About the Author

Laura Guazzone is Professor of the Contemporary History of the Arab Countries at 'La Sapienza' University of Rome. Daniela Pioppi is Senior Research Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs.Other contributors include Paul Aarts and Joris van Duijne, Joel Beinin, Myriam Catusse, Philippe Droz-Vincent, Issandr El Amrani, Steffen Hertog, Karam Karam, Charbel Nahas, Elizabeth Picard, Tim Niblock, Maria Cristina Paciello, Karen Aggestam, Helena Lindholm Schulz and Ulrich Wurzel.