Fawaz Gerges

London School of Economics and Politics

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Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and fellow at the University of Oxford; Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of several books, including Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy and The Rise and Fall of al Qaeda

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