Political Islam at the Crossroads

An comparative analysis of Islamist groups' ideological positioning toward nation-state, secularism, and democracy across different countries in the MENA region.

Ayfer Erdogan is Lecturer at the Department of Modern Languages, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. Her research focuses on Third Wave of Democratization, Authoritarianism, Mass Movements, Civil Society and the Middle East Politics. She has published widely on Democratic Transitions, Arab Spring, Turkish Foreign Policy, Islamist Movements/ Parties and contemporary issues surrounding the Middle East Politics. She is the author of Arab Spring-Arab Fall: Divergent Transitions of Tunisia and Egypt post Arab-Spring.
Shaimaa Magued is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University and the British University in Egypt. Her works focus on International Relations of the Middle East, Identity Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Transnational Advocacy. Her works have been widely published in Mediterranean Politics, Current Sociology, Critical Sociology, International Political Science Review, Gender Studies, and Politics. She received the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Award, the Carnegie Short-Term Award, and the Ernest Mach Research Award.