Youssef Chouhoud
@chouhoud.bsky.social
Arab and Muslim public opinion, MENA, Religion & Politics, Race & Ethnicity
Associate Professor, Political Science, Christopher Newport University
إسكندراني / Brooklynite
#YNWA
www.chouhoud.com
Associate Professor, Political Science, Christopher Newport University
إسكندراني / Brooklynite
#YNWA
www.chouhoud.com
There are also, of course, structural reasons why this moment is fading from collective memory
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
There are also, of course, structural reasons why this moment is fading from collective memory
I mean, I see your point.
But have you considered the impact of writing a VERY strong-worded letter??
But have you considered the impact of writing a VERY strong-worded letter??
Bill Kristol is making a clearer case for what Democrats can and should do in the minority than Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries ever has
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I mean, I see your point.
But have you considered the impact of writing a VERY strong-worded letter??
But have you considered the impact of writing a VERY strong-worded letter??
Gen-Z has witnessed successive administrations fail to mitigate a public health crisis at home, sponsor a genocide abroad, and sanction state agents to summarily execute US citizens.
If they aren’t the most radicalized generation in modern US history, then it may just be a wrap for history.
If they aren’t the most radicalized generation in modern US history, then it may just be a wrap for history.
The political socialization literature suggests that the present moment is likely to have enormous impact on the political views of young people for decades to come.
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Gen-Z has witnessed successive administrations fail to mitigate a public health crisis at home, sponsor a genocide abroad, and sanction state agents to summarily execute US citizens.
If they aren’t the most radicalized generation in modern US history, then it may just be a wrap for history.
If they aren’t the most radicalized generation in modern US history, then it may just be a wrap for history.
I'm in Egypt on #Jan25 for the first time in a long time.
On this 15-year anniversary, and given the current state of the world, something occurred to me:
January 25, 2011 and the 18 days thereafter, culminating in Mubarak's ouster, may have been the high-water mark for hope in this century.
On this 15-year anniversary, and given the current state of the world, something occurred to me:
January 25, 2011 and the 18 days thereafter, culminating in Mubarak's ouster, may have been the high-water mark for hope in this century.
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I'm in Egypt on #Jan25 for the first time in a long time.
On this 15-year anniversary, and given the current state of the world, something occurred to me:
January 25, 2011 and the 18 days thereafter, culminating in Mubarak's ouster, may have been the high-water mark for hope in this century.
On this 15-year anniversary, and given the current state of the world, something occurred to me:
January 25, 2011 and the 18 days thereafter, culminating in Mubarak's ouster, may have been the high-water mark for hope in this century.
It’s international night at my daughter’s elementary school. She worked really hard on her poster and I think it came out great!
So amazing seeing all the little ones and their families proudly showcasing their backgrounds.
Such a hopeful oasis in a dark time.
And the food!! 😋
So amazing seeing all the little ones and their families proudly showcasing their backgrounds.
Such a hopeful oasis in a dark time.
And the food!! 😋
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
It’s international night at my daughter’s elementary school. She worked really hard on her poster and I think it came out great!
So amazing seeing all the little ones and their families proudly showcasing their backgrounds.
Such a hopeful oasis in a dark time.
And the food!! 😋
So amazing seeing all the little ones and their families proudly showcasing their backgrounds.
Such a hopeful oasis in a dark time.
And the food!! 😋
Timely excerpt that I cite across my courses:
“The policeman shouts, but the man doesn’t run. He just stands there; looking at the policeman…. There is a moment of silence.... The man has stopped being afraid — and this is precisely the beginning of the revolution.”
Kapuscinski, The Shah of Shahs
“The policeman shouts, but the man doesn’t run. He just stands there; looking at the policeman…. There is a moment of silence.... The man has stopped being afraid — and this is precisely the beginning of the revolution.”
Kapuscinski, The Shah of Shahs
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Timely excerpt that I cite across my courses:
“The policeman shouts, but the man doesn’t run. He just stands there; looking at the policeman…. There is a moment of silence.... The man has stopped being afraid — and this is precisely the beginning of the revolution.”
Kapuscinski, The Shah of Shahs
“The policeman shouts, but the man doesn’t run. He just stands there; looking at the policeman…. There is a moment of silence.... The man has stopped being afraid — and this is precisely the beginning of the revolution.”
Kapuscinski, The Shah of Shahs
This timeline. My goodness.
January 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This timeline. My goodness.
The favorite-ninja-turtle lifecycle is a universal millennial male experience
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The favorite-ninja-turtle lifecycle is a universal millennial male experience
In rare "good" news coming from the region, Iraq beat the UAE to advance in WC qualifiers. One less petro-state that can sportswash its atrocities (...at least for a little while).
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In rare "good" news coming from the region, Iraq beat the UAE to advance in WC qualifiers. One less petro-state that can sportswash its atrocities (...at least for a little while).
On the same day that the Saudi crown prince is visiting the White House, the governor of Texas designates the Muslim Brotherhood (the great boogeyman of all Arab dictators) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (a US-based NGO) as foreign terrorist organizations.
katu.com/news/nation-...
katu.com/news/nation-...
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On the same day that the Saudi crown prince is visiting the White House, the governor of Texas designates the Muslim Brotherhood (the great boogeyman of all Arab dictators) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (a US-based NGO) as foreign terrorist organizations.
katu.com/news/nation-...
katu.com/news/nation-...
This video was posted to the official @democrats.org TikTok page. On one hand, nice of them to acknowledge the biggest star in the party at the moment.
On the other hand…this video makes NO SENSE. Why in the world would you feature a Kendrick Lamar song—and uncensored at that!!
Genuinely baffling
On the other hand…this video makes NO SENSE. Why in the world would you feature a Kendrick Lamar song—and uncensored at that!!
Genuinely baffling
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This video was posted to the official @democrats.org TikTok page. On one hand, nice of them to acknowledge the biggest star in the party at the moment.
On the other hand…this video makes NO SENSE. Why in the world would you feature a Kendrick Lamar song—and uncensored at that!!
Genuinely baffling
On the other hand…this video makes NO SENSE. Why in the world would you feature a Kendrick Lamar song—and uncensored at that!!
Genuinely baffling
You know, not everything has to be A/B tested
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You know, not everything has to be A/B tested
This is one heck of a piece to publish in the same week that two women win gubernatorial races and (relatedly) amidst a swelling MAGA outcry to repeal the 19th amendment (you know, the one that gave women the right to vote)
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is one heck of a piece to publish in the same week that two women win gubernatorial races and (relatedly) amidst a swelling MAGA outcry to repeal the 19th amendment (you know, the one that gave women the right to vote)
Reposted by Youssef Chouhoud
This is what we find in the polling data, it’s the biggest source of the polling errors that are hard to correct for, and the shifts around the edges of partisanship are slow.
How can these two seemingly contradictory things about US politics both be true?
1. Partisanship is calcified.
2. Election outcomes are thermostatic.
TURNOUT. It’s not the same people who vote every time. Mobilizing, organizing, educating, party infrastructure—it all matters.
1. Partisanship is calcified.
2. Election outcomes are thermostatic.
TURNOUT. It’s not the same people who vote every time. Mobilizing, organizing, educating, party infrastructure—it all matters.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is what we find in the polling data, it’s the biggest source of the polling errors that are hard to correct for, and the shifts around the edges of partisanship are slow.
I went to a magnet middle school in Brooklyn. My creative writing teacher was Debra Messing's aunt.
All that to say, everyone from NY has a story about some C-list celebrity in the news.
All that to say, everyone from NY has a story about some C-list celebrity in the news.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I went to a magnet middle school in Brooklyn. My creative writing teacher was Debra Messing's aunt.
All that to say, everyone from NY has a story about some C-list celebrity in the news.
All that to say, everyone from NY has a story about some C-list celebrity in the news.
The question right now is whether Dem leaders opt to appease their donors or align w/ their voters.
A clear majority of the Dem electorate support Palestinians for the first time.
If doing right by a long suffering people was not enough, perhaps empirics and election results can shift Dem elites.
A clear majority of the Dem electorate support Palestinians for the first time.
If doing right by a long suffering people was not enough, perhaps empirics and election results can shift Dem elites.
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The question right now is whether Dem leaders opt to appease their donors or align w/ their voters.
A clear majority of the Dem electorate support Palestinians for the first time.
If doing right by a long suffering people was not enough, perhaps empirics and election results can shift Dem elites.
A clear majority of the Dem electorate support Palestinians for the first time.
If doing right by a long suffering people was not enough, perhaps empirics and election results can shift Dem elites.
Reposted by Youssef Chouhoud
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
“…Muslims are not just part of this nation’s civic fabric, we help shape it,” Chouhoud said. “For years, American Muslims have worked to show that we belong in this society. Mamdani is showing that we belong in the halls of power, and that we’re ready to lead.”
wapo.st/3JMA5M7
wapo.st/3JMA5M7
Mamdani's historic win as New York City's mayor sparks excitement and hope among many US Muslims
Zohran Mamdani’s historic New York City’s mayoral race victory has sparked excitement and hope among many American Muslims
wapo.st
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“…Muslims are not just part of this nation’s civic fabric, we help shape it,” Chouhoud said. “For years, American Muslims have worked to show that we belong in this society. Mamdani is showing that we belong in the halls of power, and that we’re ready to lead.”
wapo.st/3JMA5M7
wapo.st/3JMA5M7
Arguendo...
Let's say some millionaires and billionaires actually leave NY. They'd have to sell their homes...to other millionaires and billionaires. But the latter would be making an active choice to live in Mamdani's NY.
Am I missing something? Aren't they just threatening us with a good time??
Let's say some millionaires and billionaires actually leave NY. They'd have to sell their homes...to other millionaires and billionaires. But the latter would be making an active choice to live in Mamdani's NY.
Am I missing something? Aren't they just threatening us with a good time??
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Arguendo...
Let's say some millionaires and billionaires actually leave NY. They'd have to sell their homes...to other millionaires and billionaires. But the latter would be making an active choice to live in Mamdani's NY.
Am I missing something? Aren't they just threatening us with a good time??
Let's say some millionaires and billionaires actually leave NY. They'd have to sell their homes...to other millionaires and billionaires. But the latter would be making an active choice to live in Mamdani's NY.
Am I missing something? Aren't they just threatening us with a good time??
I ain’t down with his politics, but all true New Yorkers recognize that Sliwa is a real one (for better or worse)
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I ain’t down with his politics, but all true New Yorkers recognize that Sliwa is a real one (for better or worse)
Zohran: "(In Arabic) I am from you, and I am for you"
I wish that little Arab boy my parents raised in Brooklyn had this kind of representation.
But I'm just so happy for the all the little immigrant boys and girls across NYC that are standing just a bit taller today.
I wish that little Arab boy my parents raised in Brooklyn had this kind of representation.
But I'm just so happy for the all the little immigrant boys and girls across NYC that are standing just a bit taller today.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Zohran: "(In Arabic) I am from you, and I am for you"
I wish that little Arab boy my parents raised in Brooklyn had this kind of representation.
But I'm just so happy for the all the little immigrant boys and girls across NYC that are standing just a bit taller today.
I wish that little Arab boy my parents raised in Brooklyn had this kind of representation.
But I'm just so happy for the all the little immigrant boys and girls across NYC that are standing just a bit taller today.
It really wasn’t that hard to see what was on the horizon months ago.
The administration realized that for many liberals, Palestine was their “exception.”
From the regime’s perspective, Palestine was their proof of concept.
This is what happens when you selectively apply your principles.
The administration realized that for many liberals, Palestine was their “exception.”
From the regime’s perspective, Palestine was their proof of concept.
This is what happens when you selectively apply your principles.
The post-9/11 security state targeted Arabs and Muslims first. It soon begot myriad constrictions of privacy and civil liberties that affected ALL Americans.
Have we learned nothing?
How many more times must Palestine be your exception before you realize that Palestine is their proof of concept?
Have we learned nothing?
How many more times must Palestine be your exception before you realize that Palestine is their proof of concept?
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It really wasn’t that hard to see what was on the horizon months ago.
The administration realized that for many liberals, Palestine was their “exception.”
From the regime’s perspective, Palestine was their proof of concept.
This is what happens when you selectively apply your principles.
The administration realized that for many liberals, Palestine was their “exception.”
From the regime’s perspective, Palestine was their proof of concept.
This is what happens when you selectively apply your principles.
I think it's important for self-described "liberals" or "leftists" to pay more attention to the parallel reality on the Right.
It's a reality where the Left "freely employs" violence and the BLM protests were a "state-sanctioned...insurrection."
This is NOT fringe.
americanmind.org/salvo/defend...
It's a reality where the Left "freely employs" violence and the BLM protests were a "state-sanctioned...insurrection."
This is NOT fringe.
americanmind.org/salvo/defend...
Defend America from the Un-Americans
We are in a contest in which one side overwhelmingly reserves violence to itself and employs it freely. That side is, of course, the Left.
americanmind.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I think it's important for self-described "liberals" or "leftists" to pay more attention to the parallel reality on the Right.
It's a reality where the Left "freely employs" violence and the BLM protests were a "state-sanctioned...insurrection."
This is NOT fringe.
americanmind.org/salvo/defend...
It's a reality where the Left "freely employs" violence and the BLM protests were a "state-sanctioned...insurrection."
This is NOT fringe.
americanmind.org/salvo/defend...
The sheer stupidity of our current moment matches and often exceeds its horrors
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The sheer stupidity of our current moment matches and often exceeds its horrors