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باسم 💔
🚨 Thanks to the generosity of our community, we're at 83% of our giving goal to sustain and grow the Bassem Sabry Fellowship!
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
Help Us Bring Bassem Sabry's Vision to Life
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December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
باسم 💔
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Fourteen years ago, someone I had never met shared a kind word about my tweets on Egypt. That someone was Bassem Sabry.
Before the year ends, I hope you'll take two minutes to hear me share my story and donate to support the program that brings his legacy to life: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
Before the year ends, I hope you'll take two minutes to hear me share my story and donate to support the program that brings his legacy to life: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
"Bassem Sabry became the reason I published my first policy piece...His mentorship (and others like him) is what’s kept me in this space. And there's a throughline from all of that to where I am as Executive Director of @timep.bsky.social today." - @maitelsadany.bsky.social
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What Did Bassem Sabry Mean to Me?
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December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Fourteen years ago, someone I had never met shared a kind word about my tweets on Egypt. That someone was Bassem Sabry.
Before the year ends, I hope you'll take two minutes to hear me share my story and donate to support the program that brings his legacy to life: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
Before the year ends, I hope you'll take two minutes to hear me share my story and donate to support the program that brings his legacy to life: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
"Bassem Sabry became the reason I published my first policy piece...His mentorship (and others like him) is what’s kept me in this space. And there's a throughline from all of that to where I am as Executive Director of @timep.bsky.social today." - @maitelsadany.bsky.social
youtu.be/lwJi7SHz8P4?...
youtu.be/lwJi7SHz8P4?...
What Did Bassem Sabry Mean to Me?
YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
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December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Bassem Sabry became the reason I published my first policy piece...His mentorship (and others like him) is what’s kept me in this space. And there's a throughline from all of that to where I am as Executive Director of @timep.bsky.social today." - @maitelsadany.bsky.social
youtu.be/lwJi7SHz8P4?...
youtu.be/lwJi7SHz8P4?...
🚨 Thanks to the generosity of our community, we're at 83% of our giving goal to sustain and grow the Bassem Sabry Fellowship!
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
Help Us Bring Bassem Sabry's Vision to Life
By Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
givebutter.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨 Thanks to the generosity of our community, we're at 83% of our giving goal to sustain and grow the Bassem Sabry Fellowship!
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
It's not too late to join us! Your gift -- whether $5 or $500 -- helps us invest in the next generation of MENA policy leaders: givebutter.com/bassemsabry
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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!!!!
NEW: Since Lebanon's 2019 financial collapse, the country's ruling elites have obstructed the path to recovery. Fouad Debs analyzes how the new bank resolution law concentrates power in the hands of actors linked to the banks, creating further obstacles. timep.org/2025/12/23/l...
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: Since Lebanon's 2019 financial collapse, the country's ruling elites have obstructed the path to recovery. Fouad Debs analyzes how the new bank resolution law concentrates power in the hands of actors linked to the banks, creating further obstacles. timep.org/2025/12/23/l...
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“The credibility of @timep.bsky.social carried my work into rooms where people had never heard my name but were willing to listen, engage, and later cite my research.”
Wondering what it's like to be a Bassem Sabry Fellow? Catch my friend and former colleague @mandour.bsky.social's new video ⤵️
Wondering what it's like to be a Bassem Sabry Fellow? Catch my friend and former colleague @mandour.bsky.social's new video ⤵️
In exile, @mandour.bsky.social looked for support to refine his research, guide his advocacy, and navigate the policymaking space.
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
The Bassem Sabry Fellowship in Action: Former Fellow Mohamed Mandour
YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
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December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“The credibility of @timep.bsky.social carried my work into rooms where people had never heard my name but were willing to listen, engage, and later cite my research.”
Wondering what it's like to be a Bassem Sabry Fellow? Catch my friend and former colleague @mandour.bsky.social's new video ⤵️
Wondering what it's like to be a Bassem Sabry Fellow? Catch my friend and former colleague @mandour.bsky.social's new video ⤵️
بعد عام على سقوط نظام الأسد، ما تزال زوجات المختفين في سوريا عالقات في تيهٍ اجتماعي واقتصادي، وسط أوضاع قانونية تحرمهن وعائلاتهن حقوقهن الأساسية.
تناقش لينا غوتوق، الزميلة غير المقيمة بمعهد التحرير، ظروف هؤلاء النساء وتقترح خطوات عملية للتخفيف عنهن وجبر ضررهن.
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تناقش لينا غوتوق، الزميلة غير المقيمة بمعهد التحرير، ظروف هؤلاء النساء وتقترح خطوات عملية للتخفيف عنهن وجبر ضررهن.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
بعد عام على سقوط نظام الأسد، ما تزال زوجات المختفين في سوريا عالقات في تيهٍ اجتماعي واقتصادي، وسط أوضاع قانونية تحرمهن وعائلاتهن حقوقهن الأساسية.
تناقش لينا غوتوق، الزميلة غير المقيمة بمعهد التحرير، ظروف هؤلاء النساء وتقترح خطوات عملية للتخفيف عنهن وجبر ضررهن.
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تناقش لينا غوتوق، الزميلة غير المقيمة بمعهد التحرير، ظروف هؤلاء النساء وتقترح خطوات عملية للتخفيف عنهن وجبر ضررهن.
timep.org/post-arabic/...
In exile, @mandour.bsky.social looked for support to refine his research, guide his advocacy, and navigate the policymaking space.
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
The Bassem Sabry Fellowship in Action: Former Fellow Mohamed Mandour
YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In exile, @mandour.bsky.social looked for support to refine his research, guide his advocacy, and navigate the policymaking space.
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
"This is what the Bassem Sabry Fellowship became for me: a space that preserved the authenticity of my voice while amplifying it." youtu.be/ArfvMSGmWtM?...
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Extended Imprisonment: The Hidden Emotional and Economic Costs of Prison Visits in Egypt timep.org/2025/11/24/e...
Extended Imprisonment: The Hidden Emotional and Economic Costs of Prison Visits in Egypt
In Egypt, prison visits have turned from a basic right to an exhausting ordeal marked by financial and psychological strains for both inmates and their loved ones.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Extended Imprisonment: The Hidden Emotional and Economic Costs of Prison Visits in Egypt timep.org/2025/11/24/e...
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'The wives of #SyriasDisappeared exist in legal & social limbo, unable to grieve, move forward, or find answers. Because most of the disappeared are young men, the majority married with children, the economic, social, legal & emotional consequences are profound'
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Wives of the Disappeared in Syria: Voices in Legal Limbo
A year after the Assad regime’s fall, the wives of Syria’s disappeared remain caught in legal, social, and economic limbo. Without reforms and concrete measures to support these women, Syria risks per...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
'The wives of #SyriasDisappeared exist in legal & social limbo, unable to grieve, move forward, or find answers. Because most of the disappeared are young men, the majority married with children, the economic, social, legal & emotional consequences are profound'
timep.org/2025/12/10/w...
timep.org/2025/12/10/w...
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As we mark 15 years since the Arab Uprisings, the voice I miss most is Bassem Sabry. If you do one thing this week, read this beautiful reflection by his dear friend @dalezzat.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social. In it, she brings to life why what he stood for then, matters today. More than ever.
NEW: Bassem Sabry was an Egyptian writer and political strategist who rose to prominence during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Dalia Ezzat, one of his close friends, pens a personal piece on what he stood for and his lasting legacy: timep.org/2025/12/18/r...
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As we mark 15 years since the Arab Uprisings, the voice I miss most is Bassem Sabry. If you do one thing this week, read this beautiful reflection by his dear friend @dalezzat.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social. In it, she brings to life why what he stood for then, matters today. More than ever.
NEW: Bassem Sabry was an Egyptian writer and political strategist who rose to prominence during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Dalia Ezzat, one of his close friends, pens a personal piece on what he stood for and his lasting legacy: timep.org/2025/12/18/r...
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NEW: Bassem Sabry was an Egyptian writer and political strategist who rose to prominence during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Dalia Ezzat, one of his close friends, pens a personal piece on what he stood for and his lasting legacy: timep.org/2025/12/18/r...
NEW: Victims and survivors should have a seat at the table. Yet too often, their voices are missing.
TIMEP convened partners from Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan to ask what justice means to them and to detail what's needed for them to meaningfully engage with international justice.
TIMEP convened partners from Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan to ask what justice means to them and to detail what's needed for them to meaningfully engage with international justice.
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEW: Victims and survivors should have a seat at the table. Yet too often, their voices are missing.
TIMEP convened partners from Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan to ask what justice means to them and to detail what's needed for them to meaningfully engage with international justice.
TIMEP convened partners from Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan to ask what justice means to them and to detail what's needed for them to meaningfully engage with international justice.
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١٥ سنة علي انطلاق الثورات العربية.
مهما حاولوا يمحوا تاريخنا، برضه هنفتكر.
مهما حاولوا يمحوا تاريخنا، برضه هنفتكر.
"أنا إنسان بسيط، لا أريد سوى أن أعمل."
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
١٥ سنة علي انطلاق الثورات العربية.
مهما حاولوا يمحوا تاريخنا، برضه هنفتكر.
مهما حاولوا يمحوا تاريخنا، برضه هنفتكر.
NEW: Lebanon’s independent media outlets are among the few counterpowers that hold the country’s elites accountable. Nonresident fellow Jean Kassir writes on independent media's truth-seeking and public accountability efforts and the attempts to silence them.
Read more: timep.org/2025/12/17/l...
Read more: timep.org/2025/12/17/l...
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW: Lebanon’s independent media outlets are among the few counterpowers that hold the country’s elites accountable. Nonresident fellow Jean Kassir writes on independent media's truth-seeking and public accountability efforts and the attempts to silence them.
Read more: timep.org/2025/12/17/l...
Read more: timep.org/2025/12/17/l...
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Today marks 15 years since the day that changed everything: for me, for my friends, for our region. It's also the anniversary of the spark from which @timep.bsky.social would ultimately be born.
Fifteen years since Bouazizi set himself on fire. Fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings.
Fifteen years since Bouazizi set himself on fire. Fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings.
Fifteen years ago today, on December 17, 2010, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi stood in the middle of traffic, shouted “How do you expect me to make a living?” and set himself on fire, sparking popular protests in Tunisia and across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today marks 15 years since the day that changed everything: for me, for my friends, for our region. It's also the anniversary of the spark from which @timep.bsky.social would ultimately be born.
Fifteen years since Bouazizi set himself on fire. Fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings.
Fifteen years since Bouazizi set himself on fire. Fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings.
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Let us recall that not that long ago, it felt around the world like freedom was on the march.
Things have reversed in the past 15 years. But just as they turned backwards quickly, so too can they turn forwards again.
May the spirit of Mohamed Bouazizi and the Arab Spring that followed rise again
Things have reversed in the past 15 years. But just as they turned backwards quickly, so too can they turn forwards again.
May the spirit of Mohamed Bouazizi and the Arab Spring that followed rise again
Fifteen years ago today, on December 17, 2010, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi stood in the middle of traffic, shouted “How do you expect me to make a living?” and set himself on fire, sparking popular protests in Tunisia and across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Let us recall that not that long ago, it felt around the world like freedom was on the march.
Things have reversed in the past 15 years. But just as they turned backwards quickly, so too can they turn forwards again.
May the spirit of Mohamed Bouazizi and the Arab Spring that followed rise again
Things have reversed in the past 15 years. But just as they turned backwards quickly, so too can they turn forwards again.
May the spirit of Mohamed Bouazizi and the Arab Spring that followed rise again
"أنا إنسان بسيط، لا أريد سوى أن أعمل."
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"أنا إنسان بسيط، لا أريد سوى أن أعمل."
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
هكذا صرخ بائع الفاكهة التونسي محمد البوعزيزي منذ 15 عامًا، تحديدًا يوم 17 ديسمبر 2010، احتجاجًا على تضييق السلطات على رزقه، قبل أن يشعل النار في جسده معبرًا عن عمق معاناته من الأوضاع السيئة، ليطلق شرارة ثورة امتد صداها إلى سائر المنطقة.
Fifteen years ago today, on December 17, 2010, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi stood in the middle of traffic, shouted “How do you expect me to make a living?” and set himself on fire, sparking popular protests in Tunisia and across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Fifteen years ago today, on December 17, 2010, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi stood in the middle of traffic, shouted “How do you expect me to make a living?” and set himself on fire, sparking popular protests in Tunisia and across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
TIMEP's Samy Akil speaks to @aljazeera.com on the state of ISIS in Syria, highlighting the threat it represents to US assets and Syrian security forces and the increase in ISIS-attributed attacks in the eastern part of the country.
Watch the full interview: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/DVdaMw...
Watch the full interview: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/DVdaMw...
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
TIMEP's Samy Akil speaks to @aljazeera.com on the state of ISIS in Syria, highlighting the threat it represents to US assets and Syrian security forces and the increase in ISIS-attributed attacks in the eastern part of the country.
Watch the full interview: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/DVdaMw...
Watch the full interview: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/DVdaMw...
🌟 We're running a crowdfunding campaign to raise support for one of our longest-running programs: @timep.bsky.social's Bassem Sabry Fellowship gives promising young MENA advocates the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of policymaking in Washington, DC: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🌟 We're running a crowdfunding campaign to raise support for one of our longest-running programs: @timep.bsky.social's Bassem Sabry Fellowship gives promising young MENA advocates the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of policymaking in Washington, DC: givebutter.com/bassemsabry.
🌟 What was TIMEP up to in November? Last month, we:
⭐ Published on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon and more
⭐ Welcomed our tenth Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellow
⭐ Launched a fundraising campaign to support our Bassem Sabry Fellowship
Catch up here: mailchi.mp/timep/2025-n...
⭐ Published on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon and more
⭐ Welcomed our tenth Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellow
⭐ Launched a fundraising campaign to support our Bassem Sabry Fellowship
Catch up here: mailchi.mp/timep/2025-n...
TIMEP Month in Brief: November 2025
In November, we published on prison visits in Egypt, migrant workers in Lebanon, and the cases against Riad Salameh.
mailchi.mp
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🌟 What was TIMEP up to in November? Last month, we:
⭐ Published on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon and more
⭐ Welcomed our tenth Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellow
⭐ Launched a fundraising campaign to support our Bassem Sabry Fellowship
Catch up here: mailchi.mp/timep/2025-n...
⭐ Published on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon and more
⭐ Welcomed our tenth Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellow
⭐ Launched a fundraising campaign to support our Bassem Sabry Fellowship
Catch up here: mailchi.mp/timep/2025-n...
لعقود طويلة، عانى اللبنانيون، وما زالوا، أزمات متعددة، تراكمت وتشابكت نتيجة تفشي الفساد وغياب المساءلة، ما أهدر حقوقهم، وأسكت أصواتهم، وحرم أجيال متتالية من الحياة الكريمة التي يستحقونها.
فماذا تعني العدالة بالنسبة لضحايا هذه الأزمات؟
فماذا تعني العدالة بالنسبة لضحايا هذه الأزمات؟
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
لعقود طويلة، عانى اللبنانيون، وما زالوا، أزمات متعددة، تراكمت وتشابكت نتيجة تفشي الفساد وغياب المساءلة، ما أهدر حقوقهم، وأسكت أصواتهم، وحرم أجيال متتالية من الحياة الكريمة التي يستحقونها.
فماذا تعني العدالة بالنسبة لضحايا هذه الأزمات؟
فماذا تعني العدالة بالنسبة لضحايا هذه الأزمات؟
In Egypt, prison visits are an exhausting ordeal marked by financial and psychological strains for prisoners and their loved ones. In this analysis, nonresident fellow Dina Kamel speaks with five families, documenting the extended impacts of imprisonment.
timep.org/2025/11/24/e...
timep.org/2025/11/24/e...
Extended Imprisonment: The Hidden Emotional and Economic Costs of Prison Visits in Egypt
In Egypt, prison visits have turned from a basic right to an exhausting ordeal marked by financial and psychological strains for both inmates and their loved ones.
timep.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In Egypt, prison visits are an exhausting ordeal marked by financial and psychological strains for prisoners and their loved ones. In this analysis, nonresident fellow Dina Kamel speaks with five families, documenting the extended impacts of imprisonment.
timep.org/2025/11/24/e...
timep.org/2025/11/24/e...