{"id":1977,"date":"2025-12-23T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:39:03","slug":"s2e1-how-movements-rise-and-fall-with-professor-nasir-almasri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/2025\/12\/23\/s2e1-how-movements-rise-and-fall-with-professor-nasir-almasri\/","title":{"rendered":"S2E1: How Movements Rise and Fall with Professor Nasir Almasri"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1977-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2025\/12\/almasri-interview.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2025\/12\/almasri-interview.mp3\">\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2025\/12\/almasri-interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join us in conversation with Professor Nasir Almasri, a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Society of Fellows at Boston University and an affiliate of the Department of Political Science, where we discuss his upcoming book, currently titled \u201cThe Rise and Fall of Radical Movements in the Middle East.\u201d Listen on to learn more about opposition movements, the MENA political climate, his research process, his academic and career journey thus far, and some food for thought about the current political landscape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1943\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2025\/12\/Nasir-Almasri.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"257\" class=\" wp-image-1943\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Nasir Almasri, Postdoctoral Scholar at BU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Credits<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Host: Logan Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Audio Recording and Editing: Jack Whitten<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Additional Support: Tatiana Azouri<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Note: the views and opinions expressed in the podcast and other published work on the website are the interviewee&#8217;s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Pardee Atlas. While we make every effort to ensure that the information we are sharing is accurate, we welcome your comments, suggestions, or feedback.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Join us in conversation with Professor Nasir Almasri, a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Society of Fellows at Boston University and an affiliate of the Department of Political Science, where we discuss his upcoming book, currently titled \u201cThe Rise and Fall of Radical Movements in the Middle East.\u201d Listen on to learn more about opposition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}