Ezzedine C. Fishere is a senior lecturer at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on Middle East politics. He previously taught in the Political Science department of the American University in Cairo. 

Fishere previously served as an advisor to pro-democracy movements and political candidates including Mohamed Elbaradei (2011-2013) and Hamdeen Sabahi (2014). He worked for the Egyptian Foreign Service and the United Nations missions in the Middle East. He directed the Arab-Israeli project at the International Crisis Group (2007 - 2008), and worked as a counselor to the Egyptian foreign minister (2005 – 2007). He served as a political adviser at the United Nations Missions in Sudan (2004-2005) and the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) in Jerusalem (2001 – 2004). 

Fishere has published eight novels, mostly depicting Egyptian social and political decay. His most recent novel is "The Egyptian Assassin."