Mustapha Khalfi, editor-in-chief of the Moroccan daily newspaper “ATTAJDID,” writes on Moroccan politics, regional politics and political Islam. He was also a visiting scholar in Carnegie’s Democracy Rule of Law project, where he analyzed political reform trends in the region and the changing role of Islamist movements and parties.
Khalfi’s three-month residence began a year-long Fulbright/American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow studying U.S. policy in the Middle East, with a focus on democracy promotion efforts. Khalfi has published more than 200 articles and reports for a number of newspapers and journals.
Selected Publications: The Parliamentary Experience of “Justice and Development Party” (Rabat: Palmares , 2002); Political Participation of the Moroccan Islamic Movement (Rabat: Palmares, in press); Morocco and the Struggle Against Poverty (Attajdid, January, 2005); The Iraqi Election and Its Impact on the Bush Policy Towards Iran (Attajdid, December, 2004)