Hani Nasira

Hani Nasira is an Egyptian writer who specializes in ideological movements. He is the author of several books, including Al-Qaeda and Jihadi Salafism: Intellectual Streams and Limits of Verification (2008); Religious Converts: A study of the phenomenon of conversion (2009); The Crisis of the Arab Renaissance and the War of Ideas (2009); and New Liberalism in the Arab World (2007).

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A Comparative Look at the Islamists of the Egyptian and Tunisian Revolutions

12.02.2011 Hani Nasira

The October 23 elections in Tunisia and the November 28 elections in Egypt are perhaps the first indicators of the health of politics and society...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

Perspectives on the Islamist and Salafist Parties in Egypt: Similarities and Dissimilarities

10.21.2011 Hani Nasira

As part of the growing political process that opened up after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, there are now fourteen Islamist parties in...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

Al-Qaeda’s Egyptian Ideologues Planning Caliphate’s Return to Egypt

07.07.2011 Hani Nasira

While al-Qaeda focused on the global jihad under the leadership of the late Osama bin Laden, an examination of the speeches and publications of his...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East

Salafists, Copts and Sectarianism in Egypt after the Revolution

06.02.2011 Hani Nasira

Egypt’s Salafist movement has made good use of the liberties won in the January 25 Egyptian Revolution, despite its small role in the demonstrations that...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East