Mohamed ElMeshad

ElMeshad

Journalist and PhD candidate at SOAS. His research interests focus on political economy. He extensively worked on Egypt, Bahrain, West Africa, the UK and US. Recently, he contributed to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ book, "Attacks on the Press" (2015).

Accountability has no place in Sisi's Egypt

Comment: The sacking of the head of the Central Auditing Authority is rooted in politics: a systematic crackdown on any form of accountability, argues Mohamed ElMeshad

12 April, 2016

The rise and fall of Egypt's Tawfiq Okasha

Comment: 'Dr.' Taqfiq Okasha is one of Egypt's best known television personalities, whose inebriating career has seen many colourful, crude and controversial acts, says Mohamed ElMeshad

14 March, 2016

How long can Egypt justify police brutality?

Comment: Police violence is again mounting, and, in echoes of 2011, local neighbourhoods are improvising resistance methods, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

09 March, 2016

The war on civil society in Egypt

Comment: The closure of the Nadeem Centre is a blow for human rights activists, representing yet another attempt to erase the last lines of civil defence, warns Mohamed ElMashad.

25 February, 2016

The Orwellian irony of Egypt's regime promoting good manners

Comment: A state-sponsored initiative is looking to promote 'social values', all while Cairo maintains an institutionalised repression that may have contributed to deteriorating societal norms, argues Mohamed ElMeshad.

18 February, 2016

Ultras Ahly: The memory of a massacre in Egypt

Comment: Making concessions to protesting football fans shows President Sisi's weakness, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

09 February, 2016

You cannot erase Tahrir Square from our memory

Comment: Egypt's January 25 Revolution contains a spirit that still endures. Counter-revolutionary state apparatuses clearly fear this spirit, and are attempting to erase its memory.

26 January, 2016

Will Saudi Arabia privatise its oil company?

Comment: Selling off the world's largest company would raise plenty of cash, but sever Riyadh's link between oil and geopolitics, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

19 January, 2016

No room for art in Egypt

Comment: A vicious crackdown on popular art spaces in Egypt days before the anniversary of the 25 January Revolution reaffirms the role of art as resistance, writes Mohamed ElMashad.

12 January, 2016

The complex relationship between Islam and politics

Comment: Political Islam has been influenced by ideologies and historical moments that go beyond the simplistic Islamophobic assumptions, writes Mohamed elMeshad.

29 December, 2015