There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

Democracy colleagues, @StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now Please share and sign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit: pomeps.org/call-for-app...

But it was too late. To understand what happened, you *must* read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social's @jodemocracy.bsky.social article ▼▼ In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My colleagues at @jadaliyya.bsky.social just organized an incredibly enlightening and eye-opening discussion on Israel’s strikes against Iran and the exchange of hostilities that ensued shortly after. 🧵

New analysis from @wazirelkif.bsky.social contextualizes Egypt's contemporary culture wars in a longer history of intellectual conflict between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates that stretches back decades. 🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo

My article "Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt" was just published in the Journal of North African Studies

My Monday op-ed in @indianexpress.com about Trump’s ‘Gaza-a-Lago’ proposal indianexpress.com/article/opin...

CDDRL's @wazirelkif.bsky.social is the author of one of @jodemocracy.bsky.social's most-read articles of 2024. Read "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" now: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social and Omar Dahi share their extensive knowledge about Syria here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsy...

BREAKING The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip since October last year

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu https://www.ft.com/content/0b62f17a-97db-4817-90f8-f98adead79f0

It's the season...please spread the word...

The application season for the @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social pre- and post- doctoral fellowships is underway. Please spread the word. (Dec. 1 deadline) ow.ly/c8eW50Txyh0

My review of five books on the Egyptian revolution and counterrevolution

Congrats @abuaardvark.bsky.social and Steve Heydemann and all the contributors! Check it out and order press.umich.edu/Books/M/Maki...

Our book Making Sense of the Arab State is published today - open access to boot! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/seeing-lik...

Hello BlueSky! Here to bring you MERIP's critical coverage of the Middle East in skeet form! Our latest issue (# 310) was released last week: The Struggle for Sudan. It features articles and interviews with scholars, aid workers, labor organizers and local observers of the conflict after one year.

APSA MENA qualitative methods camp in Tangier, Morocco. Apps due March 3! Pls share!

Some thoughts for MERIP on the Houthis' Red Sea campaign, the history of Yemeni engagement on Palestine, and the impact the US-UK response may have on Yemen's ongoing conflict. menasky polisky

Pleased to have my book on @abuaardvark.bsky.social's list and can't help but notice that the first three all came from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social's partnership with OUP. They're producing a solid list of books on Yemen, well worth your while.

Do you know a great dissertation on MENA politics that was defended in the last academic year? If so, urge them to get nominated! And if you advised one, even better - you can nominate it yourself! We've extended the deadline for our dissertation award until January 15th. Full details below.

An excellent, thorough, engagingly written article on how and why Egypt has transitioned to a more militarized, centralized kind of authoritarianism under Sisi. By @wazirelkif.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...

My article "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" is now out in the latest issue of the Journal of Democracy: shorturl.at/ciswx (1/6)

Cairo is in the backseat of the diplomatic channels, while Doha continues to take the lead in mediation initiatives. Egypt remains relevant, only due to its geographical proximity to Palestine, not because of its soft or hard power.

Egypt's presidential race: not a competition for votes but a competition over key roles inside Sisi's political apparatus in the coming years. The election was the Sisi regime's "employee performance appraisal." The star "performers": Mustaqbal Watan and the RPP's Hazem Omar

Looking for a fresh winter read or a last-minute gift? Check out these books from CDDRL faculty and researchers that have been published over the last year ➡️ cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/publications...

مقالي عن "عن معضلة اليسار المصري" orientxxi.info/dossiers/art...

Today I published a new Egypt Security Sector Report. Subscribe to read it.

Today, we're proud to announce the launch of CDDRL's newest research initiative — the Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice. Led by @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social, IDJ examines the multifaceted dimensions of identity & informs tangible steps toward a more equitable future. Read more below ⤵️

To members of the Middle East Politics section of the APSA: Please note that nominations for our 4 major awards are due by January 1, 2024! Awards are for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, and Best APSA Paper. Please log on to Apsanet for the details and good luck!

My article in Orient XXI on the Egyptian left--part of their dossier "The Arab left, past and future" Read here t.co/IsJBbu3O6Q

I’m no former leader, but I worked there. Didn’t know this guy, but his beliefs and his behavior are reprehensible. Not just the odious Orientalism and racism, but also the express threat to have family members arrested and tortured in a foreign country.

I’m relieved to hear that this racist man was arrested. I hope he will be held accountable for his actions. A lot of people are still waiting for reactions from Obama administration leaders hoping they would speak out against the distributing views expressed by Stuart Seldowitz.

📢 I’m excited to share that my article on autocratic performance legitimacy and the COVID response policies in Saudi Arabia has been published in PoP (open-access)👇 doi.org/10.1017/S153...

🗣️ Calling all democracy activists! APPLY NOW for the 2024 Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program at Stanford University to participate in a life-changing experience! Applications close January 14, 2024. Learn more and get started: cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/applica...

Hi everyone. I run a newsletter on Egyptian politics/security sector. I send out two dispatches a week on Mondays and Thursdays. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber so I can keep doing this newsletter. Thanks in advance 🤘

The second symposium features eight articles, that are as enlightening as they are engaging, on left-wing politics! Kudos to editors Francesco Cavatora & Gamze Çavdar & authors Idriss Jebari, Sune Haugbolle, @wazirelkif.bsky.social, Siavush Randjbar, Sevgi Adak, Avraham Shilon, Khalil Dahbi!

On this week's episode of the podcast, Sumita Pahwa joins @abuaardvark.bsky.social to discuss her new book - Politics as Worship: Righteous Activism and the Egyptian Muslim Brothers. Listen here: pomeps.org/s-13-ep-9

Why is it important to spread videos and photos of protests?

I don’t think the reputation of Joe Biden or any senior official in his administration will ever recover from his public support for the human catastrophe Israel has inflicted on Gaza’s captive civilian population. And it shouldn’t.

‎!! هذه ليست جهنم.. هذه غزة الان ‎A series of heavy airstrikes is being launched against different sites across Gaza Strip.. ‎Numerous deaths reported ‎⁦‪#GazaUnderAttack‬⁩

Days ago, the state pressed Egyptians to rally on Friday in support of Sisi's stance on Gaza, calling for a popular mandate for the president to deal with the crisis in Gaza (as if any military dictatorship needs public permission to act) (1/14)

Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds for the Israeli army's claim that the strike on the al-Ahli hospital was caused by a failed rocket launch They show the rocket in question was intercepted using AJ footage & CCTV recording from Israel Worth watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcNM...

Gaza is not an island. History did not begin on 7 October. The media framing of the “elimination of Hamas” and the “Israeli war on Gaza” erases Palestine and the Palestinians. ”The War on Palestine” by Jadaliyya Co-Editors buff.ly/3ttmsc9

“There has been a swift and dramatic narrowing of permissible speech on Israel/Palestine that strikes at the heart of academic freedom.” Read MESA Board’s “Statement on Palestine and Israel” mesana.org/advocacy/let...

“Gaza is not an island. History did not begin on 7 October. The media framing of the “elimination of Hamas” and the “Israeli war on Gaza” erases Palestine and the Palestinians” buff.ly/3ttmsc9

Those who are not Palestinians or Israelis, and those who do not study Palestine or Israel - I'm here to let you know that there is also the option of staying quiet. Perhaps even learning from others? Idk just a thought For real I cant understand the confidence yall have