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Adel Abdel Ghafar


Adel Abdel Ghafar is a PhD scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University. His research focuses on the political economy of the Arab Uprisings with a focus on Egypt.
Brenton Clark is a PhD scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University. His research focuses on Iran's political, economic and cultural influence and interests in Tajikistan and the wider Central Asian region.

Jessie Moritz is a PhD scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on state-society relations in oil and gas-rich economies with a particular focus on the Arab states of the Gulf.

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