Jan Claudius Völkel
Jan Claudius Völkel is a DAAD long-term lecturer of political science at Cairo University’s Euro-Mediterranean Studies Programme, and serves as regional coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa for the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI).
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- August 18, 2016 Jan Claudius Völkel
Iran and Saudi: Political hardliners boosting tensions
On 9 September, millions of Muslims will once again set out on their pilgrimage to Makkah. But one thing will be different than before: Iranians will this time be unable to participate in the so-called Hajj, which takes place at the holy site in Saudi Arabia. In the last...