Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic, with Hossam El-Hamalawy

Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic, with Hossam El-Hamalawy Hosted by Bassam Haddad Hossam addresses how President Sisi rebuilt the state by unifying Egypt’s previously fragmented security apparatus and centralizing power. He also addresses a variety of topics including how the Egyptian state today operates as a colonial occupying power ruling its own population. He concludes by addressing the relationship between Egypt and the struggle for a free Palestine. Hossam el-Hamalawy is a journalist, scholar, and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labor movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt. He holds a PhD in political science from Freie Universität Berlin and is the recipient of the 2011 Anna Politkovskaya Courage in Journalism Award. He publishes a weekly newsletter on Egyptian politics at 3arabawy.substack.com, and is the author of the forthcoming book from Verso, Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic. Bassam Haddad is Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011) and co-editor of A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2021). Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the acclaimed series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam is Executive Producer of Status Podcast Channel and Director of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI). He received MESA's Jere L. Bacharach Service Award in 2017 for his service to the profession. Currently, Bassam is working on his second Syria book titled Understanding The Syrian Calamity: Regime, Opposition, Outsiders (forthcoming, Stanford University Press). Tuesday, 7 March 2026, 1 pm EST, Book Talk with Hossam El-Hamalawy: Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic Organized by Middle East and Islamic Studies at George Mason University and cosponsored by Arab Studies Institute