Moustafa Bayoumi
@moustafabayoumi.bsky.social
Guardian columnist, journalist, author, professor. www.moustafabayoumi.com
I talked with the Michelle Fine and @shellyeversley.bsky.social about the current state of academic freedom. Check it out!
What is #academicfreedom and what does it matter now more than ever? Episode 2 of the @futuresed.bsky.social podcast with @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social and #michellefine @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is now live! Listen anywhere or #subscribe on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba84...
FI Podcast Ep. 1:2 - “What Does Academic Freedom Really Mean?”
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November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I talked with the Michelle Fine and @shellyeversley.bsky.social about the current state of academic freedom. Check it out!
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!)
(Link to the article in the comments!)
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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!)
(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!
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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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
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November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it
@moustafabayoumi.bsky.social
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“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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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
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“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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I spoke with Al Jazeera's The Take about Mamdani's victory.
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Is Zohran Mamdani ready to stand up to Donald Trump? | The Take
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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
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
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
My take: 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
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My take: Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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.
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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.
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Breaking: Usha Vance is still not Christian and still not a white person, according to Vice President JD Vance.
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
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October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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 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
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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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Smart piece by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social on NYC Muslims working for change despite bigotry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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.
Then and now: Israel’s deadly assault on the Gaza flotilla. Midnight on the Mavi Marmara looks at Israel’s illegal blockade and the attack on the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla youtu.be/7atCghrAFZ0?...
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Edited by @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social
Midnight on the Mavi Marmara
YouTube video by OR Books
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October 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I edited a book about a previous Israeli attack on a freedom flotilla, some 15 years ago.
Read the whole thread 👇🏾
Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
October 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Read the whole thread 👇🏾
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Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released from prison late Monday after being granted a presidential pardon.
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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September 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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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Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
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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September 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
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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
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September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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September 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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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Holding onto truth matters.
No pay wall.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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
Holding onto truth matters.
No pay wall.
tinyurl.com/y7ae3vme
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Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi
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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August 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi
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.”
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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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.
With @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social et al.
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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July 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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.
With @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social et al.
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-...
This letter is pitch-perfect: lithub.com/where-is-my-...
“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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July 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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-...
This letter is pitch-perfect: lithub.com/where-is-my-...
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...
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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July 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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...