Hossam el-Hamalawy

Hossam el-Hamalawy

Hossam el-Hamalawy

Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian scholar-activist in Germany, focusing on the military, policing, and labour.

Book Club: Yahia Lababidi's 'If You Cannot Say GENOCIDE' examines how euphemism and silence shape the way we understand Gaza and Israel's mass violence

26 August, 2026

Across continents, shifting political power reshapes alliances with Israel and recognition of the Palestinian struggle, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

25 August, 2026

Book Club: From Gaza and Ukraine to US power and China's rise, Tomáš Tengely-Evans' 'Death Rides Out' explores how imperialism continues to shape the world

29 July, 2026

From Iraq and Iran to Lebanon and Gaza, Lindsey Graham's record in the Middle East was defined by support for US wars and Israel, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

22 July, 2026

Amid shifting Democratic opinion on Gaza, Kamala Harris's outreach to Palestinian activists reflects political calculation, not principle, writes el-Hamalawy.

15 July, 2026

Hossam el-Hamalawy revisits Iran’s revolution through the social forces that drove it, explaining its outcome was not historically inevitable.

18 May, 2026

Trump expected Americans to rally behind the war in Iran, but memories of Iraq and outrage over Gaza are fuelling scepticism, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

18 March, 2026

Modi’s Israel trip following the Gaza genocide isn’t mere realpolitik. It is the foreign-policy projection of a domestic project, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

11 March, 2026

New Epstein files have fuelled Israel spy theories, but verified ties to Ehud Barak is what we should be paying close attention to, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.

15 February, 2026

Israel’s plan to impose US private firms at Rafah would entrench its control over Gaza while undermining Egypt’s sovereignty, warns Hossam el-Hamalawy.

28 January, 2026