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Moustafa Bayoumi

@moustafabayoumi.bsky.social
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Guardian columnist, journalist, author, professor. www.moustafabayoumi.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumi
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9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumi
Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think. My essay on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumi
Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Good @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social on “kindergarten diplomacy.” World would be better off if a child were in charge rather than a demented old man. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction | Moustafa Bayoumi
Mourn him if you wish, but let’s be honest about what he promoted. The longer this thinking lives on, the more peril we will all face
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/07/2026
On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
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On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speech
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
For the Guardian, I take a side-by-side look at recent speeches by Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speech
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My first for Al Jazeera. Here, I write about birthright citizenship, national identity, and the fights over inclusion at the USA’s 250-year mark. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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At 250, America is still deciding who belongs
Birthright citizenship survived, but the fight over who is fully recognised as American is far from over.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 10/06/2026
"Trump and his administration want us to believe that racial tribalism is our only future, and they’re more than willing to pervert the rule of law to fit their clouded vision," writes @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social.
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Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate | Moustafa Bayoumi
This month, the administration is seeking to denaturalize 17 people, part of an effort unprecedented in modern US history
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate | Moustafa Bayoumi
This month, the administration is seeking to denaturalize 17 people, part of an effort unprecedented in modern US history
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Excellent @citationspod.bsky.social on the flimsy myth of the "sleeper cell" & its political utility, especially during election season. 🔥conversation w/ guest @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social & hosts @nimashirazi.bsky.social & @ahjohnson.bsky.social citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-238-...
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Citations Needed: Episode 238: The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing "Sleeper Cell" Media Construction
In this episode, we detail the vague, baseless racism-sowing media coverage and pop culture obsession with so-called "sleeper cells," a construction that has consumed post-9/11 America but suffers fro...
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A new interactive exhibit by the group Khajistan in New York looks at US war propaganda leaflets. I write about the exhibit and examine the genre in the @guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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‘Your homes will be destroyed, your family killed’: the US has dropped millions of war propaganda leaflets – but do they work?
An exhibit of psyops leaflets released in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya finally shows American people the messages that were made in their name
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
From my Guardian essay on the possibility of US ground troops in Iran, which is, despite Trump’s messaging, still very much a real possibility. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/03/2026
The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past? | Moustafa Bayoumi
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The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past? | Moustafa Bayoumi
In 2003, the US claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the title of worst-planned war in American history
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/02/2026
America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine | Moustafa Bayoumi
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America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine | Moustafa Bayoumi
Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined?
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Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social nails it— as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi
It’s not virtue signaling. It’s vitriol signaling about their own perceived persecution
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/02/2026
Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi
It’s not virtue signaling. It’s vitriol signaling about their own perceived persecution
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Joseph Yans @joeyans.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇳🇵🇸Learn more about the Board of Peace in the latest Wyoming Star piece with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social, @natashahall.bsky.social, @richardgowan1.bsky.social, @peterbeinart.bsky.social, and @tparsi.bsky.social wyomingstarnews.org/2026/02/11/e... #USA #BoP #politics #analytics
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (3L), Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani (C-R), Argentina's President Javier Milei (R), applaud as US President Donald Trump (C) holds a signing founding charter at the 'Board of Peace' meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026 (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi
It’s not virtue signaling. It’s vitriol signaling about their own perceived persecution
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare, I write. The app, Mobile Fortify, lets agents obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning their face www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare | Moustafa Bayoumi
Mobile Fortify lets agents obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning their face
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Yana Kuchirko @yanakuchirko.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I'm so thrilled to share a new article I co-authored with my dear colleague, Erika Niwa, and 10 of our incredible doctoral students about anti-racist mentorship. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
“But capitalist production begets, with the inexorability of a law of Nature, its own negation. It is the negation of negation.”
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I talked with the Michelle Fine and @shellyeversley.bsky.social about the current state of academic freedom. Check it out!
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Wow. I can’t believe it. I was a finalist for the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association award for Excellence in Opinion and Analysis for my article in The Guardian “The Destruction of Palestine is Breaking the World” and I won! (Link to the article in the comments!)
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Honored and humbled that my featured essay in The Guardian, The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world, has been named a finalist for the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association award for Excellence in Opinion and Analysis!
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city
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Ashis Basu @ashis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
“The real reason Mamdani has won is that he is the candidate who best understood what the people of New York want and need at this moment.” @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I spoke with Al Jazeera's The Take about Mamdani's victory. youtu.be/ibxMTuSEgt0
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Is Zohran Mamdani ready to stand up to Donald Trump? | The Take
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
My take: Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Nothing says the old order is dying while the new is being born than the death of Dick Cheney happening at roughly the same time that Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City.
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Breaking: Usha Vance is still not Christian and still not a white person, according to Vice President JD Vance.
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani’s rise is the work of decades of organizing by Muslim New Yorkers. Read about it in my piece here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
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From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expression
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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power amid post-9/11 Islamophobia and shaped Zohran Mandani - fascinating by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expression
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Smart piece by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social on NYC Muslims working for change despite bigotry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expression
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I edited a book about a previous Israeli attack on a freedom flotilla, some 15 years ago.
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Read the whole thread 👇🏾
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2025
Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released from prison late Monday after being granted a presidential pardon.
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Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars
Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/09/2025
Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
Maga leaders blame a mythically powerful left for political violence. Now, they are bent on destroying anyone who opposes them
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/09/2025
RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi
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RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi
The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one man
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi
The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one man
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Moustafa Bayoumi says, "The difference between not believing the lies and believing in the truth may sound slight, but it’s exactly in that distinction where some people are allowed to live and others must die." Holding onto truth matters. No pay wall. tinyurl.com/y7ae3vme
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/08/2025
Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi
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Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi
About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Consider the new wave of (slight) global pressure being placed on Israel, it's worth recalling what Henry Kissinger said in 1976: "Israel has no foreign policy, only domestic politics.”
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Charting a lineage from his own institutional battles to his posthumous life as a lodestar for today's campus insurgents, this conversation profiles Edward Said as the intellectual who ruptured the American consensus on Palestine. With @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social et al.
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Edward Said and the Question of Palestine : Throughline
Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more than two decades after his death, pro-Palestine…
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
No one exposes the corrosive absurdity of Columbia University capitulating to Trump better than @jamesschamus.bsky.social This letter is pitch-perfect: lithub.com/where-is-my-...
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“Where is my antisemitism money?”: A Columbia professor’s letter to the university president.
[Last week, Columbia University reached an agreement with the Trump administration to “resolve multiple federal agency investigations into alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination la…
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Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The NPR show Throughline interviewed Mariam Said, Tim Brennan, and me for an hour-long episode on Edward Said. You can listen to it here: www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1...
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Edward Said and the Question of Palestine : Throughline
Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more than two decades after his death, pro-Palestine studen...
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The way the UK government has labelled protesters to defend now forbidden Palestine Action terrorists is yet another example of @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social point that Israel's actions in #Gaza and many governments defence of this, is tearing democracies apart bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Yana Kuchirko @yanakuchirko.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Fantastic piece by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse
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