و مخبيالنا ايه يا دنيا؟

“It’s possible that what I have to say is how to live with defeat, or how to live with despair, or how to champion a lost cause.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity. They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.

My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...

Kemi Badenoch says Tories will quit ECHR if they win next election

Many people desperately wanted to see Starmer's LPC speech as a new direction on immigration and asylum. Yet, we clearly see a continuation of an approach that basically says Farage is right on policy but morally wrong. Others have tried it, it won't work. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A healing article to which I am extremely grateful. Check it out especially if you are interested in how revolutions stay with us even after disengagement and if you want to know how revolutionaries in Egypt try to stay committed to the values that mobilized them one day.

Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the Palestinian territory.

The tweet we have been waiting for since 2019! Welcome back Alaa!

Egypt detains top Sinai expert and journalist Ismail El-Iskandarani. Again! Previously imprisoned for 7 years, he was released in 2022!! www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...

Yesterday marked 8 years since the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in a moment of uncalculated joy so threatening to Egyptian authorities that they arrested, tortured, prosecuted her, and sent her to exile. Sarah in my heart today. 🌈

This is the highlight of the year! May you reunite forever with your loved ones! May you quickly find your own path to rest and recovery! You have not been defeated… #FreeThemAll

People in palestine are bracing for greater crackdown as Israel punishes them for statehood recognition by UK, Canada, & Australia. As I, and many others, have pointed out - these proclamations of recognition do nothing to stop the violence.

He is home! فين الولد ما يروح..لازم يعود اسمر… قلب الوطن مجروح… لا يحتمل اكتر

Today's decision is, in many ways, a long-awaited course correction. Alaa should have never been arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced for his free expression in the first place. And when he completed his most recent prison term last year, he should have been promptly released.

As a result of today's pardon, Alaa will finally be able to go home. He will be able to watch his son Khaled grow, reunite with his sisters Sanaa and Mona, and heal the heart of his mother who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure his release. For that, we celebrate.

و لابد من يوم معلوم… تترد فيه المظالم… ابيض علي كل مظلوم… و اسود علي كل ظالم

September 22nd, 2025 - Alaa will be free!

انهيار الثوابت

It is mid-September and I haven’t made it yet! Was it a far fetched goal? I wonder if in my work emails had really high stakes or life and death consequences… what would I do then??

It is a mess everywhere… khalas www.reuters.com/world/uk/scu...

So uh there's a lot going on today. But I wrote this icct.nl/publication/... Did you know the US has added 12 *criminal groups* to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list this year? There were zero such FTOs last year. For decades, US allies have copied US terrorist designations. Not this year.

If at #APSA2025 don’t to miss the Climate and Conflict panel, Friday at 8 am. My amazing co-authors, Natalie Ayers, Laura Saavedra-Lux and Blair Welsh will be presenting our paper “After Rebel Rule”, examining how rebel occupation affects agricultural recovery after conflict. It is a great panel!

The National Council for Human Rights in Egypt has petitioned for the release of Alaa Abdel Fatah, among others. Sisi asked the relevant authorities to examine the petition! Extremely cautious hope! #FreeAlaa

Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!

New publication in the Journal of Conflict Resolution! Why do rebel groups adopt different recruitment strategies? @michaeljsoules.bsky.social and I explore this question by examining the behavior of 232 rebel groups over recent decades journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I have been working for 2 years on the Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World. 30 contributions. It's finally done and submitted. Stay tuned for publication, open access. I hope it's a useful resource for students, scholars, and everyone interested in the topic of authoritarianism.

Very excited to share that my first PhD article is out. So grateful to the reviewers, editor and colleagues for their feedback and suggestions. Please check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚀 Exciting news: The Peace Observatory is live! 👉 peaceobservatory.com The Peace Observatory is now the world’s largest repository of peace negotiation summaries. It covers 11,000+ rounds of negotiations and 3,000 agreements across 1,300+ armed conflicts worldwide (1989–2023).

Armed conflicts involve governments, rebel groups, militias, communal factions, and foreign forces — all interacting in complex ways. The result? A web of violence that can feel overwhelming to understand. That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

They killed anas. I cant believe it.

Yesterday more than 500 people were arrested in London for "displaying placards in support of Palestine Action," notes the BBC. PA is a proscribed organisation. (There were also <10 arrests for actual violence.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Israeli cabinet ordered the expulsion of Gaza City residents by the 7th October 25. The IDF will then occupy the city. If this goes ahead in the manner of IDF operations in Rafah, it would entail the physical destruction of Gaza City - one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. 1/

Israel said it would halt aid drops if journos were allowed to film from planes. The Jordanians know as well as anyone that aid drops are ineffective, a last resort in the face of mass starvation in Gaza. Palestinians have been referring to the drops as "like Squid Games." Jordanians made a call.

بين غربتك في ديار أهلك… و غربتك في بلاد الله

Current measures of #CivilianHarm do not adequately account for the aggregate impacts of protracted armed conflict on civilian populations, exemplified by the war in #Gaza. Fionnuala Ni Aolain offers the concept of cumulative civilian harm as an analytic tool: www.justsecurity.org/115407/cumul...

Joint Statement by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK: "the war in Gaza must end now."

Nothing like receiving the page proofs for a forthcoming publication! I'm excited to share this essay, which offers a small glimpse into my new book project about a blind performer turned political dissident whose story reveals a history of dissent decades before the Arab Spring.

Israeli soldier describes arbitrary killing of civilians in Gaza

Super happy to share that my article "When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy" has been published in Foreign Policy Analysis. (1/7)

At midnight, Palestine Action will become a proscribed terrorist organisation. As a quoted lawyer notes, it’s the first time the UK has banned a group “which does not advocate for violence” www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Russia said it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...