The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life

April 11, 2013 @ 4:30pm
Johnson Center, Room F
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Presented by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI), George Mason University Middle East Studies Program, Global Interdisciplinary Programs, and the Center for Global Islamic Studies

Featuring...
Roger Owen, Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Harvard University

This event discussed Owen's most recent publication,  The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents of for Life, a political history of an era when most presidents were becoming more monarchical, which effectively came to an end with the revolutions of the "Arab Spring."