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Nihal | نهال @nihalist___

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Nihal | نهال@nihalist___
23 Sep 2024
for @Parapraxis_Mag I wrote about Palestine as an Arab issue, Arab political subjectivity in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, counterrevolution and reverberations of political defeat since 1967 in an attempt to answer the question “where are the Arabs?” parapraxismagazine.com/artic…

Left-wing Melancholia — Parapraxis

The Arab political subject Nihal El Aasar

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RT @SonOfJenin: I don’t know who to cheer for in Brazil v Morocco tomorrow. Do I cheer for the country with millions of Arabs and significa…
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josh!@queersocialism
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another wide ranging conversation with the always lovely and brilliant @nihalist___ where we’re discussing the significance of camp david, the 1978 peace treaty, the limits (or failures) of the national liberation struggles, and their contemporary consequences in egypt!
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
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The Camp David Republic: Egypt, Normalization, and the Long Defeat With Nihal El Aasar (@nihalist___) millennialsarekillingcapital…
Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg

ALT Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg
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always a pleasure to speak to @queersocialism. thanks for having me on.
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
@MAKCapitalism
Jun 13
The Camp David Republic: Egypt, Normalization, and the Long Defeat With Nihal El Aasar (@nihalist___) millennialsarekillingcapital…
Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg

ALT Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg

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Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
@MAKCapitalism
Jun 13
The Camp David Republic: Egypt, Normalization, and the Long Defeat With Nihal El Aasar (@nihalist___) millennialsarekillingcapital…
Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg

ALT Title reads "The Camp David Republic" Image of Nihal El Aasar; MAKC logo; Episode artwork includes an artificially colorized version of this photo: "Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords." full credit information here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadat_and_Begin_clean3.jpg
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Ashok Kumar@Ash0kKmr
Jun 12
My account got hacked cuz I’m a boomer. Anyways, went on Piers Morgan and managed to say Nigel Farage lives in a sewer and the Green Party is the only party that has national policy to hold the police accountable.
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proofs are here!! congratulations to @El_Gendy_95 can’t wait to read!
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screening Egyptian film A Song On the Passage next Thursday at @riocinema. hope to see some of you there! riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Wha…
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NTS Radio
@NTSlive
Jun 11
today on nts.live/1 @nabihahiqbal @eclairfifi @okwilliams_
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The Yale Review@yalereview
Jun 8
“I am back in writing hell. As if each time I start writing, I have to go through the same hell again.” —Annie Ernaux yalereview.org/article/annie…

Annie Ernaux’s Previously Unpublished Diaries on the Writing Life

Never-before-seen journal entries spanning forty years of Annie Ernaux’s life.

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Dean Ammi
@AlgerianFooty
Jun 8
🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸 The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿
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Leyla Hamed
@leylahamed
Jun 9
Iranian Football Federation announces the 8% ticket quota allocated to Iran has been revoked by the U.S., leaving the federation currently unable to distribute tickets to supporters. A case study in political interference, discrimination and FIFA looking the other way.
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The Touchline | 𝐓
@TouchlineX
Jun 6
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The United States has denied entry to Iraq's official photographer for the World Cup. He was detained for at least 12 hours and in the end was sent back to his country. — @Romain_Molina
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Palestinian Youth Movement@palyouthmvmt
Jun 6
Sign onto the organisational statement by Monday 5pm condemning the event and calling for its immediate cancellation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… More information in our post: instagram.com/p/DZNruAojO4D

PYM Britain (@pymbritain) • Instagram photos and videos

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Palestinian Youth Movement@palyouthmvmt
Jun 6
🚨 SIGN THE STATEMENT OPPOSING THE SALE OF STOLEN PALESTINIAN LAND 🚨 On June 14, the 'Great Israeli Real Estate' event is due to come to London to auction stolen Palestinian land to the highest bidder.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb
Jun 4
Incredible roster of World Cup guests incoming including @_Zeets, @leylahamed, @ZidanSports, @karachikhatmal, @adnanahusain, @GraceOnFootball, @nihalist___, @11namedpeople, and so many more.
The End of Sport (@endofsportpod.bsky.social)@EndofSportPod
Jun 4
The unquestionably appropriate moral and political position on the coming World Cup is boycott. But, the tournament is happening, and the politics matter, so @endofsportpod will be providing wall-to-wall coverage of the angles you won’t get elsewhere. Join us.
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excited for this new era of @tribunemagazine with @Oliver_Eagleton at the helm
Oliver Eagleton@Oliver_Eagleton
Jun 4
The extraordinary @nihalist___ has written for Tribune on the changing generational politics of West Asia, from the Arab Spring to the Gaza protests — as the faultline has switched from dictatorship versus democracy to imperialism versus anti-imperialism: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/the…
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Oliver Eagleton@Oliver_Eagleton
Jun 4
The extraordinary @nihalist___ has written for Tribune on the changing generational politics of West Asia, from the Arab Spring to the Gaza protests — as the faultline has switched from dictatorship versus democracy to imperialism versus anti-imperialism: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/the…
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Aaron West
@oeste
Jun 3
world cup preparation in the US is so funny. the concept of mo salah and the egyptian national team in cleveland, ohio is ridiculous to me.
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Tribune
@tribunemagazine
Jun 3
Our new issue is out now. 'Generations' describes the collision between class and generation in our current era of catastrophe, from the panic over ageing populations to the Gen Z uprising against the genocide in Gaza. How do we build an intergenerational future? Subscribe and receive a full year of print for just £15: tribunemag.co.uk/subscribe/?…
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it is that serious btw
Football HQ
@FootballHQ
Jun 2
In Brazil, the National Teams plane was baptised before it headed off to the World Cup.. 🤯
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