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Mohamed Daadaoui @Maghreblog

Mohamed Daadaoui is an associate professor of political science at Oklahoma City University. He is the author of a book on Morocco’s monarchy entitled: Moroccan Monarchy and the Islamist Challenge. Mohamed has also written peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal of North African Studies and Middle East Studies, chapter in the edited volumes Contemporary Morocco: State, Politics and Society under Mohammed VI, edited by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Daniel Zisenwine, and Limited Elections and Democratization in the Middle East, by Khalid al-Anani and Mahmoud Hamad. Mohamed has contributed several analytical pieces to some online outlets such as: Foreign Policy, SADA of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jadaliyya, and Muftah. He has also provided commentary to local and international media outlets such: Oklahoma local PBS affiliate, and al-Jazeera English. Mohamed Daadaoui is also the author of a blog on the Maghreb region called Maghreb Blog. Finally, Mohamed is currently co-working on a Dictionary of the Arab Spring.

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