Ahmed Tohamy - Curriculum Vitae
Ahmed Tohami A. Mohamed
atohamy31@hotmail.com
Tel: 01141290244
Nationality: Egyptian Date of Birth: 21/09/1974
Current post and research:
Lecturer of political sciences at the School of Economic Studies and Political Sciences - Alexandria
University- Egypt.
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Politics (2013) - The School of Government and International
Affairs- Durham University
The thesis entitled “The Rupture State society relationship and Youth activism in Egypt: Political
Opportunities, Strategies, Framing and New Models of Mobilization”.
Research Interests:
– Social movements and State-society relations in Middle East
– Youth movements and youth culture.
– Social media and networking technologies.
Employment:
Lecturer at the National Centre for Social and Criminal Research 2000- 2014
Researcher at El-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies (1996-2000)
Teaching Experience:
- Tutor and part-time teaching of Middle East Politics Module in SGIA in 2011-2013.
- Teaching American Politics module in the California Miramar University in Egypt 2014.
Education:
Ph.D form the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK.
MA in “political science”, the Faculty of Political and Economic Sciences, Cairo University,
2005, Grade: excellent .
BA in “political science”, FPES, 1996 Grade: very good
Grants awarded and competitions:
Durham University Learning and Teaching Award (DULTA) accredited by the Higher Education
Academy (HEA) in UK (2012)
The Middle East Research Competition –MERC (Tunisia 2012)
The Supreme Tunisia Council for Women (Egypt: 2006)
The Supreme Council for Culture (Egypt: 2003)
Consultancy:
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- Consultant for The World Bank and the Maghreb Centre , 2008, 2009; the project The
Political Drivers Of Spatial/Regional Disparities in the Middle East and North Africa
- The Journal of Social Affairs, A Refereed Quarterly Journal Published by the Sociological
Association and the American University of Sharjah
- A member of the British Society of Middle East Studies
Conferences:
Between 2000 -2014, the researcher presented around dozens of papers in many conferences
such as:
Paper on “Public Opinions Polls between Academic Biases and Changing Attitudes”, The
National Center for sociological and Criminological Research, Cairo 2014.
Paper on "the Social Media and the new Activism", at the conference “Arab Revolutions
and Beyond: Change and Persistence”, Tunis, 11-14 November, 2013
Paper about ‘The Generational Gap and Counter Hegemonic Discourse’ in 'Revolution and
Revolt: Understanding the Forms and Causes of Change', 26-28 March 2012, LSE
http://brismes2012.com/programme/panels/panel-4/panel-4e/
Paper about Domestic Impact of the Arab Spring in Egypt , The Arab Spring: Between
Authoritarianism and Revolution, Durham University, SGIA, 12.13 March 2012.
Paper in the BRISMESS annual conference, Exeter University 27-29 June 2011 about the
“New Activism and the Protest Movement against the Ballot Rigging in Egypt and Iran”
A lecture in the seminar of School of government and International affairs about the Political
Culture of young activism in Egypt, June 22nd 2011
“Youth movement as a social movement” in the Arab Youth Seminar at the School of
government and International affairs, Durham University, 4 March 2011
“Youth activism and division across ideological lines in Egypt” in BRISMES 2011
Postgraduate Conference, Manchester, 13 - 14 January 2011
‘New Activism and the Use of Social Networking technologies’ in E-Arabic and
Cyberspace: the Marginalized Voices, Durham University and Centre for the Advanced Study of the
Arab World (CASAW) June 2010
Euro-Med seminar: The Role of Research in Youth Policy and Youth Work Development in
the Broader Euro-Med Context, Cairo, 27-30 November 2006.
International Conference: "Religion and Youth in Modern Muslim Societies", Tashkent
Islamic University and Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 12–13 September,.2006
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“The Youth in Egypt”, The National Centre for Social and Criminological Research,
June 2006
“Cooperation across Ideological Divides” organized by Rockefeller Foundation from 9-
12 August 2005 in Pelagiu , Italy.
“Public Opinion Polling in Arab World” organized by the Lebanese Researches Center
from July 2004 in Beriut, Lebanon
Participating in the Conference of the Mediterranean studies in The European
University, Florence, Italy from 24- 27 March 2004.
The Arab Youth Researchers, the Center of Strategic Studies in Jordanian University, 29-
30 April 2001.
“Judiciary in Arab World” that was held in the Political Studies and Researches Centre
in Cairo, March 1998.
“Civil Society in Arab World” that was held in the Political Studies and Researches
Centre, April 1999
List of Publications1
Books:
Youth Policy in Egypt (2009), Euromed Youth Programme and INJEB, France. (In English)
http://www.euromedyouth.net/studies-on-youth-policies-in-meda,027
Mobilization of Political Generations in Egypt (2009), Case Study of the 70s Generation,
El-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic research.
The Political Participation of women, The National Council of Women, 2007
The crisis of generational mobilization in Egyptian Political Powers, Master’s of Political
Science, Faculty of Political and Economics Sciences, 2005
The Israeli Strategies in the Red Sea and Nile River, Arab Institute for Research, Cairo, 2003
The Human Cost of the Arab-Arab Conflicts, Cairo, Cairo Institute for Human Rights, 1999.
Socialist Arab Egyptian Party, Cairo : Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies,
2005
Books chapters:
The parliament Performance of Egyptian Women, 2006, Nadia Haliem (ed.) Cairo: The
National Centre for Social and Criminological Researches.
The Egyptian Child and Satellite TV, 2005, Maha El-Kordy (ed.) And Programmes of Youth
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Most of the publications in Arabic unless that mentioned (In English)
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in Egyptian TV, 2004, Amal Kamal (ed.) (Cairo: NCSCR)
the Student Political Participation in the book “ the Future of Society and Development in
Egypt”, Abd- Aziez Shady ed.,( Cairo: the Centre for Development Studies , 2002)
Articles in peer-reviewed Journals:
The Street and Revolutionary Change in Egypt, Al Ahram Democracy Review, Issue 52, Year
13- October.
The study of political generations in the social sciences, Journal of the intellectual
world(Alam Elfker) the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters in Kuwait, Volume 36, April
and June 2008
Generational Perspectives and Analyses of Youth Societal Problems, The Journal of Social
Affairs; the Refereed Quarterly Journal Published by the Sociological Association and the American
University of Sharjah, Volume 24, number 93-94, Spring- Summer 2007.
Generational Crisis in the Contemporary Youth Movement, Ahwal Maseria Magazine,
Cairo: Volume 37, Summer 2007
Periodicals:
The Egyptian Constitution and the social and political conflict after the revolution in Egypt,
Jadaliyya, 5/12/2012
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/8794
The dialectical rise of Abou ElFotouh in Egypt and the possibilities of cloning of the Erdogan
model, Jadaliyya, 7/5/2012
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/5418
Mapping the revolutionary youth movements in Egypt, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, February
2011, http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5898A077-3AAE-4319-BE5D-E89972395162.htm
Why did not social sciences predict the Arab revolutions?, Al-Ahram, October 2011
http://ahramonline.org.eg/Policy.aspx?Serial=691639
Independent Candidates Phenomenon in the Egyptian Elections, Cairo: Democracy
Review, January 2006
Political Generations in Egyptian Parties, Cairo: Democracy Review, Volume 17,
January 2005.
Liberal Experiences in Arab Worlds: Emergence and decreasing, Democracy Review,
Volume 10, spring 2003.
Youth and Politics: the Student Movement in Egypt, Cairo: Ahwal Maseria, Spring
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2002
Third Way: Renewing the Socialism Democracy, Book Review, Cairo: CIHRS, Rewage
Arapi, Volume 14, 1999.
The Arab Strategic Report in 1996, 1998, 2000.
The State of Religions Report in 1998.
The Civil Society in Arab World Report in, 2003. Ibn Khaldon Centre, Cairo.
Some articles in Al-Ahram News Paper in 27/11/1997, 23/3/1998, 28/5/1999.
Articles in many magazines Like Democracy, Strategic files about Iran and Sudan.
Unpublished work:
The Contemporary Egyptian Youth Movement: Structure and Futuristic Orientations, Cairo:
American University in Cairo, Social Researches Centre, 2007
Training courses and Skills:
I used to work within the interdisciplinary academic environment and deployed a range of
methodologies in research and teaching and attended many courses that helped me to develop my
academic and communication skills.
Methodological and research skills form Durham University, Research Ethics in the Wider
Context (22 April, 2010) International Fieldwork in Developing Countries and Emerging
Economies - 25 November 2009 Newcastle University. In addition to other courses in Social
Research Centre (American University in Cairo), and the Faculty of Political and Economic
Sciences, Cairo University, (2003).
Communication skills courses ; North East Local GRADschool 19-22 July 2010, Durham
Enterprise School 6-9 April 2009
Course of Crisis Management and Negotiation from Nasser Military Academy, Cairo, 2005.
Good knowledge of the issue of human and legal rights as I attended a human rights training
course for 2 years in AMIDEAST 1996, 1998.
Advanced computer literacy as I attended many courses and I have the International
Computer Driver Licence (ICDL)
Skills and competencies: Through my study, work and courses, I have gained a lot of
communications and personal skills; I would like to confirm that I enjoy excellent level of
communication, team work, hard-working skills. I have attended many courses to develop the
administrative skills; for example North East Local GRADschool Communication Course19-22
July 2010, Durham Enterprise School 6-9 April 2009. I would like to confirm that I have good
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Experience of working in a team through doing research and organizing courses through
interdisciplinary approach. In addition to this, I enjoy a creative thinking and problem solving
approach, and I have an adaptable/ flexible approach to work and research. In addition to this, I
have the ability to absorb, analyse and interpret detailed data and information, and the Capacity to
access information from a wide range of resources and sources. I am also able to challenge
premises, question procedures, interpret meaning, and offer alternatives.
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