Emad Shahin is an Egyptian professor of political science.
14 Facts About Emad Shahin
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Emad Shahin is currently a visiting professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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Emad Shahin is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, and professor of public policy at The American University in Cairo.
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Emad Shahin's work focuses on Comparative Politics, Democracy and Political Reform in Muslim societies, Islam and Politics, and Political Economy of the Middle East.
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Recently, Shahin was affiliated with The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University.
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Previously, Shahin was the Henry R Luce Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and was affiliated with the Kennedy School of Government, and the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School.
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Emad Shahin has authored, co-authored and co-edited six books, and has more than 50 scholarly publications.
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Dr Emad Shahin's op-eds were published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, CNN, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Policy, Al-Ahram and Al-Shorouk.
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Emad Shahin has made appearances with Charlie Rose, Diane Rhem Show, Christiane Amanpour, NPR, CNN, BBC, CBC Canada, Voice of America, Huffington Post, Al-Jazeera Arabic and English.
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In January 2014 Emad Shahin was accused in a case known as "Grand Espionage" The charges included: espionage, leading an illegal organization, providing a banned organization with information and financial support, calling for the suspension of the constitution, preventing state institutions and authorities from performing their functions, harming national unity and social harmony, and causing to change the government by force.
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Emad Shahin issued a statement in which he refuted all allegations.
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On May 16,2015, Emad Shahin was sentenced to death in absentia by a Cairo court, along with former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy and 100 others.
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Emad Shahin's case acquired a lot of media coverage in the US: The New York Times, CNN.
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Emad Shahin's story was featured in international media outlets such as VG, Die Welt, BILD, El Mundo, La Presse Canada, Internazionale, Le Figaro.