The 12 year olds at the Pentagon had a cool new missile they wanted to use. It explodes a few feet above the ground & shoots out little tungsten pellets, killing everyone nearby.
They used it to bomb a sports facility where girls were playing volleyball. Killed 21 people.
In your name.
I'm happy to announce my book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic" is now available for pre-order!
The Grand Egyptian Museum's opening in Egypt, paired with pro-regime propaganda, "serves to justify its foreign and domestic policies," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social.
That includes sidelining President El-Sisi's most pressing nuisance: the people.
With the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening, Cairo continues to redefine the past to both "justify its policies [and] effectively redefine what Egyptian history, the nation, the state and the military mean today," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social.
"Cairo’s decision does not mean that Alaa will be released, nor does it shift Sisi`s reliance on repression as a tool for regime maintenance," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social of Egypt's removal of Alaa Abdel Fatah from its terrorism list, in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Happy to announce that I will be working on a book titled "Militarized Capitalism Under El-Sisi: Blood and Concrete".
Time now for countless episodes of imposter syndrome, self flagellation, and writer's block.
"Giulio`s death made clear that returning to Cairo carried the terrifying risk of prison, a horrendous death or both... I chose not to return and have not done so to this day," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social, reviewing in DAWN's Democracy in Exile his now-decade of exile from Egypt
"Autocracy and injustice thrive and spread when leaders fail to halt their advance or hold autocrats accountable."
@magedmandour.bsky.social shares some major moments from what is now a decade of exile from Egypt, writing in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
"No one is safe—from Egypt to Gaza—because the world has proven unwilling to stop the repression, torture and murder of innocent life."
@magedmandour.bsky.social summarizes a decade of exile following the 2013 post-revolutionary coup in Egypt, in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Would Trump aid cuts kill #Egypt - or make Sisi stronger? Gulf support could help Cairo weather the storm, & by defending Palestinian rights, the Sisi regime stands to gain popular legitimacy, writes MEDC's DMI Advisory Group member @magedmandour.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/woul...
My latest for the @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social on the possible impact of American aid cut on Sisi and the stability of the regime.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/woul...
@3arabawy.substack.com and @3yyash.bsky.social have way better sources than I do :). If I am asked to guess, it would be Organi
Thank you both your thoughtful engagement with the book!
Check out my latest for the @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social on the rise of a new political party in Egypt, it's connection to a state sanctioned militia and what this means for the country.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/egyp...
Check out my latest for the @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social on the rise of a new political party in Egypt, it's connection to a state sanctioned militia and what this means for the country.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/egyp...
Now I feel fancy 😌
A bit late but would love to be added
The victims of the holocaust, the Libyan genocide, the Algerian pacification, and the Namibian genocide might disagree with your statement about the European propensity for restraint
I can only imagine 😅
Can it be part of the Emirati narrative of islamophobia against immigrants in Europe while presenting itself as a moderate muslim power?
Agree, but I'm talking about something else. Real popular support for mass repression. Here I'm thinking of Egypt in 2013. A mass hysteria was in the air. It's a dark side of how autocracies work
An often neglected aspect of this is the level of popular participation in mass state repression. How can a regime convince so many of its citizens to support this mass slaughter?
‘The most obvious lesson is the mistake of heavily relying on external support from foreign sponsors, and the belief such support is endless and that these regimes are too important or "too big to fail".’
Check out my latest for the @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social on the lessons drawn from the fall of Assad
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/assa...
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