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  • Mona El-Ghobashy

    Assistant Professor of Politics (Spring 2025)

    Email
    elghobam@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    D - 6 East 16th Street

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    Mona El-Ghobashy

    Profile

    Mona El-Ghobashy is Assistant Professor of Politics (Spring 2025) at The New School for Social Research.

    Her research focuses on the dynamics of political transformation in contemporary Egypt and the broader North Africa and Southwest Asia region. She has published studies on the politics of law and courts in Egypt; opposition parties and limited elections; and an award-winning book on Egypt's 2011 revolution.

    Degrees Held

    Ph.D. Columbia University

    M.A. Columbia University

    B.A. Columbia University

    Recent Publications

    "Egyptians Go to Court: Legal Life in a Dynamic Polity" APSA MENA Newsletter 6:2 (Fall 2023).

    "The Dynamics of Egyptian Politics" American Behavioral Scientist (2023).

    "Can a Revolution Endure Even After it Fails?" Public Books (2023)

    Bread and Freedom: Egypt's Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press 2021)

    Research Interests

    revolutions; democratization and authoritarianism; legal mobilization; limited elections.

    Awards And Honors

    2022 Honorable Mention, Nikki Keddie Book Award, Middle East Studies Association (MESA).

    Best Books of 2022, Foreign Affairs, Middle East Category.

    2022 Joint Winner, Charles Taylor Book Award, Interpretive Methods Conference Group, American Political Science Association (APSA).

    2022 Joint Winner, APSA MENA Politics Section Award, Best Book.

    Future Courses

    Mid East Politics & Histories
    LPOL 2104, Spring 2025

    Revolution in Three Keys
    GPOL 6013, Spring 2025

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