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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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
Presidential directives to transfer the powers of examining and selecting new appointees in the judiciary to the military academy in Egypt www.madamasr.com/2026/01/21/f...
قضاة الغد تختارهم الأكاديمية العسكرية
بموجب التوجيهات الجديدة فإن آلية التعيين ستتغير جذريًا
www.madamasr.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Presidential directives to transfer the powers of examining and selecting new appointees in the judiciary to the military academy in Egypt www.madamasr.com/2026/01/21/f...
Fiften years after the #jan25 revolution, the need for the slogan: “Bread, Freedom, Social Justice, Human Dignity” increased and spanned across borders! Tougher times, tougher world! May we live to remember all those who gave/are giving their lives for bread, freedom, justice and dignity!
January 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Fiften years after the #jan25 revolution, the need for the slogan: “Bread, Freedom, Social Justice, Human Dignity” increased and spanned across borders! Tougher times, tougher world! May we live to remember all those who gave/are giving their lives for bread, freedom, justice and dignity!
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Interested in armed conflict and/or languages in African countries? Sign up to get invited to the MCCRA monthly virtual workshop series!
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📣We're launching the MCCRA research workshop series!
🎓The inaugural talk, 27 January at 2pm UK time, will be by Prof. Kristian Gleditsch.
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🎓The inaugural talk, 27 January at 2pm UK time, will be by Prof. Kristian Gleditsch.
✏️Sign up below to get invited to our monthly online research talks on armed conflict and/or language in African countries.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Interested in armed conflict and/or languages in African countries? Sign up to get invited to the MCCRA monthly virtual workshop series!
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RE Gaza, there is every reason to be pessimistic. Millions will continue to live in tent cities, not just this winter (3rd winter) but also for the next five years - who knows?
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
RE Gaza, there is every reason to be pessimistic. Millions will continue to live in tent cities, not just this winter (3rd winter) but also for the next five years - who knows?
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
As far as Israel is concerned, Gaza will be kept in perpetual limbo, in hope for its complete destruction and depopulation.
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BEST NEWS EVER!! 🤍
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BEST NEWS EVER!! 🤍
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
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Greta Thunberg arrested at a protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
Greta Thunberg arrested at a protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in central London at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action hunger strikers.
news.sky.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested at a protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
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📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social !
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
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💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social !
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
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An infant froze to death in Gaza last night, starved and cold.
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
An infant froze to death in Gaza last night, starved and cold.
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I would go further and say that if you have ever used "Zionism" to mean "aspirational call for Jewish self-determination" and gotten frustrated when people see Zionism as racist dispossession, you should understand why a Palestinian might feel the same about "Intifada." And vice versa.
I think it's reasonable for a Jewish person to feel fear at the phrase "globalize the intifada," and also reasonable for a Palestine solidarity supporter to mean something entirely innocuous. Same with "Zionism" to mean "the general idea of Jewish self-determination in the land" and "the Nakba"
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I would go further and say that if you have ever used "Zionism" to mean "aspirational call for Jewish self-determination" and gotten frustrated when people see Zionism as racist dispossession, you should understand why a Palestinian might feel the same about "Intifada." And vice versa.
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רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
Pre-Holidays Blues
Postgraduate education literally saved me. Studying abroad allowed me to leave a country where dreams are crushed and to change my career path. Focusing on conflict studies was my way to deal with traumas. It was and still is - with all the challenges - a healing journey (1/n)
Postgraduate education literally saved me. Studying abroad allowed me to leave a country where dreams are crushed and to change my career path. Focusing on conflict studies was my way to deal with traumas. It was and still is - with all the challenges - a healing journey (1/n)
December 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Pre-Holidays Blues
Postgraduate education literally saved me. Studying abroad allowed me to leave a country where dreams are crushed and to change my career path. Focusing on conflict studies was my way to deal with traumas. It was and still is - with all the challenges - a healing journey (1/n)
Postgraduate education literally saved me. Studying abroad allowed me to leave a country where dreams are crushed and to change my career path. Focusing on conflict studies was my way to deal with traumas. It was and still is - with all the challenges - a healing journey (1/n)
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
That is super cool!
I used MEMES as a teaching tool:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That is super cool!
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
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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