François Burgat, born April 2, 1948, in

Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the southeastern ...

, is a French

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and

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, Research Fellow at the

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(CNRS) posted at IREMAM (Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman) in

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. He has been the Principal Investigator of the

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research program "When Autoritarism Fails in the Arab World WAFAW" (2013-2017). Having lectured across the world for a wide range of Academic institutions or think tanks such as the

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, the

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, etc.. He has taught and researched at the University of Constantine, Algeria (1973-1980), at the French CEDEJ in Cairo (1989-1993), as the director of the French Centre for Archaeology and Social Sciences in

Sana'a Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...

, Yemen (1997-2003), then as the director of the Institut Français du Proche Orient (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Irak) based in Damascus (2008-2012) and then Beyrouth (2012-2013). He is also a member of the

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(ECFR).

Publications in English

* ''The Islamic Movement in North Africa'' (U of Texas Press, 1997), * ''Face to Face with Political Islam'' (IB Tauris, 2002), * ''Islamism in the shadow of al-Qaeda'', Paris, La Découverte 2005, (U. of Texas Press 2008), * ''Understanding Political Islam'' (Manchester University Press, December 20, 2019).''Understanding Political Islam''
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External links

Institut français du Proche-Orient

When Autoritarism Fails in the Arab World WAFAW

References

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