Maged Mandour
@magedmandour.bsky.social
An Egyptian who writes about Egypt , among other things. Author Egypt under El-Sisi, now available.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/egypt-under-elsisi-9780755649136/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/egypt-under-elsisi-9780755649136/
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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.
Egypt: A New Museum Cannot Legitimize a Nation Without a People
In essence, the regime has succeeded in manufacturing an imagined past that not only justifies its policies but effectively redefines what Egyptian history, the nation, the state and the military mean...
dawnmena.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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.
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"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...
dawnmena.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"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.
Time now for countless episodes of imposter syndrome, self flagellation, and writer's block.
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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.
Time now for countless episodes of imposter syndrome, self flagellation, and writer's block.
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"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...
dawnmena.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"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
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"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.
@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...
dawnmena.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"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.
@magedmandour.bsky.social shares some major moments from what is now a decade of exile from Egypt, writing in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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"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.
@magedmandour.bsky.social summarizes a decade of exile following the 2013 post-revolutionary coup in Egypt, 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...
dawnmena.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"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.
@magedmandour.bsky.social summarizes a decade of exile following the 2013 post-revolutionary coup in Egypt, in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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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...
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
www.middleeasteye.net
February 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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...
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...
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
www.middleeasteye.net
February 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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...
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
January 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@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!
January 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Thank you both your thoughtful engagement with the book!
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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...
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
www.middleeasteye.net
January 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
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...
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
www.middleeasteye.net
January 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/egyp...
Now I feel fancy 😌
December 29, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Now I feel fancy 😌
A bit late but would love to be added
December 29, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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
December 22, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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 😅
December 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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?
December 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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
December 18, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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?
“We really haven't seen anything quite like this since the Nazis," said Rapp, who led prosecutions at the Rwanda and Sierra Leone war crimes tribunals” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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?
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‘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...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/assa...
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
www.middleeasteye.net
December 16, 2024 at 4:43 PM
‘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".’