Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel Archives - Project on Middle East Political Science

Explaining Pro-Democratic Mobilization in North Africa and the Sahel

Md Maniruzzaman Mamun, University of Florida Mark Beissinger argues that urban civic revolutions often unite diverse participants through shared…

Ameni Mehrez, William and Mary Following the 2011 Uprisings, Tunisia stood out as the Arab Spring’s most promising democratic…

Brahim Afrit, Tulane University Introduction In the 2000s, Algerian authorities set in motion a project of religious diplomacy in…

Brahim El Guabli, Johns Hopkins University Since the independence of Tamazghan (broader North African) nation states from France in…

Baba Adou, University of Florida In the early 2000s, the Mauritanian regime faced two kinds of pressure linked to…

Hind Ahmed Zaki, University of Connecticut It was a rainy day in Tunis in January 2014. Iit had been…

Alexandra Blackman, Cornell University In 2021, the Moroccan parliament approved Law 13–21, which legalized the cultivation of cannabis for…

Mohamed Daadaoui, Oklahoma City University In late September 2025, Morocco witnessed an intense wave of youth-led unrest in years.…

Michael Schuster, University of Florida The trajectory of Salafism in Tunisia since the 2011 Jasmine Revolution poses a central…

David Russell, University of Florida In 2016, the Islamic State’s Libya Province (ISLP) operated throughout the country, recording incidents…