Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 22/09/2026Rubio, speaking to reporters at a foreign ministers’ meeting in Manila, hadn’t even been asked about the propaganda campaign. That a sitting U.S. secretary of state felt compelled to address a cartoon campaign produced by a small group of individuals... is itself revealing. 021
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 21/09/2026🧵On July 24, without even being asked about it, Marco Rubio described Iran’s Lego propaganda as “stupid.” Why did Rubio feel compelled to respond? Read full analysis on @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/21/i...foreignpolicy.comWhy Iran’s Lego Clips Are Anything but ‘Stupid’Marco Rubio should not dismiss this new and highly effective form of propaganda. 110
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 14/09/20261/5 My latest BFTS issue asks: Who gets to define the words through which militant organizations claim religious and political authority? The August corpus reveals a widening contest over hijra, jihād, obedience, and legitimate Islamic rule. elgohari.com/2026/09/14/w...elgohari.comWho Gets to Define the WordsAugust’s militant propaganda reveals a widening contest over who possesses the authority to define hijra, jihād, political legitimacy, and the boundaries of Islamic rule. 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 20/08/2026Defending my PhD last year allowed me to return to my research on Egyptian Ultras and the politics of sport. I am completing a book chapter on sport securitization that extends my “paradox of legalism” framework—and finding recent scholarship citing the work I first published in 2013. 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 17/08/2026Extremist propaganda can work through the household as much as the battlefield. This #BFTS explainer shows how militant media places grievance and ideological mobilization alongside motherhood, childcare, and ordinary domestic life—making the family part of the recruitment infrastructure. 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 12/08/2026The IEA is trying to rebrand #Afghanistan: from a country defined by war and isolation to a regional “connecting state” built around trade, infrastructure, diplomacy, and regional connectivity. Watch how that narrative is being constructed. Read latest #BFTS analysis: elgohari.com/2026/08/11/o... 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 11/08/2026New BFTS: One Government or an Apostate Militia? 1/5 The Taliban presents itself as a functioning Islamic state. ISIS calls the same government apostate. July’s propaganda reveals a deeper struggle over who gets to define legitimate Islamic political authority. elgohari.com/2026/08/11/o... 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 10/07/2026New BFTS: June's jihadist propaganda cycle shows ISIS quietly rewriting its own story — pivoting to Africa as its "center of gravity" while slipping in a dated call for lone-actor attacks during the World Cup. Read the full breakdown: elgohari.com/2026/07/09/f...elgohari.comFrom “Authority Is the Message” to Africa as Center of GravityA month of primary-source jihadist propaganda shows ISIS quietly trading its governance claims for a new story centered on Africa — and folding a dated, specific call to violence into a broader cam… 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 12/05/2026April’s militant propaganda cycle tells a story of governance, not only violence. BFTS April’s issue reveals three different models of legitimacy. Read the full analysis: elgohari.com/2026/05/01/a... 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 04/05/20261/ I published a new BFTS post on the April 2026 militant propaganda cycle. The core argument: this month’s materials were less about spectacular violence than about authority. elgohari.com/2026/05/01/a...elgohari.comAuthority Is the Message, What April’s Militant Propaganda RevealsA cross-group reading of April 2026 militant propaganda shows ISIS, ISKP, al-Shabāb, and the Taliban competing less over spectacular violence than over authority: who can govern, punish, provide, a… 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 13/04/20261/ I published a new BFTS analysis: “What Jihadist Groups Said When Iran’s War Came Home.” elgohari.com/2026/04/12/w... It examines how jihadist and militant groups processed March 2026: the reported death of ʿAlī Khāmanaʾī, the war involving against Iran, and the continuing war in Gaza.elgohari.comWhat Jihadist Groups Said When Iran’s War Came HomeWhat militant propaganda in March 2026 reveals about ISIS, AQAP, AQIS, Iran, Gaza, and the wider jihadist media ecosystem. 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 12/03/2026AQAP used the Epstein files as a recruitment tool. Al-Shabab wrote civilian death counts like legal indictments. The Taliban issued a military communiqué claiming 55 Pakistani soldiers killed. February's jihadist propaganda — new issue of BFTS. 🧵 elgohari.com/2026/03/11/t...elgohari.comThe World as Epstein’s Island, Jihadist Propaganda in FebruaryThis month’s militant media didn’t recycle old grievances. It read the same news cycle you did, and turned it into a recruitment pitch. 101
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 10/03/2026The ISIS response to Khāmenīʾī's killing isn't just about Iran. It's about Israel, the Gulf, and Sunnī minorities inside Persia.🧵 #ISIS #Iran #Israel #Gulf #Normalization #ISKP #MENA elgohari.com/2026/03/09/t...elgohari.comThe Assassination ISIS Didn’t Need to CommitISIS played no role in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader. However, the group is systematically converting it into a recruitment script, a mobilization call, and a strategic windfall. 100
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 09/03/2026ISIS released two propaganda texts within days of Khāmenīʾī's assassination. The group isn't claiming credit for the killing. it's claiming the killing proves it was right all along. That's a more dangerous argument. elgohari.com/2026/03/09/t... #ISIS #Iran #JihadiPropaganda #MENA #SecurityStudieselgohari.comThe Assassination ISIS Didn’t Need to CommitISIS played no role in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader. However, the group is systematically converting it into a recruitment script, a mobilization call, and a strategic windfall. 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 10/12/2025November’s jihadist propaganda offers a coherent roadmap. These groups recast democracy as a rival religion, shift the center of gravity toward Africa, and stitch Sudan, Mali, Gaza, Yemen, and Afghanistan into one continuous narrative. elgohari.com/2025/12/09/j... #JihadistPropaganda #MENA #Africaelgohari.comJihadist Propaganda in November: Harder Creeds and Shifting FrontsJihadist media in November 2025 tightened doctrine against democracy, shifted the centre of gravity toward African battlefields, and stitched Sudan, Mali, Gaza, Yemen, and Afghanistan into a single… 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 02/12/2025New in @foreignaffairs.com: I discuss how Palestinian opinion shifted since Oct 7—rally, correction, re-pluralization—and what a felt cease-fire plus Palestinian-led governance could change next. www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...foreignaffairs.comAre Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?How other factions might gain ground. 000
Reposted by Mohamed ElgohariForeign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 01/12/2025Read @elgohari.com on the arc of Palestinian public opinion before, during, and after the war in Gaza:foreignaffairs.comAre Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?How other factions might gain ground. 082
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 20/11/2025Jihadist outlets are turning Sudan into a hinge between three countries: 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇱🇾 Libya 🇦🇪 UAE AQAP and ISIS use the same conflict to blame one, mobilize another, and bypass borders altogether. The article walks through how. Link 👉 elgohari.com/2025/11/16/s...elgohari.comSudan in Transnational Jihadist StorytellingAs Sudan’s war deepens and al-Fāshir becomes shorthand for unchecked atrocity, AQAP and the Islamic State are working to recast the conflict as a “forgotten wound” and an “open arena” for jihad.… 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 17/11/2025Published a new analysis on how AQAP and ISIS are narrating the Sudan war with Egypt, Libya, and the UAE in mind. Read: elgohari.com/2025/11/16/s... #Sudan #Egypt #Libya #UAE #JihadistPropaganda #MENA #SecurityStudies #Counterterrorismelgohari.comSudan in Transnational Jihadist StorytellingAs Sudan’s war deepens and al-Fāshir becomes shorthand for unchecked atrocity, AQAP and the Islamic State are working to recast the conflict as a “forgotten wound” and an “open arena” for jihad.… 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 03/11/2025No Gray Zone in Khorasan Fresh analysis of ISKP’s The Divided Tents of Disbelief and Islam. The publication sorts the world into two camps, brands rivals apostate, and sets conditions for escalation. I map the doctrine, audience strategy, and indicators to track next. elgohari.com/2025/11/03/n...elgohari.comNo Gray Zone in KhorasanISKP resurrects a hard binary—īmān vs. kufr—to delegitimize the Taliban, sort communities, and lower barriers to violence. 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 27/10/2025Patience, Signs, and Small Wars elgohari.com/2025/10/27/p...elgohari.comPatience, Signs, and Small WarsAl-Nabāʾ 518 frames patience as doctrine and repetition as strategy, stitching dispersed, low-cost operations into a campaign of attrition; the messaging prioritizes convoy interdiction, mobility t… 000
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 20/10/2025New analysis: al-Nabāʾ 517 — doctrine over diplomacy This week’s issue frames the Sharm al-Shaykh ceasefire track as collaboration and ties a portable veto on “peace” to dispersed, low-cost violence. Full analysis: elgohari.com/2025/10/20/p...elgohari.comPeace as Betrayal, Endurance as StrategyAl-Nabāʾ 517 pairs a veto on diplomacy with an Africa-led operations rhythm and Syrian attrition, reframing “peace infrastructure” as a target and complicating paths to expand Gulf normalization.… 010
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 20/10/2025Strategic Narratives and the Battlefield of Perception: Hamas’s Bilingual Propaganda elgohari.com/2025/08/21/s...elgohari.comStrategic Narratives and the Battlefield of Perception: Hamas’s Bilingual PropagandaHamas has perfected a form of combat that unfolds not on the battlefield but across screens and social‐media feeds. Since its October 7 operation, the movement has run two distinct propaganda campa… 010
Mohamed Elgohari @elgohari.com · 25/04/2025Why I violated the IHRA definition of antisemitism url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-i-violated-ihra-definition-antisemitism?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR64TosOrWnrLpz2o8tkRZYWE4E4x8u78GQZ4Wc1t9CTmz9Gim927ecA4iehmQ_aem_qAfGP3UgVdmN2hIuadSC7A 000