Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

“‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza.”

‘Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks,’ 

Tahrir revolutionaries famously chanted for “bread, freedom, and social justice.” Ten years on, hopes for freedom and social justice are quite far from most Egyptians’ minds. The vast majority are far too busy chasing after the daily bread that led off that short list of demands, struggling day in and day out to feed themselves and their families, and desperately trying to cling to what’s left of their basic human dignity, before even that is stripped from them. There is no denying that the situation is bleak. But at least for one night, Egyptians were able to celebrate and take pride in their cultural heritage, even as that too becomes little more than another weapon in the hands of the regime. The Military Mobilisation of History

Syria as a globalised war A critical liberal view of the West, bit it is wishful thinking. "Europe's fear of refugees is the only thing that can save Syria"

Iraq: "Mission Accomplished" 15 years ago 15 years ago, America destroyed my country

Who's killing civilians in Syria?

In think Airwars is making too much fuss. The killing of civilians is "a collateral damage" in achieving the higher, ultimate goal of the civilized and liberating mission by defeating the so-called Islamic State whose militants have beheaded our men, and Yazidis, and whose "jihadists" have killed our people in France, Germany and the US. "The price is worth it". Coalition airforces kill "hundreds" of Mosul civilians