About
Georges Fahmi is a Research Fellow at the Middle East Directions Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, at the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole, Italy. He received his PhD from the EUI. Previously, Fahmi was a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut, Lebanon.
His research focuses on religious actors in democratic transition in the Middle East, the interplay between state and religion in Egypt and Tunisia, and religious minorities and citizenship in Egypt and Syria.
Selected publications
- Fahmi, G. (2018) ‘The debate over the use of violence within the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after 2013.’ EUI RSCAS PP 2018/01. Middle East Directions (MED).
- Fahmi, G. and Meddeb, H. (2015) ‘Market for Jihad: Radicalization in Tunisia.’ Carnegie Middle East Centre paper. 30pp.
- Fahmi, G. (2014) ‘The Egyptian State and the Religious Sphere.’ Carnegie Middle East Centre article.