Thoughts, articles, and published work.
January 25, 2020
Today is a special, heartbreaking day for everybody who participated in the attempt to liberate Egypt from the yoke of oppression. We tried, and we failed. Our attempt was at first noble, then grew…
March 1, 2019
This brave young man went to Tahrir today, holding a sign that says 'Leave, Sisi", ' thus making him undoubtedly the bravest man in Egypt, if not the world. Sadly, I fear the worst outcome will…
July 6, 2018
I've read Ezzedine Fishere's article describing how the military will eventually relinquish power. I like Fishere, and I've liked him since he showed up on my TV screen one day and suggested that the…
January 25, 2018
We're the ones who lost. We're the ones who took to the streets in the hope that if there were enough of us out there, things would change. We're the ones you saw down from your balconies, the ones…
March 31, 2016
The battle of Mohamed Mahmoud, as it is called, was one of the most important battles of the January revolution, and for several reasons – We had failed, as a people and as a revolutionary community,…
August 26, 2015
In 2011, as we walked past Agouza on our march from Mohandessein, people cheered us on from their balconies. Families looked out of their windows, and they expressed both pride and joy, young men…
August 8, 2015
You survived, and you're sad. It's easy to think that you're sad because you survived, but that's not quite true. It's not like you don't have better reasons to be sad, smarter reasons. You're sad…
January 6, 2015
On the 30 th of June, 2013, we took to the streets to protest the rule of Dr. Mohamed Morsi, a member of the so-called Muslim Brotherhood and then president of Egypt. We protested against him, and…
July 7, 2014
The military will starve you, then feed you. They will raise gas prices then offer you transportation on their buses. They will make deals with terrorists, then offer to save you from them. Behind…