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Sam Hamad
Sam Hamad is a Scottish-Egyptian writer based in Edinburgh.
Sam Hamad is a Scottish-Egyptian writer based in Edinburgh.
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Putin's aggression in Syria can teach us a lot about the Ukraine conflict
The Russian attack on Ukraine has not emerged out of a clear blue sky but rather has been fomented for years in a veritable swamp of spiralling Russian belligerence.
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By abolishing the Grand Mufti, Assad looks to forge a ‘loyal Sunnism’
With the decree, Assad hopes to control Syria’s weakened Sunni demographic by bringing loyalist ulema into the regime.
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By normalising Assad, Biden’s ‘human rights first’ agenda rings hollow
The move to partially lift sanctions on the Assad regime reveals how the Biden administration pays little more than lip service to human rights when US interests are at stake.
7 MIN READ
Bashar al Assad’s Daraa offensive reveals the limits of Russian power
By continuously breaking Russia-brokered ‘peace’ agreements, the regime is hampering Moscows’s long-term vision of exploiting Syria economically.
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What's happening in Palestine is not conflict, it's conquest
A conflict presupposes that both sides have paths towards beneficial outcomes, but what we are witnessing is the ultra-imbalanced power relations associated with conquest.
8 MIN READ
Sisi’s ‘war on terror’ in Sinai benefits the elite, not the people
While Daesh continues to thrive in north Sinai, the Sisi government has waged a far greater war against ordinary Egyptians to snuff out any opposition to its rule.
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How the Suez Canal fiasco mirrors the state of Egypt today
Massive spending to upgrade the Suez Canal hasn't done anything to stop incidents like the Ever Given last month. So what exactly was the point again?
7 MIN READ
Do Sisi's policies endanger Egyptians abroad?
The imbalanced power relations between Egypt and the Gulf is mirrored by the treatment Egyptians have been receiving in the region.
8 MIN READ
Biden’s foreign policy should not be a repeat of the Obama Doctrine
If Biden crafts an Obama 2.0 foreign policy, the result will be a world where illiberalism and tyranny prosper.
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French foreign policy mimics Macron's alienation of Muslims at home
The French president allies himself with Arab autocrats who subvert democracy at home, and keep Muslims out of Fortress Europe.
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