Biography:Moataz Abdel-Fattah

Moataz Bellah Abdel-Fattah (born 1972) is an Egyptian professor of political science. He has been an adviser to the prime minister of Egypt, and Professor of political science at both the Cairo University and Central Michigan University.

In March 2012 he became one of the 50 non-parliamentarians elected to the Constituent Assembly of Egypt. Dr. Fattah is the recipient of the prestigious Central Michigan University's Provost's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 2009.

Works

Books

• The Economic Function of the State. Cairo: The Center for the Study of Developing Countries, 1998.
• al-Waẓīfa al-iqtiṣādīya li-d-daula: dirāsa fi 'l-uṣūl wa-'n-naẓarīyāt, 1998
• Gender Issues in the Minds of Arab Youth: An Extended Focus Group Discussion, Cairo: Arab Women Organization, 2006.
• Advanced Empirical Political Research Techniques Using Stata 8.2, Cairo: Cairo University's Center For Political Researches and Studies, Cairo University, 2007.
• Democratic Values in the Muslim World, Colorado: Lynne Reinner Publications, 2006. Translated into Arabic as al-Muslimūn wa-'d-dīmuqrāṭīya: dirāsa maidānīya, 2008

Articles and book chapters

• Development Forum (editor), a quarterly magazine issued by The Center of the Study of Developing Countries, Cairo University (1994-1998).
• The Egyptian Human Development Report (Co-editor), School of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (1995-1998).
• "The Palestinian Approach to Peace and War in the Middle East", in Arnold Stewart (ed.), Is There an End to the Arab Israeli Conflict?, Cairo: American University in Cairo, 1999 (English).
• "Islam and Democracy", Politics and Ethics, Vol. 18, June 2002, pp. 26–43.
• "Egypt's Ideological Polarization: A Challenge to Liberal Democracy", The Political Science Research Series, No. 150, December 2005.
• "Democratizing the Arab World: The Competitive Authoritarianism Scenario", al-Mustaqbal AlArabi, No. 326, April 2006 and republished in: IslamOnLine.Net.
• "An Examination of the 'Intellectual Invasion' Thesis: The Politics of Foreign Education in Egypt" (with Salma al-Bakri) in Ussama Megahed (ed.), The Politics of High Education in Egypt, Cairo University: Center for Political Research and Studies, 2006.
• "Muslim Cultural Entrepreneurs and the Democracy Debate", Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2006, pp. 49 – 78 (with Jim Butterfield).
• "The US Public Diplomacy: Discourse and Impact Analysis" (with Dalia Rushdi and Mona Akil), in Moataz A. Fattah (ed.), US Public Diplomacy toward the Arab World, Cairo University's Program of Dialogue of Civilizations 2007 (Arabic).
• "Democracy in the Muslim Mind: Evidence from 33 Countries", Journal of Political Science and Sociology, No. 7, 2007 (English).
• "The Philosophical and Political Roots of Welfare States" (book chapter), in: The Welfare State in the Arab World, Beirut: Center for the Study of Arab Unity, 2007.
• Encylopeida of Terrorism (consulting editor) with Patricia D. Netzley (main author), San Diego: Greenhave Press, 2007.
• "Turkey and the Search for a Balanced Secularism", Al-Sayssa Al-Dawliya (World Politics), No. 168, July 2007.
• "Stipulating the Concept of 'Islamic Peculiarity': The Five Grand Questions", in Nadia Mustapha (ed.), The Islamic Culture and Exceptionalism, Cairo: The Program for Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures, 2008.
• "The Political Orientations of Media and Egyptians toward the Legislative Elections 2005", Cairo University: Center for Political Research and Studies, 2009.
• "Saudi Foreign Policy between Contesting Partnerships: The Ulama and United States" (with Bahgat Korany), in Ali E. Dessouki and Bahgat Korany (eds), The Foreign Policies of the Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. (Cairo: AUC Press, 2009) & (Colorado: Westview Press), 3rd edition, 2009.

External links

• Curriculum Vitae