Mneimneh has written extensively on radicalization and insurgency in the Middle East, and he continues to participate in initiatives designed to assess extremism in the Arab and Muslim worlds. As director of the Iraq Memory Foundation, Mneimneh supervised the structuring, annotation, and analysis of a massive archive of documents from Saddam Hussein’s regime. He is also one of the political experts consulted by the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group. At AEI, Mneimneh tracks the online presence and the ideology of jihadist organizations such as al Qaeda.

-Director, Iraq Memory Foundation, 2004-2008

-Executive director, Iraq Foundation, 2004

-Codirector, Iraq Research and Documentation Projects, 1999-2004

-Senior consultant, Arabic Computer Consultancy, 1990-99

-Teaching fellow, 1989-96; instructor, 1992-94; and senior thesis tutor, 1995; Harvard University

-Visiting lecturer, Tufts University, 1992

 

Education

M.A., history and Middle Eastern studies, Harvard University

M.A., Arab studies, Georgetown University

B.A., history, American University of Beirut

 

Articles and Short Publications

Syria's Choice Seven Years Later: The Jihadist International

Events

The Middle East Unravels: Lessons from Lebanon The Battle for Cyberspace: Blogging and Dissidence in the Middle East AEI Series: Dissent and Reform in the Arab World

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