Ezzedine C. Fishere teaches courses on Middle East politics. Before joining Dartmouth in September 2018, he was an associate professor in the Political Science department at the American University in Cairo. Fishere is also a novelist and a former career diplomat. He became actively involved in Egyptian politics during and after the Tahrir Uprising, advising pro-democracy political groups and writing extensively on Middle East political issues.
Fishere served as the Assistant Minister for Culture during Egypt's uprising in 2011, and prior to that, he was an ambassador in Egypt's Foreign Service. His roles included serving as the rapporteur of the Independent Commission on Restructuring the League of Arab States (2011-2013), counselor to the Egyptian Foreign Minister with a focus on Arab-Israeli relations and regional security (2005-2007), and head of the political section at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv (1998-2001).
He also worked as a political advisor in various United Nations missions across the Middle East and East Africa, including the UN Mission in Sudan (2004-2005), the UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (2005), and the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) in Jerusalem (2001-2004). Additionally, he directed the Arab-Israeli project at the International Crisis Group (2007-2008).
Fishere published numerous novels in Arabic, mostly depicting Egyptians struggle with social and political decay. Three of his novels were nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize (2008, 2011 and 2021), another two turned into a Pan-Arab TV series. His "Embrace at Brooklyn Bridge", a novel on identity construction and transformation, was published in English (2017) and Italian (2019). The Egyptian Assassin was published in English (2019). "All That Nonsense", a novel about Egypt's post-revolutionary generation, was translated to French and Hebrew. In 2024, he published a book, in Arabic, on the social origins of Egypt's state fragility.
At Dartmouth, Fishere teaches courses on Arab Political Thought (MES12.05/GOVT60.17), America and the Middle East (MES12.04/GOVT20.08), Egypt's Society, Politics and Culture (MES12.01), Introduction to Middle East Politics (MES08), Arab Revolutions (MES07.01), Politics of Israel Palestine (JWST40.01) and Foreign Policy of Middle Eastern States (GOVT50). He also coordinates Dartmouth Middle East dialogues.