Omar Ashour
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Omar Ashour is a British-Canadian security and military studies academic and a former martial arts champion.
Academic career[edit]
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[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ Ashour, Omar (February 28, 2021). "How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Paperback, Hardback, Ebook)". Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ Ashour, Omar (April 6, 2009). "The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements (Hardback)". Routledge. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ Ashour, Omar (June 1, 2011). "Post-Jihadism: Libya and the Global Transformations of Armed Islamist Movements". Terrorism and Political Violence. 23 (3): 377–397. doi:10.1080/09546553.2011.560218. S2CID 144762016.
- ^ Ashour, Omar (July 13, 2011). "BBC News – Egypt secularists and liberals afraid of democracy?". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "The Official Taekwondo Hall Of Fame® – Ecuador – Egypt". Lacancha.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "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. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "World Koshiki Karate Championships 2007 middle weight Div". YouTube. September 24, 2007. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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