Mohamed Daadaoui

Mohamed Daadaoui serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, History, and Philosophy & Rhetoric within the College of Arts & Sciences at Oklahoma City University. His academic leadership spans interdisciplinary humanities and social science disciplines with a focus on North African political systems.

Research expertise includes:

• North African Politics
• Maghreb Regional Studies
• Islamist Political Movements
• Arab Uprisings Comparative Analysis
• Moroccan and Tunisian Governance

Daadaoui is author of the seminal work 'Moroccan Monarchy and the Islamist Challenge' and maintains the specialized Maghreb Blog. His scholarly commentary appears in the Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of North African Studies, Washington Post's Monkey Cage, Foreign Policy, and Carnegie Endowment's SADA. Current major projects include a Historical Dictionary of the Arab Uprisings and a comparative manuscript on Islamism in Morocco and Tunisia. He provides regular political analysis for international media including al-Jazeera English, C-Span, and Oklahoma PBS.