Hesham Sallam

Hesham Sallam

  • Senior Research Scholar
  • Associate Director for Research, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
  • Associate Director, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy

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Biography

Hesham Sallam is a Research Scholar at CDDRL and serves as the Associate-Director of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy. He is also a co-editor of Jadaliyya ezine and a former program specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace. His research focuses on Islamist movements and the politics of economic reform in the Arab World. Sallam’s research has previously received the support of the Social Science Research Council and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Past institutional affiliations include the Middle East Institute, Asharq Al-Awsat, and the World Security Institute. He is author of Classless Politics: Islamist Movements, the Left, and Authoritarian Legacies in Egypt (Columbia University Press, 2022), co-editor of Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World (University of Michigan Press, 2022), and editor of Egypt's Parliamentary Elections 2011-2012: A Critical Guide to a Changing Political Arena (Tadween Publishing, 2013). Sallam received a Ph.D. in Government (2015) and an M.A. in Arab Studies (2006) from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh (2003).

 

publications

Book Chapters
March 2023

"Only Me": Repression, Legal Engineering, and State-Managed Elections in Sisi’s Egypt

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"Only Me": Repression, Legal Engineering, and State-Managed Elections in Sisi’s Egypt
Books
October 2022

Classless Politics

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Classless Politics
Books
October 2022

Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World

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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World

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Hesham Sallam
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Hesham Sallam, Scholar of Arab Politics, Appointed Associate Director for Research at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

Effective July 1, 2023, Sallam will oversee the Center’s research programs and initiatives, develop and implement its research strategy, and provide leadership and support to faculty, researchers, and pre- and postdoctoral fellows, in addition to continuing his role as associate director of CDDRL’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy.
Hesham Sallam, Scholar of Arab Politics, Appointed Associate Director for Research at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
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ARD Releases February-April 2020 Issue of Mofeed Digest

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.
ARD Releases February-April 2020 Issue of Mofeed Digest
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ARD Releases October 2022 Issue of Mofeed Digest

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.
ARD Releases October 2022 Issue of Mofeed Digest
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