Maged Mandour

Sisi calls Israel an ‘enemy’ but will Egypt take real action over Gaza genocide? Despite hostile rhetoric for the first time in decades, Cairo's reliance on Israeli gas and external capital flows make it too vulnerable to respond to Israeli expansionism

My latest on Sisi's Gaza predicament.

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/sisi...

Why Alaa Abdel Fatah’s Terror Revocation Means Little Amid Egypt’s Brutal Repression In a surprising July 21 decision, the Badr Criminal Court in Cairo ordered the removal of arbitrarily detained human rights and democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fatah’s terror designation, marking a rare...

"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.

Why Alaa Abdel Fatah’s Terror Revocation Means Little Amid Egypt’s Brutal Repression In a surprising July 21 decision, the Badr Criminal Court in Cairo ordered the removal of arbitrarily detained human rights and democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fatah’s terror designation, marking a rare...

My latest on Sisi's endemic repression

dawnmena.org/why-alaa-abd...

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.

A Decade in Exile: Watching Egypt Slip Further Into Repression and Ruin It was the summer of 2013, the beginning of one of the bloodiest periods in modern Egyptian history. Mobilization for mass protest against Egypt`s first democratically elected Islamist President Moham...

"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

A Decade in Exile: Watching Egypt Slip Further Into Repression and Ruin It was the summer of 2013, the beginning of one of the bloodiest periods in modern Egyptian history. Mobilization for mass protest against Egypt`s first democratically elected Islamist President Moham...

"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.

A Decade in Exile: Watching Egypt Slip Further Into Repression and Ruin It was the summer of 2013, the beginning of one of the bloodiest periods in modern Egyptian history. Mobilization for mass protest against Egypt`s first democratically elected Islamist President Moham...

A personal piece about exile

dawnmena.org/a-decade-in-...

A Decade in Exile: Watching Egypt Slip Further Into Repression and Ruin It was the summer of 2013, the beginning of one of the bloodiest periods in modern Egyptian history. Mobilization for mass protest against Egypt`s first democratically elected Islamist President Moham...

"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, and by defending Palestinian rights, the Sisi regime stands to gain popular legitimacy

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...

Would Trump aid cuts kill Egypt - or make Sisi stronger? Gulf support could help Cairo weather the storm, and by defending Palestinian rights, the Sisi regime stands to gain popular legitimacy

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

Egypt under El-Sisi: a nation on the edge Published in Democratization (Ahead of Print, 2025)

With my colleague @thaddaea.bsky.social, I reviewed @magedmandour.bsky.social's new book "Egypt under El-Sisi" for @democratization.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you both your thoughtful engagement with the book!

How Egypt's new political party will deepen state repression The creation of the National Front could see regional militiamen gaining unprecedented access to power in the country

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...

How Egypt's new political party will deepen state repression The creation of the National Front could see regional militiamen gaining unprecedented access to power in the country

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".’

Why Assad's downfall should make the region's other autocrats nervous Assad's hubris saw him opt for brutality over building consensus within Syria and take for granted the support of his foreign patrons. Neighbouring despots should take note

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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عقبال سجون بدر ووادي النطرون وبرج العرب

How Arab autocrats enabled Israel's Gaza genocide Defeating the Arab democracy movement left autocratic states hollowed out and often reliant on US and Israeli support to survive. Palestinians cannot expect help anytime soon

Resharing this for all the leftists Assad apologists

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/arab...

‏الف مبروك للشعب السوري نهاية الطاغيه و المجرم. Congratulations to the Syrian people the end of a tyrant!

I always wondered how could Stalinsts occupy the same reality as ordinary people. Now I know.

One of the most brutal regimes in the Middle East is about to fall. The title of the most oppressive regime would now move to Egypt and Sisi. The horror stories that we are about to hear from released Syrian prisoners will find their echo in Egypt and its prisons.