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Dr. Ibrahim Arafat
Professor
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D.
M.Sc.
Entity
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Biography
Dr. Arafat earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland in the United States. He subsequently worked there before joining the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences at Cairo University in Egypt. Additionally, he gained experience by working at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea, and both Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar.
Dr. Arafat's research encompasses various topics within comparative politics and international relations, including multiculturalism, state fragility, personality cult, political reform in monocratic regimes, peacebuilding in protracted social conflicts, and decentralized conflicts.
Ph.D.
University of Maryland
1996
M.Sc.
University of Maryland
1993
M.Sc.
Cairo University
1989
B.Sc.
Cairo University
1984
- Middle East Politics
- Failed States
- International Relations of Gulf Countries
- Comparative Politics
Professor of Political Science
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2023 - Present
Program Director
The Global Institute for Strategic Research (GISR), Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2022 - 2023
Professor
Department of International Affairs, Qatar University
2021 - 2022
Advisor
Research and Studies Department, Amiri Diwan
2000 - 2021
Professor
Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University
2006 - 2015
- 1993; Ford Foundation Young Scholars Award
- 1990; Princess Souad Al-Sabah Excellence Awards for Ph.D. Researchers