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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى

@mesbushra.muftah.org
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Managing Editor of @muftah.org. Co-host of @proteanview.muftah.org. Lecturer in Religion and Politics at the University of Otago and Boston Islamic Seminary.

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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 17/09/2026
Excited to share the latest episode of @proteanview.muftah.org, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I discuss Syria after Assad with Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social. Links below 👇
Protean View
A podcast on religion, culture, and politics
Iran, Israel, and Syria after Assad with Robin Yassin-Kassab
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 17/09/2026
Excited to share my latest article for @muftah.org, in which I analyze the trope of America’s apocalyptic demise in three video game franchises: The Last of Us, Death Stranding, and Hollow Knight: Silksong. URL in reply below 👇
After America

America’s apocalyptic demise is a standard trope in video games. How this demise is narrated reflects the various imaginative horizons regarding what might possibly come after.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 18/08/2026
In case you’ve never seen this, a double sided MGS poster from EGM from back in the day. Had the blue side up on my wall as a teenager 😁 @jakebaldino.com
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 10/07/2026
Episode 21 of @proteanview.muftah.org: Journalism During Genocide, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with @sanasaeed.bsky.social. Links to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Patreon on link below. www.muftah.org/p/journalism...
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Journalism During Genocide with Sana Saeed
Episode 21 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 10/07/2026
Episode 20 of @proteanview.muftah.org: Academia and Crisis, in which @alarian.muftah.org and speak with @adnanhusain.bsky.social. Links to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Patreon on link below. www.muftah.org/p/academia-a...
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Academia and Crisis with Adnan Husain
Episode 20 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 11/04/2026
Episode 15 of the @proteanview.muftah.org podcast: On Fascism, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with historian Daniel Bessner and theorist @materialistjew.bsky.social, who fall on diverging sides of the debate. www.muftah.org/on-fascism-w...
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On Fascism with Daniel Bessner and Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Episode 15 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 11/04/2026
Episode 16 of the @proteanview.muftah.org podcast: Venture Capitalism and Tech Utopianism with, in which I speak with @ojutel.bsky.social www.muftah.org/p/venture-ca...
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Venture Capitalism and Tech Utopianism with Olivier Jutel
Episode 16 of the Protean View podcast
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Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I did a podcast with Dr Mohammed El-Sayed Bishra from @muftah.org on VC accelerationism, Marc Andreessen and Israel podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
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Venture Capitalism and Tech Utopianism with Olivier Jutel
Podcast Episode · Protean View · April 10 · 1h 2m
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 11/04/2026
Episode 15 of the @proteanview.muftah.org podcast: On Fascism, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with historian Daniel Bessner and theorist @materialistjew.bsky.social, who fall on diverging sides of the debate. www.muftah.org/on-fascism-w...
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On Fascism with Daniel Bessner and Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Episode 15 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 23/03/2026
‎My review of Jordanian film Inshallah a boy (إن شاء الله ولد) has recently been published in the Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies (JIMS). ‎In the final analysis, it’s a good film despite its flaws of heavy-handed clichés, certainly not because of them. doi.org/10.2979/jims...
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 14/11/2025
My article published today in @newsroom.co.nz on the recent NZ-UAE trade deal in light of recent developments, especially in Sudan. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/14/u...
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United Arab Emirates trade deal dirties NZ's hands
From Otago University - Opinion: The Emirates' actions in Sudan and the Middle East in support of war crimes cast a dark shadow on NZ, which recently signed a trade deal with the small Gulf nation, wr...
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 14/11/2025
My article published today on the recent NZ-UAE trade deal in light of recent developments, especially in Sudan.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 07/11/2025
Pleased to share Episode 12 of the Protean View podcast: The Burdens of Neoliberalism, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with sociologist William Barylo. Other URLs in the replies. www.muftah.org/the-burdens-...
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The Burdens of Neoliberalism with William Barylo
Episode 12 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 07/11/2025
Pleased to share Episode 12 of the Protean View podcast: The Burdens of Neoliberalism, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with sociologist William Barylo. Other URLs in the replies. www.muftah.org/the-burdens-...
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The Burdens of Neoliberalism with William Barylo
Episode 12 of the Protean View podcast
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 28/10/2025
Two podcast episodes in a single month! Pleased to share Episode 11 of @proteanview.muftah.org: Dilemmas of Authenticity, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with Zaid Adhami. URLs in replies.
Episode 11 of the Protean View podcast: Dilemmas of Authenticity with Zaid Adhami
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Riad Alarian @alarian.muftah.org · 12/10/2025
It’s been less than a year since Bashar al-Assad was deposed, and much is still in flux, but I think the arguments @mesbushra.muftah.org and I made in June about Syria’s present condition and possible future continue to hold 👇
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Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?
Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon of possibility before the first stroke was made.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 07/10/2025
Very pleased to announce the latest from @proteanview.muftah.org Episode 10: On the Politics of Analytic Philosophy, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I speak with @schuringa.bsky.social. Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube URLs in replies. www.muftah.org/the-politics...
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The Politics of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa
Episode 10 of the Protean View podcast
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Muftah Magazine @muftah.org · 25/09/2025
With Syria back in the news, here’s our article from June in which @alarian.muftah.org and @mesbushra.muftah.org reflect on the condition of the new Syrian state and where it’s headed in the future. Full, un-paywalled article 👇
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Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?
Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon of possibility before the first stroke was made.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 07/07/2025
Zaid Adhami’s article in the current issue of @muftah.org is a thoughtful reflection on the question of doubt in the context of politics and activism and serves as a fantastic accompaniment to my and @alarian.muftah.org’s article on new Syria. Read it!
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Commitment in the Gray
Many praise doubt as a critical virtue—but what happens when skepticism becomes an excuse to waver in the face of injustice? As Gaza burns, intellectual ambivalence becomes a mask for moral evasion.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 07/07/2025
ICYMI, here is my and @alarian.muftah.org’s article on new Syria in @muftah.org. I’ve seen subtweets and oblique responses that fail to counter its substance except by appeal to an insinuation of bad faith or, more superficially, calling for “non-Syrians” to STFU. www.muftah.org/p/is-the-new...
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Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?
Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon of possibility before the first stroke was made.
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Muftah Magazine @muftah.org · 01/07/2025
Is the new Syrian state revolutionary? In Muftah Magazine's new issue, @alarian.muftah.org & @mesbushra.muftah.org argue that while post-Assad Syria seemed, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary change, its inherited conditions narrowed the horizon of possibility.
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Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?
Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon of possibility before the first stroke was made.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 16/05/2025
Very excited to share our latest episode of @proteanview.muftah.org, in which we interview Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm on Superstition and the Secular. On @muftah.org: www.muftah.org/p/superstiti...
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Superstition and the Secular with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Episode 8 of the Protean View podcast
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Muftah Magazine @muftah.org · 07/05/2025
If you’re a writer, editor, or digital strategist and want to work with an amazing and dedicated team producing content on the cultural and political frictions of our time, Muftah Magazine is the place for you. Details below.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 03/05/2025
If the motivation is in line with mainstream antiblackness and Islamophobia, it is “non-/post-ideological.” Ideology is what other people have.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 03/05/2025
We just opened up applications for three part-time roles at @muftah.org: 1. Staff Writer 2. Co-Editor 3. Marketing and Social Media Manager Applications close at the end of May. Interested? Read on to find out how to apply and what we have to offer. www.muftah.org/p/for-those-...
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For Those Who Write, Question, and Create
Muftah Magazine is hiring writers, editors, and digital strategists to push our platform further. Applications are now open—join us.
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Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra || محمد السيّد بشرى @mesbushra.muftah.org · 28/04/2025
Pleased to share the latest episode of @proteanview.muftah.org, in which @alarian.muftah.org and I interview Professors Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza on their new book, Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur'an: A Patronage of Piety (OUP, 2024). On @muftah.org: www.muftah.org/p/women-in-t...
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Women in the Quran with Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza
Episode 7 of the Protean View podcast
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