Hesham Sallam
@wazirelkif.bsky.social
Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
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🧵 @wazirelkif.bsky.social notes that in Egypt’s 2025 elections, Mustaqbal Watan still dominates the regime’s electoral coalition, despite the rise of new regime-backed parties like Al-Gabha Al-Wataniyya — reflecting efforts to diversify loyalists and balance competing security factions.
As legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🧵 @wazirelkif.bsky.social notes that in Egypt’s 2025 elections, Mustaqbal Watan still dominates the regime’s electoral coalition, despite the rise of new regime-backed parties like Al-Gabha Al-Wataniyya — reflecting efforts to diversify loyalists and balance competing security factions.
As we make sense of the new(ish) political landscape the ongoing legislative election is laying out in Egypt, it's crucial to remember that Mustaqbal Watan remains a home to a lot of networks that were tied to the Mubarak regime (either by formal or familial ties).
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
As we make sense of the new(ish) political landscape the ongoing legislative election is laying out in Egypt, it's crucial to remember that Mustaqbal Watan remains a home to a lot of networks that were tied to the Mubarak regime (either by formal or familial ties).
As legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
As legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
Excerpt from my remarks at a Stanford Democracy Day panel on “Democracy under Threat at Home and Abroad” co-sponsored by @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social and @theeuropecenter.bsky.social
The continued silence on Sudan and what is happening in El Fasher is appalling.
The continued silence on Sudan and what is happening in El Fasher is appalling.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Excerpt from my remarks at a Stanford Democracy Day panel on “Democracy under Threat at Home and Abroad” co-sponsored by @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social and @theeuropecenter.bsky.social
The continued silence on Sudan and what is happening in El Fasher is appalling.
The continued silence on Sudan and what is happening in El Fasher is appalling.
The victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is not merely a warning sign for Trump, but also for the Democratic Party establishment. The lesson is that people will reward those who listen to them and heed the call for a more just and inclusive social order.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is not merely a warning sign for Trump, but also for the Democratic Party establishment. The lesson is that people will reward those who listen to them and heed the call for a more just and inclusive social order.
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Happy Halloween from all of us at Stanford CDDRL! This year, our pre- and postdoctoral fellows all dressed up as Associate Director for Research Hesham Sallam. 🎃
Reminder, there are 5️⃣ weeks left to apply for our 2026-27 fellowships — click to learn more & get started: https://ow.ly/LtQy50Xl95H
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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The best postdoc program and the coolest (and funniest)postdocs.
Why would anyone want to go elsewhere?
Please apply and/or spread the word.
Why would anyone want to go elsewhere?
Please apply and/or spread the word.
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#NoKings_PaloAlto #StanfordProfProtests
🙏 Listen to and repost inspiring speech at No Kings Day rally in Palo Alto by Stanford professor Hesham Sallam on fighting for democracy and talking to others who disagree with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC7...
🙏 Listen to and repost inspiring speech at No Kings Day rally in Palo Alto by Stanford professor Hesham Sallam on fighting for democracy and talking to others who disagree with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC7...
October 18, 2025
YouTube video by Hesham Sallam
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October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#NoKings_PaloAlto #StanfordProfProtests
🙏 Listen to and repost inspiring speech at No Kings Day rally in Palo Alto by Stanford professor Hesham Sallam on fighting for democracy and talking to others who disagree with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC7...
🙏 Listen to and repost inspiring speech at No Kings Day rally in Palo Alto by Stanford professor Hesham Sallam on fighting for democracy and talking to others who disagree with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC7...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Excerpt from my remarks at the No Kings rally in Palo Alto.
For the full remarks: youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
For the full remarks: youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Excerpt from my remarks at the No Kings rally in Palo Alto.
For the full remarks: youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
For the full remarks: youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4
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If you're looking for a #NoKingsDay II event this Sat 10/18 & in the SF Bay Area, come join @indimidpen.bsky.social and @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social for a parade and Democracy Fair!
Guests include @liccardo.house.gov @wazirelkif.bsky.social + more! www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings/
Guests include @liccardo.house.gov @wazirelkif.bsky.social + more! www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings/
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you're looking for a #NoKingsDay II event this Sat 10/18 & in the SF Bay Area, come join @indimidpen.bsky.social and @indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social for a parade and Democracy Fair!
Guests include @liccardo.house.gov @wazirelkif.bsky.social + more! www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings/
Guests include @liccardo.house.gov @wazirelkif.bsky.social + more! www.indivisiblepeninsulabayarea.org/nokings/
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Only a few days left to apply for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
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Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Only a few days left to apply for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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Democracy colleagues,
@StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October
To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners
The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now
Please share and sign
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@StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October
To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners
The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now
Please share and sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for the Serbian Student Movement
We invite scholars of democracy worldwide to stand in solidarity with the students of Serbia in their struggle for fundamental rights and democratic renewal. By signing this letter, you express your s...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Democracy colleagues,
@StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October
To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners
The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now
Please share and sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@StanfordCDDRL is launching a new Democracy Action Lab (DAL) next October
To bridge the gap between scholarship and practitioners
The student movement in Serbia needs international academic solidarity now
Please share and sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
pomeps.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
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But it was too late. To understand what happened, you *must* read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social's @jodemocracy.bsky.social article ▼▼
In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.
In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.
How Viktor Orbán Wins | Journal of Democracy
The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
But it was too late. To understand what happened, you *must* read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social's @jodemocracy.bsky.social article ▼▼
In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.
In fact, just drop what you're doing and read it now.
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I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My colleagues at @jadaliyya.bsky.social just organized an incredibly enlightening and eye-opening discussion on Israel’s strikes against Iran and the exchange of hostilities that ensued shortly after. 🧵
June 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My colleagues at @jadaliyya.bsky.social just organized an incredibly enlightening and eye-opening discussion on Israel’s strikes against Iran and the exchange of hostilities that ensued shortly after. 🧵
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New analysis from @wazirelkif.bsky.social contextualizes Egypt's contemporary culture wars in a longer history of intellectual conflict between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates that stretches back decades.
🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo
🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo
Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt
This article examines how the evolution of ideational conflicts between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates over the past four decades has shaped the dominant discourse and narrative throug...
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March 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New analysis from @wazirelkif.bsky.social contextualizes Egypt's contemporary culture wars in a longer history of intellectual conflict between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates that stretches back decades.
🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo
🇪🇬 READ MORE: ow.ly/nzuC50Vh2Jo
My article "Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt" was just published in the Journal of North African Studies
Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt
This article examines how the evolution of ideational conflicts between Islamist and leftist intellectual advocates over the past four decades has shaped the dominant discourse and narrative throug...
www.tandfonline.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My article "Authenticity and national loyalty: the intellectual roots of Islamist-leftist affective polarisation in post-2013 Egypt" was just published in the Journal of North African Studies
My Monday op-ed in @indianexpress.com about Trump’s ‘Gaza-a-Lago’ proposal indianexpress.com/article/opin...
February 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My Monday op-ed in @indianexpress.com about Trump’s ‘Gaza-a-Lago’ proposal indianexpress.com/article/opin...
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CDDRL's @wazirelkif.bsky.social is the author of one of @jodemocracy.bsky.social's most-read articles of 2024.
Read "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" now: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Read "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" now: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10
muse.jhu.edu
December 17, 2024 at 9:55 PM
CDDRL's @wazirelkif.bsky.social is the author of one of @jodemocracy.bsky.social's most-read articles of 2024.
Read "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" now: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Read "The Autocrat-in-Training: The Sisi Regime at 10" now: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social and Omar Dahi share their extensive knowledge about Syria here.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsy...
The Collapse of the Syrian Regime w/ Omar Dahi & Bassam Haddad
YouTube video by Jadaliyya
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December 12, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social and Omar Dahi share their extensive knowledge about Syria here.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsy...
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BREAKING
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip since October last year
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip since October last year
November 21, 2024 at 1:03 PM
BREAKING
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip since October last year
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip since October last year