Personal essays on teaching, research, and life between Cairo and Istanbul. These are personal reflections, not institutional statements. The views here are mine alone and do not represent any organization I am affiliated with.
October 2026
Today is the 6th of October, a date deeply woven into the identity of Egypt.
August 2026
When I moved from Egypt to Turkey in 2012, I arrived as a fresh graduate and a young person deeply affected by the Arab Spring.
May 2026
When people find out that I am originally from Egypt and have been living in Türkiye for over a decade, they almost always ask me to compare the two countries.