Professor Amr Hamzawy — Authoritarian political trends in Egypt

AIIA WA’s Flavia Zimmermann interviewed Professor Amr Hamzawy on Friday March 17, 2017 about authoritarian political trends in Egypt. Amr Hamzawy studied political science and development studies in Cairo, The Hague and Berlin. After completing his doctoral studies and following five years of teaching in Cairo and Berlin, Hamzawy joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, DC) between 2005 and 2009 as Senior Associate for Middle East Policy . Between 2009 and 2010, he served as research director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2011, he joined the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the American University in Cairo, where he continues to work today. Hamzawy is also an associate professor of political science at the Department of Political Science at Cairo University. His research and teaching interests as well as his academic publications focus on democratization processes in Egypt, tensions between freedom and repression in the Egyptian public space, political movements and civil society in Egypt, contemporary debates in Arab political thought, as well as human rights and governance in Egypt. the Arab world. Professor Hamzawy is a former member of the People’s Assembly after being elected in Egypt’s first parliamentary elections after the January 25, 2011 revolution. He is also a former member of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights. Hamzawy writes a daily column and a weekly editorial for the independent Egyptian newspaper Shorouk. Filmed and edited by Nancye Miles-Tweedie Shorter version

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