Publications by Dr. Abdel-Fattah Mady - Political Science

Books

Author:

1. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Silencing History: The Palestinian Issue in Egyptian History Books (Beirut: Jossor, 2025).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، إسكات التاريخ: القضية الفلسطينية في كتب التاريخ المصرية (بيروت: جسور للترجمة والنشر، 2025).

2. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Democracy and Guns: Civil-Military Relations & Reforming the Armed Forces (Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2021) (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، الديمقراطية والبندقية: العلاقات المدنية العسكرية وسياسات إصلاح القوات المسلحة (بيروت: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، 2021)

3. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Pitfalls in Tahrir Square: Why the Egyptian Revolution Stumbled? (Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2020) (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، عثرات في الميدان: كيف أخفقت ثورة يناير في مصر؟ (المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، بيروت، 2021)

4. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Dialogues Processes after the 2011 Arab Uprisings (The Cordoba Foundation of Geneva, Geneva, 2016) (in English & Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، عمليات الحوار بعد انتفاضات 2011 العربية (جنيف: مؤسسة قرطبة بجنيف، 2014)

5. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Violence and Democratization in Egypt (Dar Albashier, Cairo: Egypt, 2015). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، العنف والتحول الديمقراطي في مصر (القاهرة: دار البشير للثقافة والعلوم، 2015).

6. Abdel-Fattah Mady, Religion and Politics in “Israel”: A Study of the Religious Parties and Groups in “Israel” and their Role in Political Life (Madbouli Library, Cairo: Egypt, 1999). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي، الدين والسياسة في إسرائيل: دراسة في الأحزاب والجماعات الدينية في إسرائيل ودورها في الحياة السياسية (مكتبة مدبولي، القاهرة، 1999).

7. Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady (editors), Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic (Lynne Rienner Publishers, forthcoming, July 2025)

8. تيم إبكينهانز وأبو بكر كابوجي وقالي نقوتي قاتا، الآثار السلبية لخطاب الحرب على الإرهاب، تحرير عبدالفتاح ماضي (لندن: أفق للدراسات والنشر، 2023)

9. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Abdou Mousa (eds.), Constitutions and Democratic Transition: Issues and Paradoxes in the Arab Spring Context (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2023). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي وعبده موسى (محرران)، الدساتير والانتقال الديمقراطي: قضايا وإشكالات في سياق الربيع العربي (بيروت: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، 2023).

10. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Abdou Mousa(eds.), Transitional Justice and Democratic Transition in the Arab Countries (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2022). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي وعبده موسى (محرران)، العدالة الانتقالية والانتقال الديمقراطي في البلدان العربية (بيروت: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، 2022).

11. Abdel-Fattah Mady (ed.), External Factors and Democratic Transition in the Arab Countries (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2021). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي (محرر)، العامل الخارجي والانتقال الديمقراطي في البلدان العربية (بيروت: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، 2021).

12. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Abdou Mousa (eds.), Youth and Democratic Transition in the Arab Countries (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2019). (in Arabic).

عبد الفتاح ماضي وعبده موسى (محرران)، الشباب والانتقال الديمقراطي في البلدان العربية (بيروت: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، 2019).

13. Abdel-Fattah Mady (eds), Preventing Violent Extremism in the Middle East and the African Coast, vol. I: The Role of Muslim Scholars, (Geneva: Cordoba Foundation, Geneva, 2018). (in Arabic)

عبد الفتاح ماضي (محرر)، منع التطرف العنيف في الشرق الأوسط والساحل الافريقي، المجلد الأول (بالعربية): دور العلماء المسلمين (جنيف: مؤسسة قرطبة بجنيف، 2018)

14. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Ali Al-Kuwari (eds.), Troubled Democracy in the Arab Countries (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2014). (in Arabic)

الديمقراطية المتعثِّرة: مسار التحركات العربية الراهنة من أجل الديمقراطية، تحرير: علي خليفة الكواري وعبد الفتاح ماضي (بيروت: مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية، 2014).

15. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Ali Al-Kuwari (eds.) Towards a Historical Democratic Front in the Arab Countries (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2010). (in Arabic)

نحو كتلة تاريخية ديمقراطية في البلدان العربية، تحرير: علي خليفة الكواري وعبد الفتاح ماضي (مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية، بيروت، 2010(

16. Abdel-Fattah Mady & Ali Al-Kuwari (eds.), Arabs and Regime Transitions (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2009). (in Arabic)

لماذا انتقل الآخرون إلى الديمقراطية وتأخر العرب؟، تحرير علي خليفة الكواري وعبد الفتاح ماضي (بيروت: مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية، 2009).

Editor:

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS:

1. Abdel-Fattah Mady, ” Civil-military Relations in Egypt and the Regime's Survival Strategies,” Siyasat Arabiya, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Issue 66, Jan. 2024. (In Arabic).

2. Abdel-Fattah Mady, ”External factors and Arab revolutions: four research questions,” Siyasat Arabiya, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Issue 36, Jan. 2019. (In Arabic)

3. Abdel-Fattah Mady, ”Armies and democratic transitions: how do military governments relinquish power,” Siyasat Arabiya, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies , Doha, Issue 24, Jan. 2017. (In Arabic)

4. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Islamism and secularism after Arab spring,” The Annual Book, Alhadara Center, Cairo, April 2017. (In Arabic)

5. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Transitions of the Egyptian revolution,” Siyasat Arabiya, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar, Issue 18, Jan. 2016. (In Arabic)

6. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "How can constitutions abort revolutions? the Egyptian case," Moroccan Journal for Public Policy, Morocco, Winter 2014. (In Arabic)

7. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Parliaments and democratization,” Alnahda, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, January 2015. (In Arabic)

8. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Violence and Egyptian revolution," The Annual Book, Alhadara Center, Cairo, Winter 2014. (In Arabic)

9. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Popular discontent, revolution and democratization in Egypt in globalizing world," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (2013). (in English)

10. Abdel-Fattah Mady,"Salafies and politics after the 2011 revolution in Egypt," with Ahmad Zaglol, Cordoba Foundation of Geneva, 2012. (in Arabic & English)

11. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Toward a political democratic system in Muslim Countries,” The First Arab-Turkish Conference Papers, Alhadara Center, Cairo, 2011. (in Arabic)

12. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "American foreign policy and peace in the Middle East," Contemporary Arab Affairs, Rutledge & Center for Arab Unity Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, July-September 2010. ISSN 1755-0912. pp. 271-296. (in English)

13. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Human rights education in Egyptian universities,” Alnahda, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2010. (in Arabic)

14. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The concept of the democratic historical bloc and democratization in the Arab countries,” with Dr. Ali Al-Kuwari, Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi (Arab Future), Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, Lebanon, issue 373, March 2010. (in Arabic)

15. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The 2005 presidential elections in Egypt,” the Arab Journal of Political Science, Center for Arab Unity Studies & Arab Association of Political Science, Beirut, Lebanon, issue 18, Spring 2008. (in Arabic)

16. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "The concept of democratic elections: when can elections be regarded as truly democratic," the Arab Journal of Political Science, Center for Arab Unity Studies & Arab Association of Political Science, Beirut, Lebanon, issue 16, October 2007. (in Arabic)

17. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "A critique of quantitative measures of the degree of democracy in Israel," Democratization, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 2006), pp. 257-282. With Dean McHenry, Jr. (in English).

Books Chapters:

1. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “EGYPT” (Egypt’s Defence Policy), in The Handbook of African Defence and Armed Forces (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, March 2025).

2. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Civil-Military Relations: Strategies for Regime Survival,” in Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady (eds.), Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic (Lynne Rienner Publishers, forthcoming, July 2025)

3. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Introduction: The Democratic Constitution,” in Constitutions and Democratic Transition: Issues and Paradoxes in the Arab Spring Context (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2023). (in Arabic)

4. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Introduction: Transitional Justice: A possible Compromise that Does not Satisfy Anyone,” in Abdel-Fattah Mady & Abdou Mousa(eds.), Transitional Justice and Democratic Transition in the Arab Countries, Vol. 1 (Beirut, Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2022). (in Arabic)

5. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Strategies of Political Actors during the 2011 Arab Transitions,” in After the Arab Revolutions: Decentering Democratic Theory, Abdelwahab El-Affendi & Khalil Alanani (Eds.) (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). (in English)

6. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “How do Military Forces Leave Power: A Comparative Analysis?” in Armies and Democratization (Beirut: The Arab center for research and policy studies, 2019). (in Arabic)

7. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Student Political Activism in Democratizing Egypt,” in Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy, Dalia Fahmy & Daanish Faruqi (eds.) (One World Publications, London, 2017). ISBN: 1780748833, 9781780748832. (in English)

8. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Introduction,” in Preventing Violent Extremism in the Middle East and the African Coast, vol. I: The Role of Muslim Scholars, Abdel-Fattah Mady (ed), (Geneva: Cordoba Foundation, Geneva, 2018). (in Arabic)

9. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Women in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Discourse,” in Women and Arab Spring (Amman: Al-Quds Center for Political Studies, 2015). (in Arabic)

10. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Egyptian-Israeli Relations after the 2011 Revolution,” in Egyptian-Israeli Relations (The Nile Center for Economic and Strategic Studies, Cairo, 2014). (in Arabic)

11. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Secularism and Its Fate in the Arab World," in Islam, Islamist Movements and Democracy in the Middle East: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses, Editors: Rajeesh Kumar and Navaz Nizar (Global Vision Publishing House, Delhi, India 2013), ISBN: 978-81-8220-548-2. (in English)

12. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Democracy and Democratic Systems,” in Introduction to Political Science, Mohamed Taha Badawai et al. (Department of Political Science, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2012). (in Arabic)

13. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Introduction & Executive Summary," in Abdel-Fattah Mady & Ali Al-kuwari (eds), Troubled Democracy in the Arab Countries (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2014). (in Arabic).

14. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Challenges of Democratization in Egypt," in Revolution, State and Democracy, Muhammad AlArabi (ed.) (Alexandria: Series of Political Awareness Raising, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2012). (in Arabic)

15. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Human Rights Movement in the Arab Countries,” in Human Rights Issus: A Vision of Southern Peoples, Mustafa Kamel Alsayed (ed.), (SUR - International Journal on Human Rights, São Paulo, Brazil & Partners in Development for Research, Consulting and Training, Cairo, Egypt, 2011). (in Arabic).

16. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Reactions of the Executive Authority to the January 25 Revolution," in The January 25 Revolution: Initial Reading & Future Vision (Cairo: Ahram Institute for Political and Strategic Studies, March 2011). (in Arabic).

17. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The Concept of the Democratic Historical Bloc in the Arab Countries,” with Dr. Ali Al-Kuwari, in Towards a Historical Democratic Front in the Arab Countries, ed. Ali Al-Kuwari and Abdel-Fattah Mady (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2010). (in Arabic)

18. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The Political Ideology of Egypt’s Political System,” in Egypt’s Political System after the Constitutional Amendments in 2005 &2007 (Cairo: AlAhram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, 2009). (in Arabic)

19. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Modes of Democratic Transition: A Comparative Analysis,” in Arabs and Regime Transitions, ed. Ali Al-Kuwari and Abdel-Fattah Mady (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2009). (in Arabic)

20. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Teaching Human Rights in Egyptian Universities," in Human Rights Education in the Arab World (Cairo: Partners for Development, 2009). (in Arabic).

21. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The Concept of Democratic Elections,” in Democratic Elections and Elections in the Arab Countries, ed. Ali Al-Kuwari (Beirut: Centre for Arab Unity Studies, 2009). (in Arabic)

22. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “The 2005 Presidential Elections in Egypt,” in Democratic Elections and Elections in the Arab Countries, ed. Ali Al-Kuwari (Beirut: Centre for Arab Unity Studies, 2009). (in Arabic)

23. Abdel-Fattah Mady, “Academic Freedoms in Iraq and the Arab Universities,” in Academic Freedoms in Iraqi Universities, ed. Nizam Assaf (Amman: Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, 2008). (in Arabic).+)

الأعمال المنشورة

Publications

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:

1. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Palestine," Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam & Politics, Editor-in-chief: Emad El-Din Shahin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. (in English)

2. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Government." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity. Jr. Vol.3 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2008. 353-357. (in English)

3. Abdel-Fattah Mady, "Meir, Golda." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity. Jr. Vol.5 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2008. 70-71. (in English)