Dr. Limor Lavie

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    CV

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    Research

    ,Modern Egypt

    ,State-Religon Relations

    ,Arab Spring

    ,Arab Discourse in the Media and Social Networks

    ,Intellectual Discourse

    The Muslim Brotherhood

    Courses

    Beginners Arabic

    Advanced Arabic

    Reading of the Writings of the Muslim Brotherhood

    Mass Media and Social Media in the Arab World

    State-Religion Relations in the Contemporary Muslim World

     

    Publications

    ספרים

    1. Limor Lavie, The Battle over a Civil State: Egypt's Road to June 30, 2013 (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2018).  231 pages

     

    מאמרים בכתבי־עת

    1. Limor Lavie, Allies or Foes: The Interplay between al-Azhar and the Muslim Brotherhood following Egypt’s 2011 Uprising (2011-2021),” Middle Eastern Studies (forthcoming).
    2. Limor Lavie, “The Ambiguity of the Quest for Mastership of the World: The Concept of Ustādhiyyat al-ʿĀlam in the Doctrine of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Religions, vol. 14 no. 9, Special Issue on Islamic Religious Thought (volume 2) (2023), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091144
    3. Limor Lavie, “Egyptian State Media in Opposition: Al-Ahram under Morsi 2012-2013,” Middle East Journal, vol. 76, no. 4 (2023), pp. 466-486.  https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.12
    4. Limor Lavie,De-Theocratizing the State? The Debate over the Civil State (Dawla Madaniyya) Model in Saudi Arabia,” Journal of Arabian Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (2022), pp. 64-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2022.2222443
    5. Limor Lavie, “Distancing Religion from State: The Changing Status of Islam in the Tunisian Constitutions (1959-2022),” The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies. vol. 8, no. 2 (2022), pp. 37-65. [Heb] https://doi.org/10.26351/JIMES/8-2/6
    6. Limor Lavie and Bosmat Yefet, “The Relationship between the State and the New Media in Egypt: A Dynamic of Openness, Adaptation and Narrowing,” Contemporary Review of the Middle East, vol. 9, no. 2 (2022), pp. 138-157. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989221080620
    7. Limor Lavie and Abdallah Shalaby, “Civil or Secular State in the Arab World: Egypt as a Case Study,” Strategic Assessment. vol. 24, no. 1 (2021), pp. 72-81. [Heb] [paper written in cooperation with the Egyptian sociologist Abdallah Shalaby of Ayn Shams University in Cairo and invited by The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)]
    8. Bosmat Yefet and Limor Lavie, “Legitimation in Post-Revolutionary Egypt: Al-Sisi and the Renewal of Authoritarianism,” Digest of Middle East Studies, vol. 30, no. 3 (2021), pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12244
    9. Limor Lavie, “The Constitutionalization of the Civil State: Self-definition in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen following the Arab Uprisings,” Religions. vol. 12, no. 4 (2021) Special Issue on Islamic Constitutions: Managing Religion and Politics edited by Rachel M. Scott, pp. 269-287. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12040269   The paper was translated into Arabic by the ASBAR Center for Middle East Research:  http://web.archive.org/web/20211203162355/https://asbarme.com/4788/
    10. Limor Lavie, “Lessening Anti-Jewish Hate Speech in Service of the Egyptian Regime: State Media under Mubarak, Re-Examined,” Die Welt des Islams, vol. 61, no. 3 (2021), pp. 308-327. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700607-61020001
    11. Limor Lavie, “Consensus vs. Dissensus over the ‘Civil State’ Model: A Key to Understanding the Diverse Outcomes of the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia,” British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 48, no. 3 (2019 online, 2021 hard copy), pp. 455-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2019.1651631
    12. Limor Lavie, “The Egyptian Muslim Brothers' Ideal State Model: A Religious State – Out; A Civil State – In,” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 6 (2017), pp. 996-1012.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2017.1350845
    13. Limor Lavie, “The Idea of the Civil State in Egypt: Its Evolution and Political Impact following the 2011 Revolution,” Middle East Journal, vol. 71, no. 1 (2017), pp 23-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3751/71.1.12  
    14. Limor Lavie, “The Discourse of Civil State in Egypt (1981-2014): Origins, Rival Interpretations and Political Influence,” Hamizrah Hehadash, vol. 55 (2016), pp. 137-166. [Heb]
    15. Limor Lavie, “The Establishment of the Arab Common Market and Its Failure, 1951-1971: The Political Dimension and the Israeli Connection,” The McGill Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 11 (2009/2010), pp. 9-43.
    16. Limor Lavie, “The Rise and Fall of the Arab Common Market: The Political Dimension and the Israeli Connection,” Hamizrah Hehadash, 52 (2012), pp. 231-260. [Heb]

    פרקים בספרים

    1. Limor Lavie, “Vertical vs. Horizontal: Egypt’s State-Religion Discourse before the Arab Spring—and After,” in Uzi Rabi and Mira Tzoreff (eds) From the 1919 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Spring: A History of Three Egyptian Thawras Reconsidered. Routledge (forthcoming).
    2. Bosmat Yefet and Limor Lavie,New Authoritarianism in Egypt: Stability and Fragility under Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi,” in E. Podeh and O. Winkler (eds), Between Stability and Revolution: A Decade to the Arab Spring (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2021), pp. 160-181. [Heb]
    3. Elie Podeh and Limor Lavie, “Egypt after the Arab Spring – Is It Really a Revolution?” in E. Podeh & O. Winckler (eds.), The Third Wave – Protest and Revolution in the Middle East (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2017), pp. 79-105. [Heb]
    4. Limor Lavie, “Egypt between Revolts,” in Liat Kozma (ed.), History of Islam and Middle Eastern Countries in Modern Times (Kadima: Reches Educational Projects, 2017), pp. 87-109 [Heb].

     

    ביקורות ספרים

    1. Limor Lavie, Book Review: The Failure of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World, by N. Obaid. The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 6, no. 2 (2021), pp. 189-192.
    2. Limor Lavie, Book Review: Leaving the Muslim Brotherhood: Self, Society, and the State, by M. Menshawy. The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 7, no. 2 (2020), pp. 93-96.

     

    מבחר פרסומים אחרים

    1. Limor Lavie, “Not Democratic and Islamic: A Reading in Tunisia’s Constitution of 2022,” Tzomet HaMizrah HaTichon, August 7, 2022. [Heb] https://dayan.org/he/content/5975
    2. Limor Lavie, “Family Law in Egypt and Iraq: Social Media Campaigns against Limiting Women’s Rights to Guardianship and Custody of their Children,” Beehive, vol. 29 (September 2021) https://dayan.org/content/family-law-egypt-and-iraq-social-media-campaigns-against-limiting-womens-rights
    3. Elie Podeh and Limor Lavie, “On the way to normalization, stopping the Muslim Brotherhood,” Walla, December 30, 2020. [Heb] https://news.walla.co.il/item/3407523
    4. Limor Lavie, “Tweeting Antisemitism in Arabic,” BeeHive, vol. 7, no. 2 (2019). [Hebhttps://dayan.org/he/content/5276
    5. Limor Lavie, Stand-Up Comedy in the Arab World,” BeeHive, vol. 7, no. 7 (2019). [Heb] https://dayan.org/he/content/5378
    6. Limor Lavie, “Expected Constitutional Amendments in Egypt: The End of the Revolution or the Beginning of the End of al-Sisi's Rule?” Tzomet HaMizrah HaTichon, March 7, 2019 [Heb] https://dayan.org/he/content/5273
    7. Limor Lavie, “Bad Karma: Censorship versus Freedom of Expression in Egypt in the Age of Social Media,” BeeHive, vol. 6, no. 6 (2018) [Heb]. https://dayan.org/he/content/4977
    8. Limor Lavie, “MeToo: The Egyptian Version,” BeeHive, vol. 6, no. 8 (2018). [Heb] https://dayan.org/he/content/5161
    9. Elie Podeh and Limor Lavie, “Still Waiting for the Revolution,” Haaretz, 25 January 2012 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/still-waiting-for-the-revolution-1.409089
    10. Elie Podeh and Limor Lavie, “Elections in Egypt: A Test of the Revolution,” Haaretz, 23 May 2012 [Heb].
    11. Elie Podeh and Limor Lavie, “Egypts Choice,” Haaretz, 28 November 2011 [Heb].

     

    Media
    1. Elie Podeh & Limor Lavie, "Egypt's Choice," Haaretz, 28 November 2011 [Hebrew].
    2. Elie Podeh & Limor Lavie, "Still Waiting for the Revolution," Haaretz, 25 January 2012 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/still-waiting-for-the-revolution-1.409089
    3. Elie Podeh & Limor Lavie, "Elections in Egypt: A Test of the Revolution," Haaretz, 23 May 2012 [Hebrew].     
    4. Elie Podeh & Limor Lavie, “On the way to normalization, stopping the Muslim Brotherhood,” December 30, 2020 https://news.walla.co.il/item/3407523
    5. ראיון לסמדר פרי בתכנית רצועת הביטחון בגלי צה"ל, 4 באוגוסט 2019

    Last Updated Date : 15/01/2024