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How Islamism Took Over the Middle East
By Ze'ev Maghen, Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Bernard HaykelCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour is a researcher at ISGAP, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, and the author of the Abrahamic Metacritique substack.
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Today’s Jihadism Uses Ancient Vocabulary, but Its Ideas Are Modern
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Enchantment of the Arab Mind
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By Hussein Aboubakr MansourThe rulers of the Gulf states are cheering every Israeli strike. But they now have less incentive to improve diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.
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The Perennial Power of the Nakba
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourHow generations of Arab thinkers and leaders tried to turn the humiliation of their losses to Israel into a springboard to launch their nations into an enchanted new age.
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Why the Arab Spring Failed, and the Hopes Its Failure Seeded
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourDespite many real disappointments, the turmoil of the past decade has also revealed signs of promise in the Middle East.
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The Tremors of Muslim Reform
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourThe powers at the center of the Muslim world are refusing to tolerate radical Islamism, and a spirit of repair and renewal is at hand. Will it catch on?
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The New Agreement Breaks the Anti-Semitism at the Core of the Middle East’s Dysfunction
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
