Ayman Ayoub

Ayman Ayoub is the regional director of the west Asia and north Africa programme at International IDEA. He specializes in programmes of electoral support, legal and judicial reform. A Spanish lawyer of Syrian origin, Ayman’s work for the last 13 years has mainly focussed on the provision of specialised assistance services for elections and democratisation processes in transitional and post conflict countries, including the Middle East, West Africa, East Europe and South East Asia for the European Commission, the United Nations and other organisations.

Arab Spring: Revolution to Constitution

The Arab uprisings of 2011 can be understood as the striving for a new social contract founded on constitutional and democratic principles, says Ayman Ayoub. The uprisings across many Arab countries in 2011 are above all inspiring struggles by citizens to pursue a vision of what their countries can become. An entire generation of young people, who form the majority of the population in the... Continue Reading

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