Frederic Wehrey, Author at Arab Media & Society

Frederic Wehrey

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His writing on Libya has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times, and other publications. A U.S. military veteran with tours across the Middle East, he holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University. His first book, Sectarian Politics in the Gulf, was chosen as a "Best Book on the Middle East" by Foreign Affairs magazine. Born and raised in southern California, he now lives in Washington DC.

Book Excerpt | The Burning Shores

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In September 2015, I traveled back to Benghazi. I wanted to see what had happened to the city since the launch of Operation Dignity and why the fighting had been so protracted. I came in through a northern suburb called Kuwayfia, the only route open. Filled with date palms and …

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Frederic Wehrey

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Between empathy and victim-blaming: the effect of personal ideologies and identities on users’ perception of the self-reported gender-based violence posts on Facebook in Egypt

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Feminist Markers in Contemporary Arabic Songs: Analytical Study of Discourse and Gender (Arabic)

Feminist Markers in Contemporary Arabic Songs: Analytical Study of Discourse and Gender (English translation)

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