Yahia Shawkat
@abubatatis.bsky.social
Housing strategist and policy analyst :: Built Environment Observatory :: Egypt's Housing Crisis (AUC Press 2020) marsadomran.info/en
A website dedicated to securing the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been launched. It includes information about his life, the latest updates on his case, and a timer tracking how long he has been held in Israeli torture prisons. ➡️ savedrabusafiya.com
UK paperback of The Price is Wrong available from today, @versobooks.bsky.social
The Price is Wrong
RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slow...
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Monopolies dominate us, destructive wars engulf us, technological innovations render labor ever more redundant, turnover times continue to accelerate, and the state-finance nexus congeals around a regulatory regime favorable to the billionaire class:
It is difficult to imagine a future in the region beyond the horrors of genocide and displacement that does not involve the Israeli state, supported by a large majority of its Jewish citizens, facing accountability.
A Future Beyond Israeli Genocide in Palestine
It is difficult to imagine a future in the region beyond the horrors of genocide and displacement that does not involve the Israeli state, supported by a large majority of its Jewish citizens, facing accountability.
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Here we are, back with a NEW EPISODE! urbanpolitical.online/107-tenant-p... Combining the core themes of four recent publications to map the shifting landscape of the private rental sector, we move beyond the lease to analyse the structural forces of financialization and housing injustice.
Out next Tuesday from @versobooks.bsky.social www.versobooks.com/products/337...
The Story of Capital
For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...
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📢 Open Calls for RC21 Vienna 2026! The sessions for the RC21 Conference 2026 are set – now it’s your turn to contribute! 📅 Deadline: 29 Dec 2025 👉Find out more here: rc21-vienna2026.org/call/ #rc21vienna2026 @rc21.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @kazepov.bsky.social @ifswien.bsky.social
8TH RC21-IJURR FOUNDATION-IJURR DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN COMPARATIVE URBAN STUDIES. VIENNA (AUSTRIA), 9-22 JULY 2026. Apply by 2 January 2026 at midnight GMT. See the instructions here: www.rc21.org/en/8th-rc21-... #urban #sociology
Harvey at 90: A @versobooks.bsky.social series of short essays davidharvey.org/2025/11/harv...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
From the Verso website: This month, in honour of David Harvey’s ninetieth birthday, we’re publishing a series of short essays on David’s unparalleled contribution on urban ge…
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As the world shifts its gaze away from Palestine, the series stands as documentation of the continued ethnic cleansing and offers testimonies and stories from those facing displacement, homelessness and violence from settlers.
The Death that Keeps on Going
How much can one village physically take? The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair. It happened when prominent Palestinian…
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Alexandria, Egypt's second largets city, saw its population more than quadruple over the last 74 years to 5.6 million people. This map animates data from eigh censuses and estimates between 1947 and 2024. Still curious? Read full study here marsadomran.info/en/2025/11/4...
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THE MISSING PEOPLE OF STATE‐SUBSIDIZED HOUSING: Lived Experiences of Non‐Occupancy and Secondary Residential Mobility
Large-scale, state-subsidized housing programmes have experienced a renaissance in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but provoke justified concerns about whether they miss their target groups. Unafford...
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devastation awaiting families returning north in their latest report. Read: “Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble” at the link below. www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-...
Join me Monday as I discuss the importance of social rental homes and the social function of private property 📅 October 13th | 2:00pm CET | 3:00pm Cairo/Nairobi 💻 Online | Register here 👉 lnkd.in/grB8B3b8
While playing with the thread of ex-French pres Sarkozi's criminal indictment I stumbled upon this battle between Libya and Chad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
Toyota War - Wikipedia
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Path of Ryanair FR318 on 03.10 attempted 3 landings before diverting to third airport landing safely... with only six minutes of fuel left. We must rethink commercial flying www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
FR3418 (RYR3418) Ryanair Flight Tracking and History 03-Oct-2025 (PSA / LIRP-PIK / EGPK) - FlightAware
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Ryanair 3418 (FR3418/RYR3418) 03-Oct-2025 (PSA / LIRP-PIK / EGPK) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
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⭕️New: Egypt Begins Construction of Camp for Gaza’s Forcibly Displaced Ahead of Ceasefire Talks Hours before indirect ceasefire talks b/w Hamas & Israel are set to begin…Egypt has started building what it calls the largest camp to shelter those displaced from north Gaza, Al Arabiya reported Sunday
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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🛑 Drop Site Urges the Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants, Including Drop Site Journalist Alex Colston www.dropsitenews.com/p/drop-site-...
Drop Site Urges the Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants, Including Drop Site Journalist Alex Colston
All of us at Drop Site News are deeply disturbed by the reports of inhumane and abusive treatment of nonviolent activists and journalists detained by the Israeli military while on board the Global Sum...
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The Global Sumud Flotilla seemingly breached Israel’s blockade of Gaza while provoking an Israeli response that triggered anger and reprisals from various governments. It’s one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience in recent history.
The Sumud Flotilla Has Succeeded in Making Israel a Pariah
The Global Sumud Flotilla seemingly breached Israel’s blockade of Gaza while provoking an Israeli response that triggered anger and reprisals from various governments. It’s one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience in recent history.
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Socialists can't wave away concerns about the feasibility of a future socialist society — we need to offer people credible answers.
We Need to Say What Socialism Will Look Like
Socialists can't wave away concerns about the feasibility of a future socialist society — we need to offer people credible answers.
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10 Jahre 🎂 Es gibt uns seit einem Jahrzehnt, dieser Umstand hätte uns in den vergangenen Tagen emotional fast umgehauen. Auch wir wollten 2015 während dem " #Flüchtlingssommer " nur kurz einspringen, bis die Politik hauptsächliche Stukturen geschaffen hat. #Neukölln #Flüchtlingshilfe /1
Experts warn that the one-click homebuying sites Zillow and Redfin are steering consumers to the platforms’ own mortgage lenders, squeezing out competition and discouraging buyers from finding cheaper options.
Zillow and Redfin May Be Steering Homebuyers Into Bad Deals
Experts warn that the one-click homebuying sites Zillow and Redfin are steering consumers to the platforms’ own mortgage lenders, squeezing out competition and discouraging buyers from finding cheaper options.
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🔴 Gaza Media Office disputes Israel’s claims on displacement: While the Israeli military says 350,000 have fled Gaza City and the north, Gaza officials say that number is only 190,000 and over 1 million remain, refusing to leave despite relentless bombing and genocide.
As Saher writes, this isn’t just water policy. It’s about who gets to survive austerity, and who is left behind. 🔗 Read: https://f.mtr.cool/tonfbzwquc #Egypt #WaterCrisis #IMF #Privatization #SocialContract
