Elena Habersky
@elenahabersky.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UofGlasgow. Looking at migrants contesting borders/RLOs in Egypt. Critical Border and Migration Studies. I ❤️ Cairo’s Street 🐈 🐈⬛. Always missing NEPA Summer Bazaars. 🍉🇸🇩
Egypt's Sinai mountain megaproject threatens the people of St Catherine
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Egypt's Sinai mountain megaproject threatens the people of St Catherine
Atop one of Egypt's Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work. In the remote, r...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Egypt's Sinai mountain megaproject threatens the people of St Catherine
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Tomorrow!
Want to know more about what’s happening in Sudan? Join us tomorrow for an informal and intimate discussion
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
Want to know more about what’s happening in Sudan? Join us tomorrow for an informal and intimate discussion
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
In Solidarity with Sudan: A Bonfire Discussion
Join us!
10 December 2025
15:30 GMT/16:30 CET/17:30 Cairo/10:30 EST
via zoom
Co-organized with Sawiyan, Salam Sudan + Locally Led
Register via www.southsouthmovement.org/in-solidarit...
Join us!
10 December 2025
15:30 GMT/16:30 CET/17:30 Cairo/10:30 EST
via zoom
Co-organized with Sawiyan, Salam Sudan + Locally Led
Register via www.southsouthmovement.org/in-solidarit...
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Tomorrow!
Want to know more about what’s happening in Sudan? Join us tomorrow for an informal and intimate discussion
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
Want to know more about what’s happening in Sudan? Join us tomorrow for an informal and intimate discussion
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
Yes! This is what is happening with Sudanese migrants who need to go back and forth b/t Sudan and Egypt- they resort to smugglers because legal pathways have all but been closed. This leads to dangerous journeys
ICYMI Read my take here: www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/12/01/t...
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
ICYMI Read my take here: www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/12/01/t...
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes! This is what is happening with Sudanese migrants who need to go back and forth b/t Sudan and Egypt- they resort to smugglers because legal pathways have all but been closed. This leads to dangerous journeys
ICYMI Read my take here: www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/12/01/t...
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
ICYMI Read my take here: www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/12/01/t...
#KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
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My latest on Sudanese transnational movements b/t Egypt & Sudan in time of conflict w/ little legal migratory pathways. Thanks to @jfcrisp.bsky.social for the invitation to write this.
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
"Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt", by Elena Habersky - United Against Inhumanity
The armed conflict in Sudan has uprooted millions of people, some of whom have taken refuge in neighbouring Egypt. As this blog explains, the journey is a difficult and dangerous one, not only for tho...
www.against-inhumanity.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My latest on Sudanese transnational movements b/t Egypt & Sudan in time of conflict w/ little legal migratory pathways. Thanks to @jfcrisp.bsky.social for the invitation to write this.
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
My latest on Sudanese transnational movements b/t Egypt & Sudan in time of conflict w/ little legal migratory pathways. Thanks to @jfcrisp.bsky.social for the invitation to write this.
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
"Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt", by Elena Habersky - United Against Inhumanity
The armed conflict in Sudan has uprooted millions of people, some of whom have taken refuge in neighbouring Egypt. As this blog explains, the journey is a difficult and dangerous one, not only for tho...
www.against-inhumanity.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My latest on Sudanese transnational movements b/t Egypt & Sudan in time of conflict w/ little legal migratory pathways. Thanks to @jfcrisp.bsky.social for the invitation to write this.
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
“Treacherous travels: Sudanese movements to and from Egypt”, by Elena Habersky #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩
Reposted by Elena Habersky
Hello
My name is Mahmoud, I’m from Darfur. My family are trapped in Zalingei and are in real danger right now and I’m trying everything I can to evacuate them
They are living in fear, and it’s getting worse every day. Please share or donate if you can🙏🏾
#KeepEyesOnSudan
gofund.me/a8dafe9fa
My name is Mahmoud, I’m from Darfur. My family are trapped in Zalingei and are in real danger right now and I’m trying everything I can to evacuate them
They are living in fear, and it’s getting worse every day. Please share or donate if you can🙏🏾
#KeepEyesOnSudan
gofund.me/a8dafe9fa
Donate to Help Evacuate My Family from Darfur and Save Their Lives, organized by Ahmed Omer Mohamed
Hello, my name is Mahmoud, and I am from Darfur
My family… Ahmed Omer Mohamed needs your support for Help Evacuate My Family from Darfur and Save Their Lives
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November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hello
My name is Mahmoud, I’m from Darfur. My family are trapped in Zalingei and are in real danger right now and I’m trying everything I can to evacuate them
They are living in fear, and it’s getting worse every day. Please share or donate if you can🙏🏾
#KeepEyesOnSudan
gofund.me/a8dafe9fa
My name is Mahmoud, I’m from Darfur. My family are trapped in Zalingei and are in real danger right now and I’m trying everything I can to evacuate them
They are living in fear, and it’s getting worse every day. Please share or donate if you can🙏🏾
#KeepEyesOnSudan
gofund.me/a8dafe9fa
For this Cairo #Caturday, allow me to share a short reflection I wrote about writing on my balcony with the kitties
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Elevated inspirations: the balcony writing experience in Cairo
Elena Habersky, PGR in Political Science and International Relations studying urban migration of Sudanese to and from Cairo. Every November we celebrate WriteFest, a national festival spotlighting …
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November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For this Cairo #Caturday, allow me to share a short reflection I wrote about writing on my balcony with the kitties
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Reposted by Elena Habersky
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
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Here are the words she left behind:
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Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
I am co-teaching an online seminar with my colleague, Dr. Amira Ahmed, on Sudanese Social Movements for the University of Cologne. Today my dear friend joined us from Tawila, Darfur and spoke on his important work with the displaced from El Fasher #KeepEyesonSudan #AllEyesonElFasher 🇸🇩
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am co-teaching an online seminar with my colleague, Dr. Amira Ahmed, on Sudanese Social Movements for the University of Cologne. Today my dear friend joined us from Tawila, Darfur and spoke on his important work with the displaced from El Fasher #KeepEyesonSudan #AllEyesonElFasher 🇸🇩
One more week! See the post below for registration details 🇸🇩
#KeepEyesonSudan
#KeepEyesonSudan
Cairo friends, join us for this fabulous conference on Sudanese Experiences in Egypt since April 2023. Hosted by CEDEJ Khartoum on Nov 12-13. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🇸🇩
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
One more week! See the post below for registration details 🇸🇩
#KeepEyesonSudan
#KeepEyesonSudan
Reposted by Elena Habersky
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
My friend goes to a Darfuri hairdresser in Cairo. She went yesterday but her shop was closed. “The shops on the whole street were closed, it was like one giant funeral prayer, everything and everyone in black, people wailing, rbna yastor”. #KeepEyesOnSudan
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My friend goes to a Darfuri hairdresser in Cairo. She went yesterday but her shop was closed. “The shops on the whole street were closed, it was like one giant funeral prayer, everything and everyone in black, people wailing, rbna yastor”. #KeepEyesOnSudan
CEDEJ Khartoum with a great event today on Sudanese Film in Exile. A somber minute of silence was held for those in El Fasher and Darfur 🇸🇩🎥❤️
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CEDEJ Khartoum with a great event today on Sudanese Film in Exile. A somber minute of silence was held for those in El Fasher and Darfur 🇸🇩🎥❤️
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Reposted by Elena Habersky
POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings - Project on Middle East Political Science
The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel. Pop...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
The news out of El Fashir is gut-wrenching. The first Sudanese people I met were from El Fashir, my former students in Amman- Thankful to be surrounded by 🇸🇩 friends in Cairo & to co-teach an online seminar today w/ my colleague, Amira Ahmed, on Sudanese social movements @ Uni of Cologne
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The news out of El Fashir is gut-wrenching. The first Sudanese people I met were from El Fashir, my former students in Amman- Thankful to be surrounded by 🇸🇩 friends in Cairo & to co-teach an online seminar today w/ my colleague, Amira Ahmed, on Sudanese social movements @ Uni of Cologne
Reposted by Elena Habersky
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Cairo friends, join us for this fabulous conference on Sudanese Experiences in Egypt since April 2023. Hosted by CEDEJ Khartoum on Nov 12-13. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🇸🇩
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Cairo friends, join us for this fabulous conference on Sudanese Experiences in Egypt since April 2023. Hosted by CEDEJ Khartoum on Nov 12-13. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🇸🇩
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Elena Habersky
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Cairene Friday Mornings ☀️
October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Cairene Friday Mornings ☀️
Found guilty on 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur
The International Criminal Court on Monday hands down its verdict on a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during brutal attacks in Darfur.
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ICC to give war crimes verdict on Sudan militia chief
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday hands down its verdict on a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during brutal attacks in Darfur.Ali…
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October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Found guilty on 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur
Was great to attend my first #DGSKA conference. Thanks to my colleague, Karim Zafer, for inviting me to discuss “Un/Commoning Migration: Do we still need Migration Studies”. Was also great to see my friend and colleague, Dudu Ndlovu, a co-author in our book, Making Routes!
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Was great to attend my first #DGSKA conference. Thanks to my colleague, Karim Zafer, for inviting me to discuss “Un/Commoning Migration: Do we still need Migration Studies”. Was also great to see my friend and colleague, Dudu Ndlovu, a co-author in our book, Making Routes!
We would like to offer the opportunity for those who could not attend the DGSKA Conference– in particular our colleagues from the Global South and beyond – to join our discussion tomorrow on Un/commoning Migration.
9:30am Cologne
Please register in advance:
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9:30am Cologne
Please register in advance:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DGSKA2025_AG Migration_Un/Commoning Migration Roundtable. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DGSKA2025_AG Migration_Un/Commoning Migration Roundtable. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
uni-trier.zoom-x.de
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We would like to offer the opportunity for those who could not attend the DGSKA Conference– in particular our colleagues from the Global South and beyond – to join our discussion tomorrow on Un/commoning Migration.
9:30am Cologne
Please register in advance:
uni-trier.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
9:30am Cologne
Please register in advance:
uni-trier.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
I am thrilled to be back in Cairo and to officially start my PhD field research today! I am very much looking forward to deep diving into the lives of my Sudanese friends and acquaintances over the next 12 months. To make my research more accessible, I have created a Zine, I hope you enjoy it!
September 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I am thrilled to be back in Cairo and to officially start my PhD field research today! I am very much looking forward to deep diving into the lives of my Sudanese friends and acquaintances over the next 12 months. To make my research more accessible, I have created a Zine, I hope you enjoy it!
And today the African Association has been closed and the building, seized. A sad day.
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world.
@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
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@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop....
African Activism in Anticolonial Cairo
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
And today the African Association has been closed and the building, seized. A sad day.