Moustafa Bayoumi

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?

America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine | Moustafa Bayoumi

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

Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social nails it— as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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

Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? | Moustafa Bayoumi

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)

🇺🇸🇺🇳🇵🇸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

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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

Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny?

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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

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

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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...

“But capitalist production begets, with the inexorability of a law of Nature, its own negation. It is the negation of negation.”

I talked with the Michelle Fine and @shellyeversley.bsky.social about the current state of academic freedom. Check it out!

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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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!)

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!

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

Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it
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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

“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

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Is Zohran Mamdani ready to stand up to Donald Trump? | The Take YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

I spoke with Al Jazeera's The Take about Mamdani's victory.
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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

Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi

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

My take: Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it!
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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.

Breaking: Usha Vance is still not Christian and still not a white person, according to Vice President JD Vance.

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

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

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

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

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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

Smart piece by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social on NYC Muslims working for change despite bigotry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I edited a book about a previous Israeli attack on a freedom flotilla, some 15 years ago.

Read the whole thread 👇🏾

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.

Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released from prison late Monday after being granted a presidential pardon.

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

Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi

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

RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi

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

RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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.

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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’

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi