A couple of weeks ago, I overheard someone at a neighborhood BBQ remarking, "bro, there are a ton of random countries in this world cup...Morocco? Egypt?" (1/5)
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Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
It's out! The full "Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World" is available open access here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...
The Journal of Democracy lives at CDDRL now! Excited to see this partnership grow and flourish. @jodemocracy.bsky.social @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social
Stanford CDDRL@stanfordcddrl.bsky.social · 3mo agoAs democratic institutions face growing strain worldwide, @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social is partnering with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading publications on democratic theory and practice.🧵 cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/new-par...
⚠️ New book review! 🌍 Struggles for political change in the Arab world: regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring, @lisablaydes.bsky.social, Amr Hamzawy and @wazirelkif.bsky.social, @uofmpress.bsky.social 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ✒️Silvia Colombo
My interview with my colleague @mikealbertus.bsky.social on “the Good Society” on the regional ramifications of the US-Israel War with Iran. Teaser below Full interview: michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i... Also “The Good Society” is full of gems. Check it out!
Michael Albertus@mikealbertus.bsky.social · 5mo agoEven if the US & Israel succeed in drastically weakening Iran, will it bring stability there or elsewhere in the Middle East? My interview with @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social scholar Hesham Sallam suggests it won't. @wazirelkif.bsky.social michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i...
Even if the US & Israel succeed in drastically weakening Iran, will it bring stability there or elsewhere in the Middle East? My interview with @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social scholar Hesham Sallam suggests it won't. @wazirelkif.bsky.social michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i...
A Far Weaker Iran Still Won't Bring Stability to the Middle East
My interview with Stanford University scholar and Associate Director of the Program on Arab Reform and Development Hesham Sallam on what the war in Iran will – and won't – change in the Middle East
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From panel discussion, "War and the Arab World: Regional Responses and Consequences" at @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social For full panel recap and video recording....
🧵 @wazirelkif.bsky.social notes that in Egypt’s 2025 elections, Mustaqbal Watan still dominates the regime’s electoral coalition, despite the rise of new regime-backed parties like Al-Gabha Al-Wataniyya — reflecting efforts to diversify loyalists and balance competing security factions.
Hesham Sallam@wazirelkif.bsky.social · 9mo agoAs legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
As we make sense of the new(ish) political landscape the ongoing legislative election is laying out in Egypt, it's crucial to remember that Mustaqbal Watan remains a home to a lot of networks that were tied to the Mubarak regime (either by formal or familial ties).
Hesham Sallam@wazirelkif.bsky.social · 9mo agoAs legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
As legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
Excerpt from my remarks at a Stanford Democracy Day panel on “Democracy under Threat at Home and Abroad” co-sponsored by @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social and @theeuropecenter.bsky.social The continued silence on Sudan and what is happening in El Fasher is appalling.
The victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is not merely a warning sign for Trump, but also for the Democratic Party establishment. The lesson is that people will reward those who listen to them and heed the call for a more just and inclusive social order.
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Stanford CDDRL@stanfordcddrl.bsky.social · 9mo agoHappy Halloween from all of us at Stanford CDDRL! This year, our pre- and postdoctoral fellows all dressed up as Associate Director for Research Hesham Sallam. 🎃 Reminder, there are 5️⃣ weeks left to apply for our 2026-27 fellowships — click to learn more & get started: https://ow.ly/LtQy50Xl95H
#NoKings_PaloAlto #StanfordProfProtests 🙏 Listen to and repost inspiring speech at No Kings Day rally in Palo Alto by Stanford professor Hesham Sallam on fighting for democracy and talking to others who disagree with us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC7...
October 18, 2025
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Inspiring words from my dear friend Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
October 18, 2025
YouTube video by Hesham Sallam
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Excerpt from my remarks at the No Kings rally in Palo Alto. For the full remarks: youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
If you're looking for a #NoKingsDay II event this Sat 10/18 & in the SF Bay Area, come join @indimidpen.bsky.social and @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social for a parade and Democracy Fair! Guests include @liccardo.house.gov @wazirelkif.bsky.social + more! www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings/
Only a few days left to apply for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit: pomeps.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 11mo agoPeople from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
Democracy colleagues, @StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now Please share and sign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for the Serbian Student Movement
We invite scholars of democracy worldwide to stand in solidarity with the students of Serbia in their struggle for fundamental rights and democratic renewal. By signing this letter, you express your s...
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Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit: pomeps.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
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But it was too late. To understand what happened, you *must* read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social's @jodemocracy.bsky.social article ▼▼ In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.
How Viktor Orbán Wins | Journal of Democracy
The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.
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I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My colleagues at @jadaliyya.bsky.social just organized an incredibly enlightening and eye-opening discussion on Israel’s strikes against Iran and the exchange of hostilities that ensued shortly after. 🧵
New analysis from @wazirelkif.bsky.social contextualizes Egypt's contemporary culture wars in a longer history of intellectual conflict between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates that stretches back decades. 🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo
Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt
This article examines how the evolution of ideational conflicts between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates over the past four decades has shaped the dominant discourse and narrative throug...
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