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Hala Thabet

Associate Professor - Assistant Dean for Students Affairs - AUH
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Introduction

Dr. Thabet holds a BA/ MA/ Ph.D. in political science. Her research interests focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on Democratization challenges, ethnic/ racial conflict management, fundamentalism, and broader topics of security studies. 

She speaks French & English fluently, and has a good command in Spanish. 

Research and Professional Activities

Research interests:

My research interests include African Affairs, Ethnic and Racial Identities, Ethnic/ Racial conflict Management, Democratization and Terrorism with focus on Africa

Current research:

Politics of Ethnicity and Governance in Sudan: Prospects for the Post al-Bashir Period

And The Rise of Violent Extremism  in Northern Mozambique

Teaching Areas

On the Undergraduate level:

African Political systems – World region Africa - Research Methods – Comparative Political Systems – Introduction to Political Science  - Politics of Identity – Special Topics - Foreign Relations of the United States

On the graduate level:

Women and gender in Islamic societies – Security Studies.

  • Thabet, Hala (2023). The study of Islam in Western Journals: models of Studia Islamica and Journal of Islamic Studies. In: “Islam in European Universities: Courses, opportunities and Gaps”. AlMesbar Center for Studies and Research. No. 192. 2022.
  • Thabet, H. (2022). Football in Egypt: Between Joy and Politics. In: Ayuk, A.E. (eds) Football (Soccer) in Africa. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94866-5_7
  • Thabet, Hala (2023). The study of Islam in Western Journals: models of Studia Islamica and Journal of Islamic Studies. In: “Islam in European Universities: Courses, opportunities and Gaps”. AlMesbar Center for Studies and Research. No. 192.
  • Thabet, H. (2022). Football in Egypt: Between Joy and Politics. In: Ayuk, A.E. (eds) Football (Soccer) in Africa. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
  • Thabet, H. (2021). COVID-19 and the Way to Authoritarian Rule in Ethiopia. In: Ratuva, S. et al (eds) Risks, Identity and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
  • Thabet, Hala. (May 2021) “African Studies and the Role of Religion in Africa: Christianity as a Model” (in Arabic) in: African Christianity in Ethiopia: Origins, Relations and State, AlMesbar Center for Studies and Research, 173.
  • Thabet, Hala (Jan, 2020). Types of Intervening Parties in International Conflicts. Future For Advance Research and Studies, 31-56.
  • Thabet, Hala. (June 2020). “Da’esh women and children returning from conflict areas and rehabilitation challenges” (in Arabic), in: Children of ISIS: The Recovery, Rehabilitation and Integration Debate. AlMesbar Center for Studies and Research, 162.