Militant Islam in North Africa, Past and Present

Please join the New America Foundation National Security Studies Program for a discussion with one of the world’s leading experts on jihadist groups in Europe and North Africa, Camille Tawil, on the past and current state of militant Islam in the region. Tawil, a journalist for the London-based Arabic daily al-Hayat, has covered militant Islam in the United Kingdom and North Africa for over 20 years, and has written seminal works in Arabic and English about Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and the wider history of North African militant groups.

Participants

Featured Speaker
Camille Tawil
Correspondent, Al-Hayat
Author, Brothers in Arms: The Story of Al-Qa’ida and the Arab Jihadists

Moderator
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
New America Foundation
Author, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda