Brief Biography

Bassam Haddad is Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011) and co-editor of A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2021). Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the acclaimed three-part documentary series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam served on the Board of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and is Executive Producer of Status Audio-Visual Podcast. He is also the is the Executive Editor of the Knowledge Production Project and Director of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI). He received MESA's Jere L. Bacharach Service Award in 2017 for his service to the profession. Currently, Bassam is working on his second Syria book titled Understanding The Syrian Tragedy: Regime, Opposition, Outsiders (forthcoming, Stanford University Press)


​Academic Institution-Building 

Academia

Middle East and Islamic Studies MA and BA/Minor Programs at GMU

Arab Studies Institute

A non-profit, multifaceted umbrella for five organizations that produce knowlede

Jadaliyya

An online publication providing daily analysis on the Middle East and beyond 

Arab Studies Journal

Peer-reviewed research Journal intended for scholars and researchers

Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs

A research organization that houses multiple independent projects

Middle East Pedagogy Initiative

A curated platform of resources for teachers, researchers, and students.

Publishing and Documentary/Film/Podcast Organizations

Quilting Point Production

Research-based documentary production collective intended for general audiences

Tadween Publishing

A publishing house that redefines the notion and function of academic publishing

Status Audio-Visual Podcast

An audio-visual podcast featuring interviews, lectures, and reports

Knowledge Production Organizations

Political Economy Project

An organization that develops critical approaches to political economy

Knowledge Production Project

A dynamic, open-access archive, search tool, and data visualization platform

Arab Uprising Project

A comprehensive resource and archive portal on the Arab Uprisings since 2010 

BOOKS

Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience
​(Stanford Press, 2012)

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A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa ​(Stanford Press, 2021)

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The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of an Old Order? ​(Pluto Press, 2012)

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Recipient of the Middle East Studies Association's Jerry L. Bacharach Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession

"As an assertive and ambitious visionary, he [Bassam Haddad] has created numerous collaborations, networks, and projects among people, young and old, across the many fields and communities of Middle East studies resulting in: the Arab Studies Journal, Quilting Point, Jadaliyya, JadMag, Tadween Publishing with its Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative, and the audio production, Status. All these have broadened and diversified the audiences accessing analyses and appreciations of contemporary events and cultures in the region and provided educators with a rich array of discerning and hip new materials for the classroom"
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Founder, The Arab Studies Institute

2022 is the thirtieth anniversary for the Arab Studies Institute, founded in 1992 by Bassam Haddad, then a graduate student at Georgetown University.
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About Bassam Haddad

Bassam Haddad is Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011) and co-editor of A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2021). Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the acclaimed three-part documentary series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam served on the Board of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and is Executive Producer of Status Audio-Visual Podcast. He is also the is the Executive Editor of the Knowledge Production Project and Director of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI). He received MESA's Jere L. Bacharach Service Award in 2017 for his service to the profession. Currently, Bassam is working on his second Syria book titled Understanding The Syrian Tragedy: Regime, Opposition, Outsiders (forthcoming, Stanford University Press)

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