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Laura Feliu is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She leads, together with Ferran Izquierdo, the research project: "HAR2016-77876-PTransnational Dynamics and Actors in the MENA Region", financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. She has extensively worked and published on international human rights promotion, on international relations of the WANA region, and on Spanish foreign policy. Her latest publications in English include:Izquierdo, F., Etherington, J. and Feliu, L. (eds) Political Islam in a Time of Revolt. London: Palgrave (with a chapterwritten together with Rachid Aarab: «Political Islam in Libya. Transformation on the way to elitisation»);«Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and human rights activism». In: Richard Gillespie and F. Volpi (eds.),The Routledge Handbook of Mediterranean Politics. London: Routledge, 2017; and jointly with Mª Angustias Parejo Fernández: "The Western Sahara members of the Moroccan Parliament. Parliamentary Diplomacy and identity Perceptions", in Ojeda, Veguilla and Fernández-Molina.Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara's Protracted Decolonization. London: Palgrave, 2016. Ferran Izquierdo-Brichs isTenured lecturer on International Relations at Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research is focused on the Sociology of power and the Arab world. He has published numerous articles on these issues, and recently the books: Izquierdo Brichs, F., J. Etherington, L. Feliu (eds.) (2017). Political Islam in a time of revolt. London: Palgrave / Macmillan / Springer. Izquierdo Brichs, F. y J. Etherington (2017). Poder global. Una mirada desde la Sociología del Poder. Barcelona: Bellaterra. Ferran Izquierdo Brichs (ed.) El islam político en el Mediterráneo. Radiografía de una evolución., Barcelona, Cidob/Bellaterra, 2013. Ferran Izquierdo Brichs (ed.) Political Regimes in the Arab World. Londres: Routledge, 2013.

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One hundred years since the Russian Revolution, Communist parties have undergone great changes, in an evolution that has affected the entire Left and the social movements. Given that the impact of Communist parties and their evolution in the Middle East is a topic that has not been widely researched, Communist parties in the Middle East.

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Acknowledgements

The Editors and Contributors

Introduction.

Communist Parties in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview

Laura Feliu, Ferran Izquierdo-Brichs and Francesc Serra

Part 1.

1. Iran's Communist Movement: Reform and Revolution Yassamine Mather

2. The Communist Party of Turkey: An Instrument of Soviet Eastern Policy? Bulent Gökay

3. The Iraqi Communist Party Johan Franzén

4. The Lebanese Communist Party: Continuity against all Odds Rosa Velasco Muñoz

5. The Syrian Communist Party: Patrimonialism and fractures Rosa Velasco Muñoz

6. Class and Nation: Arab and Jewish communists in Palestine Musa Budeiri

7. The Communist Movement in Egypt Bárbara Azaola

8. Communism and Organizational Symbiosis in South Yemen: The People's Democratic Union, the National Liberation Front, and the Yemeni Socialist Party

John Ishiyama

9. The Sudan Communist Party: `Bolshevize it, O God!' Abdullahi A. Ibrahim

10. The Communists in Algeria (1920-93) Pierre-Jean Le Foll-Luciani

11. The Four Faces Of Morocco's Communists: PCF, MCP, PLS and PPS Bernabé López García

Part 2.

12. Islamists and Communists: A History of Arab Convergenze Parallele Luz Gómez García

13. The New Left in 1960-70s Lebanon and 1917 as Model and Foil Laure Guirguis

14. From Marxism to anti-authoritarianism: Egypt's New Left Laura Galian

15. Women and Left in the Middle East: The Voice of the Protagonists. An interview with Azza Chararah Baydoun Natalia Ribas-Mateos