On the 25th of September 2023, Egypt's National Election Authority announced the dates for the presidential election. Set to take place in December and with a tight schedule, the self-explanatory title "Egypt's Microwave Election" perfectly captures that image.
In this episode of Tahrir Podcast, joined by Mahmoud Salem, an award-winning writer and commenta ... Show More
Dec 2025
EP 54 - Killian Clarke: Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed
In episode 54 of Tahrir Podcast, Killian Clarke joined to discuss his new book, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed" (Cambridge University Press, 2025).The book offers one of the first systematic studies of counterrevolution. Drawing on global data sinc ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 2025
UNRELEASED EP - Danny Makki: The Night the Butcher of Damascus Fled
This episode was recorded on 08 December 2024, the day Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, ending over 50 years of brutal Assad family rule, and concluding a brutal 14-year civil war. In this episode that I now release a full year later, Danni Makki joined me from D ... Show More
12m 49s
Dec 2023
Egypt: What are al-Sisi’s priorities after his re-election?
On Monday, Egypt’s incumbent president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi won a third term in office with just under 90 % of the vote.This is despite ongoing economic turmoil in the country, caused by high inflation. A former army chief, Mr Sisi has ruled Egypt since overthrowing the democrati ... Show More
18m 28s
Mar 2025
United States of 'Hypocrisy' – Bassem and Mehdi on College Students, Free Speech, and Gaza
It's been almost two months since Mehdi and Bassem co-hosted 'We're Not Kidding' together and A LOT has happened since then. As two naturalized US citizens, Mehdi and Bassem co-host again, starting off the conversation discussing the Trump administration's arrests of internationa ... Show More
40m 31s
في ثاني حلقات #الحل_إيه يتحدث معنا رجل الأعمال صلاح دياب عن كواليس تأسيسه لأكبر صحيفة مستقلة في مصر، وعلاقته بالسياسة ورؤساء مصر، وعن حقيقة علاقته بإسرائيل وأمريكا، ورؤيته لحلول الأزمات التي تمر بها مصر In the second episode of "And the Solution is...?'", the business man Salah D ... Show More
<div class="gs"> <div class=""> <div id=":oi" class="ii gt"> <div id=":oh" class="a3s aiL"> <div dir="auto"> <p>The brothers welcome journalist <a href= "https://x.com/linaattalah">Lina Attalah</a> (@linaattalah), the co-founder and chief editor of <a href= "https://www.madamasr. ... Show More
