Islam wa al-Dimuqratia fi al-Alam al-Arabiالإسلام والديموقراطية في العالم العربي مصر وتونس من منظور مقارن

The book explores the complex relationship between Islam and democracy by comparing the divergent paths taken by Egypt and Tunisia following the Arab Spring. Alaoui challenges the "Islamist-Secular" binary that often stalls democratic progress.
The core of his argument is the concept of "Pacting": the idea that democracy does not require everyone to agree on philosophical or religious truths, but rather on a pragmatic political deal. He argues that Tunisia's relative success was due to a "democratic pact" where different factions compromised to coexist, whereas Egypt's transition failed because of a lack of such a consensus, leading back to authoritarianism.