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How Concerned Are You About Growing Sectarian Divisions?
For international security, the year 2017 was marked – among others – by signs of a continued erosion of the so-called liberal international order and an increasingly unpredictable US foreign policy. Tensions in many parts of the world have been growing: the rhetoric between the US and North Korea has escalated, the rift in the Gulf has become deeper, not…
Syrian Refugees … Between Lebanon & Jordan
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Who votes for Islamists? A cross-national study of 10 Muslim-majority countries
The literature on Islamist voters is scarce. There are little emphases on Islamist voters and, conversely, plenty of scholarly works on Islamist movements and Islamists who support and sympathize with them. Therefore, this thesis aims to remedy this shortcoming in the political science literature and study Islamist voters as political animals. Precisely, the study is focused on underlining the main…
Egypt: Public Opinion Report 2025
Egypt’s public mood is defined by a clear imbalance: economic strain is the dominant force shaping daily life, while the state retains meaningful credit for security and basic stability. The result is not blanket rejection of government, but a more conditional legitimacy—people want order, yet increasingly judge politics through whether it delivers affordability, jobs, and a sense of fairness.
Islamists are losing support in Jordan
…. What student politics show Many political scientists know Jordan University because its researchers help implement the Arab Barometer surveys. However, within student politics, JU is also a microcosm of society. It can be restive, with fee protests and tribal feuding recently agitating its Amman campus. It is also enormous. Of Jordan’s 300,000 university students, nearly 15 percent study at…
Anger Management : The Politics of Frustration in the Arab World and its Implications for the West
…… According to Michael Robbins, an American who heads Arab Barometer, society is driving change, with much of the region growing less religious (The Economist 2017-1). Although the figures need to be studied with some perspective, it seems that Egyptians are praying less (see Table 4), with a decrease of piety over time and these shifts most visible among the young-…
Most Arab men would accept a woman as their country’s leader
Most Arabs would accept a woman as their nation’s leader but still believe men should have the final say in domestic matters, a major new study suggests. The research, commissioned by BBC Arabic, also revealed a rising number of Arabs in the Levant and Maghreb are turning their backs on religion. The research was carried out by the research network,…
What are the political attitudes of citizens in Mount Lebanon Governorate?
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What are the political attitudes of citizens in North & Akkar Governorates – Lebanon?
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Trust in radical Islamist movements plummets, major survey finds
Trust in radical and militant groups in the Arab world has slumped significantly, according to a major new survey. Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas have fallen in public opinion in the years since the Arab uprisings, research commissioned by BBC News Arabic found. “This pattern continues a general trend of decline in trust for Islamists in Mena, which has…
New survey reveals drop-off in religiosity across Arab world, especially North Africa
The Arab world has become less religious in the last five years, with North Africa, in particular, seeing a steep decline, according to a new social attitudes survey released by BBC Arabic. The survey, conducted between October 2018 and April 2019 in collaboration with the Arab Barometer research project, interviewing 25,000 people across the region, showed a wide range in…