Name Omar Ashour | ||
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Books The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements Education McGill University, American University in Cairo | ||
Interview dr omar ashour
Omar Ashour is a political scientist, human rights activist, and a martial arts champion from Montreal.
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- Interview dr omar ashour
- Omar ashour isis the symptom of a cause
- Academic career
- Martial Arts
- Articles by Omar Ashour
- Interviews
- References
Born in Cairo, Ashour obtained his Bsc and MA from the American University in Cairo and has a doctorate degree from McGill University in Montreal, where he taught political science and martial arts.
Omar ashour isis the symptom of a cause
Academic career
Ashour is the Director of the Middle East Graduate Studies Programme at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (UK). He is a specialist on Islamist movements and ideologies, democratization, terrorism and insurgency, and strategic studies. He authored of the first major study on jihadist de-radicalization processes and programs: The Deradicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements, (London, New York: Routledge, 2009). He is considered to be a leading expert on ending political violence and transitions from armed to unarmed activism Ashour has published extensively about de-radicalization, counter-narratives, and transitions to democracy. His published works cover the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Arab and Muslim Communities in the West.
Martial Arts
Ashour is a Taekwondo master and a well-decorated kickboxer. He was a member of the Egyptian National Taekwondo team. His record includes a bronze medal in the World Junior Taekwondo Championship and a silver medal in Africa’s Taekwondo championship. He was the Egyptian national champion six times in the bantam and feather weight categories. He was also the two-times national champion in Chinese Kickboxing (Sanshou). In 2007, he joined the Canadian National Karate Team and won the Gold medal in the World Koshiki Karate Championship in the middle-weight category, defeating seven-times World Champion, Masamitsu Hisataka via unanimous decision. Ashour is well known for his flashy spinning kicks, fast counterattacks and unorthodox style.
Articles by Omar Ashour
Interviews
