elzayat \u2013 Cairo University, Egypt
\n\u2022 Ms. Taghreed Alsabeh \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Yahia Benyamina \u2013 University of Oran 2, Algeria<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/BD0W1011..-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>\nFellows of the 2018 Rabat Workshop visit the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n![\"\"]()
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\n\n\n\nJanuary Workshop: Tunis, Tunisia<\/h2>\nAs a follow-up to the September workshop in Rabat, fellows were invited to a workshop in Tunis from January 28 to February 1, 2019. Daily sessions were structured around research panel presentations, providing significant opportunities for feedback from peer discussants and leaders. The schedule also included several sessions on professional development topics, a visit to the Moroccan Parliament, and a guest lecture from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see the Schedule.pdf<\/strong><\/a> for more information). Concluding their participation in the 5-month MENA Workshops Fellowship, alumni were given three years\u2019 complimentary membership to APSA and are eligible to apply for small grants to support their further research<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September Workshop: Rabat, Morocco “The Evolving Role of Political Institutions in the Arab World” The 5th program in APSA’s MENA Workshops series began with a one-week workshop from September 24-28, 2018 in partnership with the Center for Studies and Research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Following the September workshop, fellows had three months to revise their research for presentation and further feedback at a follow-up workshop to be held in January 2019 at the University of Tunis-El Manar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n2018 Fellows<\/h4>\n\u2022 Ms. Abeer Al Wajih \u2013 University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia
\n\u2022 Mr. Amar Rouabhi \u2013 Bouira University, Algeria
\n\u2022 Mr. Amir Abdul Reda \u2013 University of Toronto, Canada
\n\u2022 Mr. Ari Tatian – Vrije University, Belgium
\n\u2022 Ms. Aziza Ibrahim \u2013 American University in Cairo, Egypt
\n\u2022 Mr. Badr Karkbi \u2013 University of Bordeaux, France
\n\u2022 Ms. Caroline Abadeer \u2013 Stanford University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Engy Moussa \u2013 University of Cambridge, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Ester Sigillo \u2013 Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
\n\u2022 Ms. Farah Hegazi \u2013 Duke University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Fatma Raach \u2013 University of Tunis, Tunisia
\n\u2022 Ms. Imane Terhmina \u2013 Yale University, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Islam Abdelbary \u2013 University of Plymouth, UK
\n\u2022 Mr. Karl Karim Zakhour \u2013 Stockholm University, Sweden
\n\u2022 Ms. Kirstie Dobbs \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Michael Schumacher \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Nellie Bohac \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Raad Al-Tal \u2013 University of Aberdeen, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Razan Malash – Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid, Spain
\n\u2022 Ms. Samia Ahmed – Gedarif University, Sudan
\n\u2022 Mr. Sari Madi \u2013 University of Montreal, Canada
\n\u2022 Ms. Shorouk Elzayat \u2013 Cairo University, Egypt
\n\u2022 Ms. Taghreed Alsabeh \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Yahia Benyamina \u2013 University of Oran 2, Algeria<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\nFellows of the 2018 Rabat Workshop visit the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n![\"\"]()
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\n\n\n\nJanuary Workshop: Tunis, Tunisia<\/h2>\nAs a follow-up to the September workshop in Rabat, fellows were invited to a workshop in Tunis from January 28 to February 1, 2019. Daily sessions were structured around research panel presentations, providing significant opportunities for feedback from peer discussants and leaders. The schedule also included several sessions on professional development topics, a visit to the Moroccan Parliament, and a guest lecture from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see the Schedule.pdf<\/strong><\/a> for more information). Concluding their participation in the 5-month MENA Workshops Fellowship, alumni were given three years\u2019 complimentary membership to APSA and are eligible to apply for small grants to support their further research<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September Workshop: Rabat, Morocco “The Evolving Role of Political Institutions in the Arab World” The 5th program in APSA’s MENA Workshops series began with a one-week workshop from September 24-28, 2018 in partnership with the Center for Studies and Research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Mr. Amar Rouabhi \u2013 Bouira University, Algeria
\n\u2022 Mr. Amir Abdul Reda \u2013 University of Toronto, Canada
\n\u2022 Mr. Ari Tatian – Vrije University, Belgium
\n\u2022 Ms. Aziza Ibrahim \u2013 American University in Cairo, Egypt
\n\u2022 Mr. Badr Karkbi \u2013 University of Bordeaux, France
\n\u2022 Ms. Caroline Abadeer \u2013 Stanford University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Engy Moussa \u2013 University of Cambridge, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Ester Sigillo \u2013 Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
\n\u2022 Ms. Farah Hegazi \u2013 Duke University, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Fatma Raach \u2013 University of Tunis, Tunisia
\n\u2022 Ms. Imane Terhmina \u2013 Yale University, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Islam Abdelbary \u2013 University of Plymouth, UK
\n\u2022 Mr. Karl Karim Zakhour \u2013 Stockholm University, Sweden
\n\u2022 Ms. Kirstie Dobbs \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Michael Schumacher \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Ms. Nellie Bohac \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Raad Al-Tal \u2013 University of Aberdeen, UK
\n\u2022 Ms. Razan Malash – Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid, Spain
\n\u2022 Ms. Samia Ahmed – Gedarif University, Sudan
\n\u2022 Mr. Sari Madi \u2013 University of Montreal, Canada
\n\u2022 Ms. Shorouk Elzayat \u2013 Cairo University, Egypt
\n\u2022 Ms. Taghreed Alsabeh \u2013 Loyola University Chicago, USA
\n\u2022 Mr. Yahia Benyamina \u2013 University of Oran 2, Algeria<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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January Workshop: Tunis, Tunisia<\/h2>\nAs a follow-up to the September workshop in Rabat, fellows were invited to a workshop in Tunis from January 28 to February 1, 2019. Daily sessions were structured around research panel presentations, providing significant opportunities for feedback from peer discussants and leaders. The schedule also included several sessions on professional development topics, a visit to the Moroccan Parliament, and a guest lecture from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see the Schedule.pdf<\/strong><\/a> for more information). Concluding their participation in the 5-month MENA Workshops Fellowship, alumni were given three years\u2019 complimentary membership to APSA and are eligible to apply for small grants to support their further research<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September Workshop: Rabat, Morocco “The Evolving Role of Political Institutions in the Arab World” The 5th program in APSA’s MENA Workshops series began with a one-week workshop from September 24-28, 2018 in partnership with the Center for Studies and Research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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