Omar Ashour Explained

Team:

Egyptian National Taekwondo team
Canadian National Karate Team

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Workplaces:	Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Discipline:	security and military studies
Main Interests:	deradicalization
Notable Works:	How ISIS Fights The Deradicalization of Jihadists

Omar Ashour is a British-Canadian security and military studies academic and a former martial arts champion.

Academic career

Ashour is the author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021)^[1] and The Deradicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements (London, New York: Routledge, 2009).^[2] Ashour has published about de-radicalization, counter-narratives, and transitions to democracy.^[3] ^[4]

Martial Arts

Ashour is a Taekwondo master and a kickboxer. He was a member of the Egyptian National Taekwondo team. His record includes a bronze medal in the World Junior Taekwondo Championship and a silver medal in Africa’s Taekwondo championship.^[5] He was the Egyptian national champion six times in the bantam and feather weight categories.^[6] He was also the two-times national champion in Chinese Kickboxing (Sanshou). In 2007, he joined the Canadian National Karate Team and won the Gold medal in the World Koshiki Karate Championship in the middle-weight category, defeating seven-times World Champion, Masamitsu Hisataka via unanimous decision.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Ashour . Omar . How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Paperback, Hardback, Ebook) . Edinburgh University Press . February 28, 2021 . December 8, 2020.
Web site: Ashour . Omar . The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements (Hardback) . Routledge . April 6, 2009 . October 19, 2011.
Post-Jihadism: Libya and the Global Transformations of Armed Islamist Movements. June 1, 2011 . 10.1080/09546553.2011.560218 . 23 . 3 . Terrorism and Political Violence . 377–397. Ashour. Omar. 144762016 .
News: Ashour . Omar . BBC News – Egypt secularists and liberals afraid of democracy? . BBC . July 13, 2011 . October 19, 2011. BBC News .
Web site: The Official Taekwondo Hall Of Fame® – Ecuador – Egypt . Lacancha.com . October 19, 2011.
Web site: TAEKWONDOHALLOFFAME.COM – Tae Kwon Do Hall Of Fame – Taekwondo Hall of Fame – TaeKwon-Do Hall of Fame – Taekwon-do Hall of Fame – taekwondo hall of fame – Mike Warren – Joe Hayes – Albert Cheeks & Others! . taekwondo hall of fame . October 19, 2011.
Web site: World Koshiki Karate Championships 2007 middle weight Div . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/t6IwHppgxrI . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube . September 24, 2007 . October 19, 2011.