Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود
@nihadaboud.bsky.social
Limbo | PhD in Government | Senior Research Officer @ Essex Law School | Conflict & terrorism | Strategies & behaviors of militant groups | Previously ETH & AUC
بين غربتك ف ديار أهلك… و غربتك ف بلاد الله
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https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
بين غربتك ف ديار أهلك… و غربتك ف بلاد الله
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https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
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بين غربتك في ديار أهلك… و غربتك في بلاد الله
و مخبيالنا ايه يا دنيا؟
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
و مخبيالنا ايه يا دنيا؟
“It’s possible that what I have to say is how to live with defeat, or how to live with despair, or how to champion a lost cause.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“It’s possible that what I have to say is how to live with defeat, or how to live with despair, or how to champion a lost cause.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.
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My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland
The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.
theconversation.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
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Kemi Badenoch says Tories will quit ECHR if they win next election
Kemi Badenoch says Tories will quit ECHR if they win next election
The Conservative Party will leave a key human rights treaty if it wins the election, its leader Kemi Badenoch has said.
news.sky.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Kemi Badenoch says Tories will quit ECHR if they win next election
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Many people desperately wanted to see Starmer's LPC speech as a new direction on immigration and asylum. Yet, we clearly see a continuation of an approach that basically says Farage is right on policy but morally wrong. Others have tried it, it won't work.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Many people desperately wanted to see Starmer's LPC speech as a new direction on immigration and asylum. Yet, we clearly see a continuation of an approach that basically says Farage is right on policy but morally wrong. Others have tried it, it won't work.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A healing article to which I am extremely grateful. Check it out especially if you are interested in how revolutions stay with us even after disengagement and if you want to know how revolutionaries in Egypt try to stay committed to the values that mobilized them one day.
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my latest article in Middle East Critique:
“‘I Have Learned Things Late in Life’: The Aftereffects of Revolutionary Participation in Egypt.”
Read the full article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2025.2488077
“‘I Have Learned Things Late in Life’: The Aftereffects of Revolutionary Participation in Egypt.”
Read the full article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2025.2488077
‘I Have Learned Things Late in Life’: The Aftereffects of Revolutionary Participation in Egypt
This article discusses the (re)socializing effects of revolutionary participation. Through a longitudinal and in-depth analysis of two life trajectories, it looks at how the participation of indivi...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A healing article to which I am extremely grateful. Check it out especially if you are interested in how revolutions stay with us even after disengagement and if you want to know how revolutionaries in Egypt try to stay committed to the values that mobilized them one day.
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Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the Palestinian territory.
Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla
Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted three of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the Palestinian territory.
The tweet we have been waiting for since 2019! Welcome back Alaa!
September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The tweet we have been waiting for since 2019! Welcome back Alaa!
Egypt detains top Sinai expert and journalist Ismail El-Iskandarani. Again! Previously imprisoned for 7 years, he was released in 2022!!
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...
Egypt detains top Sinai expert and journalist Ismail Alexandrani, say lawyers
Alexandrani seized at a checkpoint on the north coast, but no charges have been brought against him yet
www.middleeasteye.net
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Egypt detains top Sinai expert and journalist Ismail El-Iskandarani. Again! Previously imprisoned for 7 years, he was released in 2022!!
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...
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Yesterday marked 8 years since the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in a moment of uncalculated joy so threatening to Egyptian authorities that they arrested, tortured, prosecuted her, and sent her to exile.
Sarah in my heart today. 🌈
Sarah in my heart today. 🌈
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yesterday marked 8 years since the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in a moment of uncalculated joy so threatening to Egyptian authorities that they arrested, tortured, prosecuted her, and sent her to exile.
Sarah in my heart today. 🌈
Sarah in my heart today. 🌈
This is the highlight of the year! May you reunite forever with your loved ones! May you quickly find your own path to rest and recovery! You have not been defeated… #FreeThemAll
Just a video of Alaa finally freed and at home with loved ones
I so needed this
www.instagram.com/reel/DO78R4c...
I so needed this
www.instagram.com/reel/DO78R4c...
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is the highlight of the year! May you reunite forever with your loved ones! May you quickly find your own path to rest and recovery! You have not been defeated… #FreeThemAll
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People in palestine are bracing for greater crackdown as Israel punishes them for statehood recognition by UK, Canada, & Australia.
As I, and many others, have pointed out - these proclamations of recognition do nothing to stop the violence.
As I, and many others, have pointed out - these proclamations of recognition do nothing to stop the violence.
September 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
People in palestine are bracing for greater crackdown as Israel punishes them for statehood recognition by UK, Canada, & Australia.
As I, and many others, have pointed out - these proclamations of recognition do nothing to stop the violence.
As I, and many others, have pointed out - these proclamations of recognition do nothing to stop the violence.
He is home! فين الولد ما يروح..لازم يعود اسمر… قلب الوطن مجروح… لا يحتمل اكتر
September 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
He is home! فين الولد ما يروح..لازم يعود اسمر… قلب الوطن مجروح… لا يحتمل اكتر
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Today's decision is, in many ways, a long-awaited course correction. Alaa should have never been arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced for his free expression in the first place. And when he completed his most recent prison term last year, he should have been promptly released.
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today's decision is, in many ways, a long-awaited course correction. Alaa should have never been arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced for his free expression in the first place. And when he completed his most recent prison term last year, he should have been promptly released.
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As a result of today's pardon, Alaa will finally be able to go home. He will be able to watch his son Khaled grow, reunite with his sisters Sanaa and Mona, and heal the heart of his mother who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure his release.
For that, we celebrate.
For that, we celebrate.
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As a result of today's pardon, Alaa will finally be able to go home. He will be able to watch his son Khaled grow, reunite with his sisters Sanaa and Mona, and heal the heart of his mother who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure his release.
For that, we celebrate.
For that, we celebrate.
و لابد من يوم معلوم… تترد فيه المظالم… ابيض علي كل مظلوم… و اسود علي كل ظالم
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
و لابد من يوم معلوم… تترد فيه المظالم… ابيض علي كل مظلوم… و اسود علي كل ظالم
September 22nd, 2025 - Alaa will be free!
September 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
September 22nd, 2025 - Alaa will be free!
انهيار الثوابت
September 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
انهيار الثوابت
It is mid-September and I haven’t made it yet! Was it a far fetched goal? I wonder if in my work emails had really high stakes or life and death consequences… what would I do then??
Hopefully by the end of 2025, I will draft emails in less than 30-40 mns, say 20 or something #baby_steps
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It is mid-September and I haven’t made it yet! Was it a far fetched goal? I wonder if in my work emails had really high stakes or life and death consequences… what would I do then??
It is a mess everywhere… khalas www.reuters.com/world/uk/scu...
Scuffles with police as 100,000 anti-immigration protesters march in London
The march brought a culmination to a highly charged summer in Britain that has seen protests staged outside hotels housing migrants.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It is a mess everywhere… khalas www.reuters.com/world/uk/scu...
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So uh there's a lot going on today. But I wrote this icct.nl/publication/...
Did you know the US has added 12 *criminal groups* to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list this year? There were zero such FTOs last year.
For decades, US allies have copied US terrorist designations. Not this year.
Did you know the US has added 12 *criminal groups* to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list this year? There were zero such FTOs last year.
For decades, US allies have copied US terrorist designations. Not this year.
The end of US-led global counter-terrorism? Changing trends in terrorist designation
Global counter-terrorism is fundamentally changing, as is evident in recent patterns of terrorist designation. For decades, the US Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) list has been a bellwether of co...
icct.nl
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So uh there's a lot going on today. But I wrote this icct.nl/publication/...
Did you know the US has added 12 *criminal groups* to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list this year? There were zero such FTOs last year.
For decades, US allies have copied US terrorist designations. Not this year.
Did you know the US has added 12 *criminal groups* to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list this year? There were zero such FTOs last year.
For decades, US allies have copied US terrorist designations. Not this year.
If at #APSA2025 don’t to miss the Climate and Conflict panel, Friday at 8 am. My amazing co-authors, Natalie Ayers, Laura Saavedra-Lux and Blair Welsh will be presenting our paper “After Rebel Rule”, examining how rebel occupation affects agricultural recovery after conflict. It is a great panel!
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If at #APSA2025 don’t to miss the Climate and Conflict panel, Friday at 8 am. My amazing co-authors, Natalie Ayers, Laura Saavedra-Lux and Blair Welsh will be presenting our paper “After Rebel Rule”, examining how rebel occupation affects agricultural recovery after conflict. It is a great panel!
The National Council for Human Rights in Egypt has petitioned for the release of Alaa Abdel Fatah, among others. Sisi asked the relevant authorities to examine the petition! Extremely cautious hope! #FreeAlaa
September 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The National Council for Human Rights in Egypt has petitioned for the release of Alaa Abdel Fatah, among others. Sisi asked the relevant authorities to examine the petition! Extremely cautious hope! #FreeAlaa