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State & Barracks · Jul 20, 2026

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Hossam el-Hamalawy · State & Barracks

This week’s issue looks into the Air Force business empire’s transformation into a parallel presidential economy, the limits of military “landlord capitalism,” the crackdown on Shia Muslims, rising deaths in custody, labor struggles, Egypt’s continued dependence on Israeli gas, and the soaring debt of Mukhabarat channels.

I contributed a chapter to this open-access volume.

Harris’s outreach to pro-Palestinian activists reflects political calculation, not a break with the machinery of US support for Israel, I argue in an opinion piece.

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My review of a new collection of essays that places the struggle against Israel in a global context.

I was interviewed by the Frankfurter Rundschau.

The rubber-stamp parliament approved a law last week reorganizing the Future of Egypt Project for Sustainable Development, transforming the Air Force-run body into an autonomous economic authority under direct presidential control.

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