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Sarah Feuer

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Dr. Sarah J. Feuer was the Rosenbloom Family Fellow in the Washington Institute's Geduld Program on Arab Politics. Her 2018 book, Regulating Islam: Religion and the State in Contemporary Morocco and Tunisia, was published by Cambridge University Press. An expert on politics and religion across North Africa, Feuer was previously a senior fellow and a Soref fellow at the Institute, where she authored numerous policy papers and monographs covering developments across the Maghreb and religion-state dynamics in the Arab world more generally. Her 2019 study, Course Correction: The Muslim World League, Saudi Arabia's Export of Islam, and Implications for U.S. Policy, examined the shifting contours of Saudi religious export in recent years.

Education

Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.A., Tel Aviv University; B.A., University of Pennsylvania.

Featured Publications

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Course Correction:
The Muslim World League, Saudi Arabia's Export of Islam, and Opportunities for Washington
Throughout 2016 and 2017, statements from Riyadh suggested that Saudi Arabia might be on the verge of reorienting its decades-long
Nov 22, 2019
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  • Sarah Feuer
State Islam in the Battle Against Extremism
Emerging Trends in Morocco and Tunisia
In the American policy debates over the causes, consequences, and potential cures of Islamist extremism, institutions of state Islam --
Jun 15, 2016
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  • Sarah Feuer
Post-Jasmine Tunisia
One of the more dramatic Arab Spring plotlines has been the rapid turn of fortune for Islamist movements throughout the
Jun 10, 2015
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  • Sarah Feuer

Recent Policy Analysis by Sarah Feuer

Middle East Protests, Burning Flag
In-Depth Reports
Washington and the Next Arab Spring
Oct 3, 2021
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  • Sarah Feuer
  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Political Uncertainty Deepens in Tunisia
Aug 31, 2021
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  • Sarah Feuer
  • Grant Rumley
  • Ben Fishman
  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Brief Analysis
Political Crisis in Tunisia: U.S. Response Options
Jul 27, 2021
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  • Sarah Feuer
Articles & Testimony
The Real Impact of the War Between Hamas and Israel
May 21, 2021
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  • Sarah Feuer
Northwest Africa map
In-Depth Reports
Seizing Opportunities and Strengthening Alliances in Northwest Africa:
Ideas for Policy Toward Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Feb 3, 2021
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  • Robert Satloff
  • Sarah Feuer
Brief Analysis
Riots Erupt in Tunisia
Jan 22, 2021
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  • Sarah Feuer
All Policy Analysis by Sarah Feuer
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