Mohamed Kamal
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Mohamed Mostafa Kamal is a Political Science
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 Professor at airo University). A political scientist by training, Mohamed Kamal is both a commentator and analyst of Egyptian, as well as regional, current affairs. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/754/fr1.htm]

Education

Kamal graduated from the School of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. His high academic standing guaranteed him a faculty position at the same university.

A year after graduation, he won a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University
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 prestigious Bologna Center in Italy, where he earned a diploma in international relations. He moved to Canada, where he received his master’s degree in international development from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.carleton.ca/npsia/alumni_menu.html

He would return to the United States
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 for his Ph.D. in international relations/political science at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
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(SAIS), again at Johns Hopkins University http://www.cfr.org/publication/9321/egypts_mohamed_kamal.html. While working on his dissertation titled “The Role of the US Congress in Making American Foreign Policy,” he served as a researcher for noted think-tanks including the U.S. Institute for Peace and Middle East Institute. http://www.apsanet.org/

He also won a fellowship from the American Political Science Association to work as a Congressional Fellow. He spent almost a year working closely with members of Congress. http://tbsjournal.com/Archives/Fall05/Salama.html After finishing his Ph.D. in 2000, he returned to Egypt to resume teaching at Cairo University.

Current Positions

In addition to teaching at Cairo University, Kamal is also the Director of the Center for Study of Developing Countries at the University. http://www.feps.eun.eg/CENTERS/asc/index.html

As far as his involvement in public service, Kamal holds an array of positions in Egypt's political life. He is a member of the Shura Council (the upper House of Egypt's parliament), serving on the Education and Youth Committee. http://www.shoura.gov.eg/shoura_en/list_db_en.asp?menu=4
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