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News of revolution (part I): How the nascent print media gave birth to Egyptian nationalism

The spread of print media in the 19th century played a profound role in shaping modern Egyptian nationalism and its quest for full independence.

The fall of Egypt’s symbol of progressive Islam

Joining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The anti-hijab protests in Iran are not solely about whether or not a woman can show her hair but about her fundamental right to exercise control over her body and to make her own choices. It's about taking back control from the patriarchy. twitter.com/Sima_Sabet/sta…

16:22 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

In this fascinating pre-fatwa BBC documentary about the Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie speaks of his lapsed faith and the nagging questions that plagued him about religion. youtu.be/G37nz-kp4UU?t=…

07:39 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

In this essay, I travel back in time to show how and why Salman Rushdie is one of the most widely and wildly misunderstood of contemporary writers - and how the Satanic Verses controversy was largely political, not religious. #Islam chronikler.com/2022/09/30/the…

06:53 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Threatening to sue a journalist over a tweet is a form of political lawfare designed to intimidate and silence critics. Italians wishing to preserve freedom of expression against should stand with Rula Jebreal against this intimidation. twitter.com/rulajebreal/st…

18:14 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Oil majors are spending a $750 million a year to give their images a green facelift, according to an analysis by @InfluenceMap While 60% of their public communications make green claims, only 12% of their investments go to low-carbon technologies. energymonitor.ai/finance/corp…

15:22 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@CarolineLucas @TheGreenParty @OpiniumResearch Good for you. Redistributive justice helps narrow inequalities and combat growing poverty. Next, progressive taxation on capital and corporate profits.

08:16 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Russia's announced plan to annex 15% of Ukraine's territory today should dispel any lingering doubts about the Kremlin's imperialist designs. This is little more than a land grab.

07:11 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

This botched police operation is transforming Verdyck into a martyr in the eyes of right-wing extremists. This is a side effect of the securitisation of the state which occurred in the wake of 9/11. It didn't work against Islamists, it won't work against the far right.

18:48 · September 29, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

During the raid, Verdyk immediately began firing, according to the police, and was shot dead by officers. As the police had no intelligence about an imminent plot involving the young radical, they could have handled the situation more wisely and sensibly.

16:14 · September 29, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

This is the kind of extremist that flew under the radar when the state was obsessed with Islamist radicals. And society's outsized obsession with Islamist terrorism and the demonisation of Muslims contributed to the radicalisation of white far-righters.

16:11 · September 29, 2022

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