nasser archives — 3arabawy

Counterrevolution in Egypt

3arabawy — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:47:38 +0000

I’m happy to announce my book is now up for preorder!

How Egypt lost power – and became complicit in Gaza’s siege

3arabawy — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:58:27 +0000

The politics of hegemony

3arabawy — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:24:13 +0000

I reviewed Sara Salem’s book, Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony, in the Africa Journal.

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian

3arabawy — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000

I had a long discussion with the comrades of Berlin LINKE Internationals, on the history of the Egyptian left. The series is divided into five published interviews:

Part 1: 1919 Revolution to Nasser

Part 2: Egypt’s 1968 and the aftermath

Part 3: The 1990s and early 2000s – Palestine provides a spark for the Egyptian Left

Part 4: The early 2000s – Rise in class struggle

Part 5: The Arab Spring in Egypt

Why Did the Egyptian Revolution Fail?

3arabawy — Thu, 25 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000

My review of Hesham Sallam’s Classless Politics is now up on the Catalyst Journal.

The Central Security Forces

3arabawy — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:43:56 +0000

This (Arabic) study is one of the most accurate and detailed reports, I’ve come across, on the evolution of the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s Central Security Forces:

في-دهاليز-الأمن-المركزي

UPDATE: I was honored to speak with the author of the study, in a Zoom meeting.

January 1977: Egypt’s Bread Uprising

3arabawy — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:08:17 +0000

This is the MA dissertation I wrote in 2001, on the 1977 Egyptian intifada.

MA-Thesis-Hossam-el-Hamalawy

Revolution Through Arab Eyes: The Factory

3arabawy — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:00:42 +0000

Radio interview: Egypt’s labor movement

3arabawy — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:05:38 +0000

This is a radio interview recorded on May Day. I hope you find it useful, it includes some background history on the Egyptian labor movement.

Egypt’s 1968: The revival of street politics

3arabawy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:52:07 +0000

Above is Chapter IV of the MA Thesis I wrote 10 years ago, when studying at the American University in Cairo’s Political Science department. This chapter discusses the revival of the student movement following the 1967 defeat.

Of course reading it today I wish if I would have edited some parts, changed the lingo here and there, and added more resources and info I’ve been learning over the past years.

But in general I still think the thesis stands, and could help shed some light on this critical period in the history of the left in Egypt.