Hesham Sallam is co-editor of Jadaliyya e-zine and is a doctoral candidate in Government at Georgetown University.
He is currently a Peace Scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace. His research focuses on Islamist movements and the politics of economic reform in the Arab World. Sallam’s research has previously received the support of the Social Science Research Council. He is former program specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Past institutional affiliations include Middle East Institute, Asharq Al-Awsat, and the World Security Institute. Sallam received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.