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Since 2014, Allison has served as the Research Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) where she has crafted and honed the Institute’s research, developing overarching strategies on research production and initiatives and instituting research protocols that bring thoughtful approaches and multi-method designs to bear on policy-relevant research questions. Her work has been cited by major international media publications (including the NYTimes, The Washington Post, the New Yorker, TIME Magazine, and others), and is regularly delivered in briefings to high-level policymakers.

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Published Works

February 21, 2019

Despite Military Campaign, Security Concerns Persist in Egypt’s North Sinai

As Islamic State is on its heels in Syria and Iraq, Egyptian security forces continue to pay a dear price to the group, which on Sunday carried out another deadly attack through its branch in North Sinai, commonly known as Wilayat Sinai. The attack, in which 15 Egyptian conscripts and… Read More

April 11, 2018

Egypt’s Repressive Government Could Soon Have Easy Access to Uber’s Data for the Country

CAIRO IS UBER’S ideal market: With its vast expanse of congested highways, few public transportation options, and highly subsidized fuel, Cairenes — who number nearly 20 million — spend a lot of time in cars. Uber launched in Egypt in late 2014, and in just about two years, had clocked over… Read More

February 10, 2018

Egypt’s New Sinai Campaign Unlikely to Achieve Long Term Stability

On Friday, February 9, the Egyptian Ministry of Defense published a statement announcing an escalated military campaign in the North Sinai, Western Desert, and areas of the Nile Delta, all of which have seen major terrorist attacks in the past year on both civilians and security personnel. The “comprehensive plan,” declared… Read More

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Research

April 4, 2019

Egypt’s Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Cycles of Violence

Contributed section to the Egmont Institute’s report, “Returnees in the Maghreb: Comparing Policies of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia,” edited by Thomas Renard. Read More

August 17, 2018

Securitization in Egypt: Between Discourse and Reality

Chapter contributed to Security and Insecurity in the Middle East, edited by Imad el-Anis, Natasha Underhill, and Sahra Joharchi. Read More

July 24, 2018

Five Years of Egypt’s War on Terror

On July 24, 2013, then-Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El Sisi asked for a popular mandate to fight terrorism, marking the declaration of “war on terror” that has lasted five years. The war on terror has been used to justify a wide range of activity in the name of establishing security. As attacks… Read More

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Translations

September 28, 2013

Tunisian National Interest: Serving Whom? Leyla Dakhli

Published in English and in French on Jadaliyya.com Read the original here. Written by: Leyla Dakhli Translated to English by: Allison L McManus and Audrey Ann Lavallee-Belanger Tunisia is currently experiencing an intense hyperbolization of political sentiment. The glorification of the flag… Read More

September 3, 2013

The Invention of Throne Day Nabil Mouline

Published in English on Jadaliyya.com and in French on Lakome Read the original here. Written by: Nabil Mouline Translated to English by: Allison L McManus and Samia Errazzouki Since the Middle Ages, ruling dynasties in Morocco have resorted to political religious rituals… Read More

September 3, 2013

Daniel’s List Ibn Kafka

Published in English on Jadaliyya.com and in French on Ibn Kafka’s Obiter Dicta Read the original here. Written by: Ibn Kafka Translated to English by: Allison L McManus As the world now knows, King Mohamed VI, in his habit of granting royal… Read More

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