Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود

و مخبيالنا ايه يا دنيا؟

‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom

“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.

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

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

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Kemi Badenoch says Tories will quit ECHR if they win next election The Conservative Party will leave a key human rights treaty if it wins the election, its leader Kemi Badenoch has said.

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

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

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.

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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 say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted three of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.

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 Alexandrani, say lawyers Alexandrani seized at a checkpoint on the north coast, but no charges have been brought against him yet

Egypt detains top Sinai expert and journalist Ismail El-Iskandarani. Again! Previously imprisoned for 7 years, he was released in 2022!!
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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.

Photo from Twitter feed of Free Alaa campaign

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

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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??

Scuffles with police as 100,000 anti-immigration protesters march in London The march brought a culmination to a highly charged summer in Britain that has seen protests staged outside hotels housing migrants.

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

The end of US-led global counter-terrorism? Changing trends in terrorist designation Global counter-terrorism is fundamentally changing, as is evident in recent patterns of terrorist designation. For decades, the US Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) list has been a bellwether of co...

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

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025 It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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!

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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/...

Congratulations Mark!