The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy News
![Dr. Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, in conversation with Larry Diamond, FSI's Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy, at an event hosted by CDDRL's Program on Arab Reform and Democracy.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2024-04/dr._salam_fayyad-395.jpg?h=0e9702c4&itok=r2TVB_u9)
Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, spoke about the quest for peace and Palestinian statehood during a conversation on the Palestinian people, the Gaza War, and the conflict’s implications for stability in the Middle East, hosted by CDDRL’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy.
![Lisa Blaydes presents during a CDDRL research seminar on April 4, 2024.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2024-04/dscf7426_copy.jpg?h=d9b15396&itok=P4lBdl5N)
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford Professor of Political Science and FSI Senior Fellow, explains how regime policies in Kuwait have helped longstanding elite families maintain their social prestige in the contemporary era.
![Michael Robbins and Amaney A. Jamal](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2023-12/composite-copy.jpg?h=b7840b03&itok=PV9RnSoL)
Stanford’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy – housed at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law – hosted an event last Wednesday to discuss the Arab Barometer’s most recent survey, which concluded just as Hamas conducted its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
![A migrant domestic worker with her employer, Kuwait City, September 2022](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2023-01/blaydes_lisa_migrants_0.jpg?h=4088e832&itok=2R_ekLWQ)
Professor Lisa Blaydes examines the treatment of migrant domestic workers in Arab Gulf states as part of the King Center’s initiative on gender-based violence.
![Hicham Alaoui](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/news-feed/hicham_alaoui_2022.png?h=1c9b88c9&itok=nNjUG8s_)
To mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of CDDRL, the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Hicham Alaoui, founder and director of the Hicham Alaoui Foundation, who discussed his latest book – Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the October 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the September 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the August 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the July 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the June 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
![Mofeed Digest 2](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/mofeed-digest.jpg?h=c211c321&itok=WolEVFGb)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the May 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the April 2022 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
![Rima Majed](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/screen_shot_2022-05-17_at_8.59.31_am.png?h=11633bf2&itok=YSXqlAAm)
Rima Majed, Assistant Professor of Sociology at American University of Beirut, joins ARD scholars Amr Hamzawy and Hesham Sallam on the sixth episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
![Abdel Kouddous Seif Sallam](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/news-feed/screen_shot_2022-05-12_at_9.03.47_am.png?h=6d35a99d&itok=ksRKHdQu)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring prominent political activist Sanaa Seif and award-winning journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who discussed the current political conditions in Egypt, the massive expansion of the carceral state under the rule of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and the country’s role within the geopolitical shifts reshaping the region.
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The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of Mofeed Digest (January-March 2022), a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
![Erin A. Snider](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/screen_shot_2022-04-22_at_11.23.37_am.png?h=573499db&itok=3jWdWtvB)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Erin A. Snider, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, who discussed her latest book – Marketing Democracy: The Political Economy of Democracy Aid in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press 2022).
![Adly Makram-Ebeid Sallam Hamzawy](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/screen_shot_2022-04-11_at_4.17.14_pm.png?h=570a3a00&itok=GYT1eqvU)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the fifth episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
![Mofeed Digest 2](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/mofeed-digest.jpg?h=c211c321&itok=WolEVFGb)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the launch of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
![Khalid Mustafa Medani](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/screen_shot_2022-02-22_at_4.55.55_pm.png?h=df23a951&itok=WP4U183N)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Khalid Mustafa Medani, Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University, who discussed his latest book – Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa (Cambridge University Press 2021).
![Ibrahim Nasrallah Ibrahim Nasrallah](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/ibrahim_nasrallah_-_mofeed_19_-_2.14.22.png?h=6edb377f&itok=nexk3RmY)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the fourth episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
![Mofeed Digest 2](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/mofeed-digest.jpg?h=c211c321&itok=WolEVFGb)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the release of the February-April 2020 issue of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Mona El-Ghobashy, Clinical Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at New York University, who discussed her latest book – Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press 2021).
![Achraf Aouadi Saida Ounissi Hesham Sallam](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/hero/screen_shot_2021-11-01_at_4.56.48_pm.png?h=cde045dd&itok=5aberudu)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a panel featuring Tunisian activists, who examined the threat of authoritarian resurgence in the country after the power grab executed by President Kais Saied on July 25, 2021.
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the third episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
![Azmi Mahafzah on Mofeed-19](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/news-feed/mofeed-19_e2_azmi_mahafzah_on_the_jordanian_governments_response_to_covid-19_0-51_screenshot.png?h=4ef4e7a4&itok=CTcvlQyK)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the second episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.