Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Saad Eddin Ibrahim (Arabic: سعد الدين إبراهيم, DMG Sa ʿ d al- Dīn Ibrāhīm; born December 3, 1938 in al - Mansura ) is an Egyptian sociologist and human rights activist.

Life

Ibrahim plays a leading role in the Egyptian human rights movement. He is a professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo and founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo and the Arab Organization for Human Rights (Cairo ). His wife Barbara Lethem Ibrahim is director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Philanthropy in Cairo. The Ibrahim have two children Randa and Amir Ibrahim.

In 2000, the Egyptian State Security Court sentenced him for alleged defamation of Egypt to seven years imprisonment. His defenders argued, however, that the real reason for the condemnation was his sharp criticism of the government Muhammad Husni Mubarak. The case attracted international attention and many pages protesting against the actions of Egypt. In 2003, the high court in Egypt finally lifted the condemnation and Ibrahim was released from prison.

In August 2008, he was again sentenced for defamation of Egypt, this time to two years probation.

Ibrahim is since the academic year 2008/09, a professor of political sociology at Indiana University and also currently a visiting scientist at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University.

Ibrahim criticized the support of Western states for autocratic Arab states led. For example, it should also support for Egypt are linked to the respect of human rights and democratic reforms. A corresponding Council issued Ibrahim claims to U.S. President Barack Obama in an interview before his Cairo speech to the Muslim world on June 4, 2009.

Publications

Ibrahim has published several books and a large number of scientific articles. Especially important are his studies on Islamic activism and civil society and democracy in the Arab world.

  • Sociology of the Arab - Israel Conflict
  • Arabism in Egypt
  • The New Arab Social Order
  • The Great Arab Sedition in the Gulf
  • Family, Gender and Population in the Middle East
  • Egypt, Islam and Democracy
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