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Jacob Høigilt

Investigador en temas de Oriente Medio en el Instituto Fafo para Estudios Internacionales Aplicados, Oslo.

Jacob Høigilt is Middle East researcher at Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies in Oslo, Norway. His research has revolved around issues of language, religion and politics in the Arab world. The regions on which he writes include Egypt and the Levant.

Høigilt has written a number of articles about Islam, language and politics in international academic journals, and he contributes articles and op-ed pieces in Norwegian journalsand papers. He wrote his PhD thesis about Islamic rhetoric in contemporary Egypt, and a book on the same subject is forthcoming on Routledge in 2010/2011.

Spoken languages

English, Norwegian

Written languages

English, Norwegian

Expert publications

• 23/02/2010 - Darfur and arab public opinion: strategies for engagement