# Tarek Masoud Faculty Associate. Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance; Director, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School. ![Tarek Masoud](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/wcfia/files/masoud_tarek.jpg?itok=TJQ-Muqc) location\_on 79 JFK Street Taubman-452 Mailbox 104 Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [(617) 496-3036]() email [Tarek\_Masoud@harvard.edu](mailto:Tarek_Masoud@harvard.edu) laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/tarek-masoud) **Research interests:** Political development; religion and politics; and Middle Eastern politics. - ## People Categories [Affiliates](/affiliates) [Faculty Associates](/affiliates/faculty_associates)