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Past Event
Seminar

Why the 15 Hijackers? Understanding Islamist militancy in Saudi Arabia

Open to the Public

Dr. Thomas Hegghammer
Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program, Harvard University

Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

Date: Time: - Location: Crown Center, Heller Building, Room 163

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Dr. Thomas Hegghammer
Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program, Harvard University

Seven years after 9/11, what do we know about radical Islamism in Saudi Arabia? Based on extensive fieldwork in the Kingdom and biographies of 800 Saudi militants, this presentation will offer new findings on the causes and dynamics of jihadism in Saudi Arabia.

Please bring your lunch - refreshments will be provided