Riadh Sidaoui
| Riadh Sidaoui رياض الصيداوي |
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14 May 1967 Bou Hajla, Tunisia |
| Residence | Geneva |
| Nationality | Tunisian, Swiss |
| Fields | sociology, political sciences |
| Alma mater | Tunis University, University of Geneva |
Riadh Sidaoui (رياض الصيداوي) (born in Bou Hajla, 14 May 1967) is a Tunisian writer and political scientist who has a Swiss nationality.
He is the director of the Geneva-based Centre Arabe de Recherches et d'Analyses Politiques et Sociales. Taqadoumiya since 2010. He has had articles and studies published in London, in newspapers such as Al-Hayat and Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
After studying in Kairouan, he joined the Tunis University and obtained a master's degree in journalism (political specialization) from the Institute of Press and Information Sciences of Tunis in 1992, and a DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies) in 1995 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tunis.
He moved to Switzerland in 1995, where he studied at the University of Geneva. After obtaining a Master of Advanced Studies in development studies from the Graduate Institute of Development Studies in 1997, he obtained a Master of Advanced Studies in political sciences from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of Geneva in 1998.
Sidaoui draws attention to the notion that many fanatical Islamists have degrees in sciences; in fact, the September 11, 2001 attacks were committed by men who had completed studies in natural sciences. He explains: "Despite the lack of a comprehensive study on the occupational origin of the leadership of Islamist movements in the Arab world, we can see an almost total domination of scientific careers. It seems that the number of engineers, doctors, physicists, etc., acting on behalf of Islam, is considerable. This thesis is confirmed by the success of Islamists in the elections of scientific advice in the faculties of sciences. This same success is difficult if not impossible in the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences.".
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