Shadi Mokhtari teaches at the School of International Service at American University in Washington D.C.. Her teaching and research focus on human rights, Middle East politics and the politics of human rights in and vis-à-vis the Middle East. In particular, she has focused on the dynamics of human rights contests, social movements, and/or political change in Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia and Bahrain at various points over the last 25 years.
This article first appeared in the Journal of Human Rights.
“Arab Spring” (en), “Manifesting Morality” (en), “Mockery of Morality” (en), “Moral Maze” (en), Egypt (en), Human Rights (en), Shadi Mokhtari (en), SWANA (en)
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