Anne Azza Aly

Anne Azza Aly
Nationality Australian
Ethnicity Egyptian
Education Doctorate
Alma mater American University in Cairo, Edith Cowan University
Occupation Political theorist

Dr. Anne Azza Aly is an Australian political scholar, academic and counter-terrorism expert. She is an ECU Professorial Research fellow at Edith Cowan University.

Early life and education

Aly was born in Egypt and immigrated to Australia at the age of two years.[1] She is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1990.[1][2] In 1994, Aly received a postgraduate certificate in language study from Edith Cowan University.[2] She went on to receive her master's degree in 1996, and her PhD in 2008, each from Edith Cowan.[2]

Academic career

In 2008, Aly received the Dean's Award for Best New Researcher from Edith Cowan University.[2] In 2009, she won a Publication Award from the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers,[2] and she appointed to the Council for Australian Arab Relations at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[1] In 2011, she was inducted into the Western Australian Women's Hall of Fame.[2] Aly's research has been funded by the Australian Research Council’s Safeguarding Australia Initiative.[1]

Anne Azza Aly is the founder of People Against Violent Extremism, a Professor and a Professorial Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University. She has written on terrorist recruitment and counter-messaging[3] and the involvement of former white supremacists in speaking out against violent extremism.[4][5][6][7][8]

In 2014, Aly was a panelist on Islam and terrorism at an Australian Coalition meeting.[9] In 2015, Aly announced that her organization, People Against Violent Extremism had raised $40,800 for a mentoring program for young activists.[10] The mentoring program includes training through MyHack, which trains university students to brainstorm and develop counter-messaging to extremist propaganda online.[10]

Aly is an active member of Curtin University's The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT), leading its Countering Online Violent Extremism research program.[11]

Political career

Aly was preselected as the Labor candidate for Cowan in January of 2016. The seat is a marginal seat which could be key in the government successful at the 2016 Federal Election.[12]

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Monique Billstein (1 April 2011). "One-of-a-kind terrorism book launched at Curtin". Curtin University. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Staff Associate Professor Anne Aly". Curtin University. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Anne Aly, Dana Weimann-Saks, and Gabriel Weimann (2014). "Making ‘Noise’ Online: An Analysis of the Say No to Terror Online Campaign".
  4. ↑ "De-radicalisation and the ‘authentic voices’ of reason". Radio National.
  5. ↑ "Lateline - 21/04/2015: Interview: Counter-terrorism expert Dr Anne Aly". abc.net.au.
  6. ↑ "Illegitimate: When Moderate Muslims Speak Out". media-culture.org.au.
  7. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/how-anne-aly-is-fighting-the-radicalisation-of-young-muslims/story-e6frg8h6-1227394959858
  8. ↑ "Zaky Mallah: Alan Tudge, Malcolm Turnbull boycott Q & A". NewsComAu.
  9. ↑ Bourke, Latika (23 September 2014). "Liberal MP Alex Hawke accuses ABC's Q&A of broadcasting 'conspiracy theories' on terror raids". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 Adam Gartrell (31 May 2015). "Secret grants for countering violent extremism programs split communities". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Countering Online Violent Extremism - Centre For Culture & Technology". ccat-lab.org. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  12. ↑ "Anne for Cowan". Anne Aly for Cowan. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  13. ↑ "Society & social sciences / Warfare & defence - Terrorism and Global Security: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives". palgravemacmillan.com.au.

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