Assistant Professor of Sociology 
Member of the Institute for Gender and Women's Studies

Maha Abdelrahman is an assistant professor of sociology at AUC. Among her recent publications is Civil Society Exposed: The Politics of NGOs in Egypt (IB Taurus 2004). Her research interests cover political Islam, opposition politics and social movements in the Middle East, and nationalism. She was a member of the editorial board for Cairo Papers in Social Science and advisor for a multidisciplinary degree (minor) in development studies at AUC.  

Research Interests

• Development Studies
• Civil Soceity
• Aid Policies
• The State
• Social and Political Theory
• Political Islam
• NGOs
• Social Movements
• Middle East Politics

Publications

Civil Society Exposed: The Politics of NGOs in Egypt, London: I.B. Tauris , Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, New York: Macmillan. (2004).

‘The Left and Political Islam in Egypt', ISIM Newsletter, (June 2004).

‘The Politics of “un-Civil” Society in Egypt', Review of African Political Economy , 29(91):21-36 , (2002).

Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt (co-editor), Cairo Papers in Social Science The American University in Cairo Press (forthcoming, Spring 2006).

‘Divine Consumption: Islam and Consumerism in Egypt' in Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt.

Courses Taught

• Sturcutre and Process in Egyptian Society
• State and Social Stratification
• Third World Development
• Development Agencies
• Arab Society
• Introduction to Sociology