Nathan J. Brown (born July 9, 1958) is an American scholar of Middle Eastern law and politics at

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. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the

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and the former director of its Institute for Middle East Studies.

Education

He received his BA from the

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and his PhD from

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Career and work

His work is focused on

Islamic politics Political aspects of Islam are derived from the Quran, ''ḥadīth'' literature, and '' sunnah'' (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime), the history of Islam, and elements o ...

, particularly in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and the

Palestinian territories The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The ...

, having his work published in ''

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'' and Islamist movements in the Arab world. His highest cited paper is "The rule of law in the Arab world: courts in Egypt and the Gulf" at 288 times, according to Google Scholar. Brown served two years as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a scholar at the

Middle East Institute The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and cultural center in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946. It seeks to "increase knowledge of the Middle East among the United States citizens and promote a better understa ...

. He is currently on the Board of Advisors of the

Project on Middle East Democracy A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even ...

. Brown was selected as a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow for Near East Studies.

Selected publications

* ''Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt: The Struggle Against the State''.

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, 1990. * ''The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf''.

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, 1997. * ''Constitutions in a Non-Constitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government''. State University of New York Press, 2001. * ''Palestinian Politics After the Oslo Accords: Resuming Arab Palestine''.

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, 2003. * ''When Victory Is Not an Option: Islamist Movements in Arab Politics''.

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, 2012. * ''Evolution after Revolution: Egypt, Israel and the United States''. (2013). ''Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs'', VII (1), 9-12. *
Arguing Islam After the Revival of Arab Politics
'.

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, 2017.

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Democracy, History, and the Contest Over the Palestinian Curriculum
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Education

Career and work

Selected publications

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