Lurdes Vidal

Director of the Department for the Arab Mediterranean at the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) @ IEMed

Lurdes Vidal holds a degree in Translation and Interpretation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and studied International Relations.  She is the Chief Editor of the quarterly journal Afkar/Ideas.

Beside her collaboration with different media, she lectures on the subject of Arab Politics in the Master on the Arab and Islamic World at the University of Barcelona. Among her most significant publications we can find “Democracia islámica: ¿un debate envenenado?”, in Ámbitos de Política y Sociedad (2008), Los retos de la educación básica en países del Mediterráneo Sur, Fundación Carolina/CeALCI/IEMed (2006); “Islam político y democracia, ¿riesgo u oportunidad?”, in Ámbitos de Política y Sociedad (2006), “El reto del desarrollo en Egipto”, in DCidob (2006).