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 · 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