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Movement techie, revolution turned me into a writer, counter revolution turned me into a political prisoner, solidarity turned me into an exile.

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Joined March 2007
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Silicon Valley has turned the whole internet infrastructure into dual use tech. Implicating us all in the war machine that is killing our people in Palestine and beyond.
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"هذا البلد يستحق مدى، والمنصة، ومتصدقش، وصحيح مصر، وكل هذه المنصات." لينا عطا الله #ادعم_مدى #الصحافة_مش_جريمة
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تختلف تتفق، تحبه تكرهه، اللي حكاه علاء عبد الفتاح في البودكاست مؤلم إلي اقصي درجة، ربنا يفرج عن كل معتقل و يهون وقتهم جوه اللي بيحصل ده جنون.
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Alaa Abd El Fattah retweeted
يمكن أنا ما كنتش متابع قوي .. فإتفاجئت (والحقيقه فرحت) إن علاء عبد الفتاح خرج من مصر ... الله يوفقه وبرضه إنبسطت إن "سولافه مجدي" هي اللي بتحاوره و إنها بخير youtu.be/ieofDKnHPcE?si=dJA0…
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During our recent talk, @salematkovic explains the developing situation in Serbia. You can view the full talk he held with @alaa and @nikadubrovsky at this link on our youtube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=SXv66Urg…
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Alex revealed some shocking details on How Green initiatives in Serbia destroyed the environment.. The Lithium mining curse Israeli arms manufacturer "Elbit" opening 4 "secret" factories in Serbia after Iran bombed Tel Aviv And some more fascinating facts
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Tomorrow at 6 pm London time, I will be discussing firsthand experience of what has been happening in Serbia at the David Graeber Institute series "Who gets to be human?" with Alaa Abd El-Fattah and Nika Dubrovsky. It will be streamed via the link below davidgraeber.institute/the-r…
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تزامن سجن علاء عبد الفتاح الممتد مع انتشار جائحة فيروس كورونا عالميًا في عام 2020، حيث دخلت الدول في درجات متفاوتة من الإغلاق وتوقف جزء كبير من الاقتصاد العالمي. عندما أجرى رئيس التحرير محمد حمامة مقابلة معه لـ«مدى مصر»، تحدث عبد الفتاح عن مشاهدته للوباء وهو يتفشى من زنزانته، مع وصول محدود للمعلومات وبعيدًا عن المواقف السياسية التفاعلية التي كان يتبناها الكثيرون في ذلك الوقت. بالنسبة لأولئك الذين يهتمون بتخيل بدائل للرأسمالية، يرى عبد الفتاح أن هناك دروسًا يمكن استخلاصها من الحجر الصحي في بلدان الجنوب العالمي لم نأخذها في الاعتبار بعد. لمشاهدة الحوار كاملًا: youtube.com/watch?v=8FxuqqpI…
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Replying to @alaa
في 2010 كان فيه حراك سياسي قوي وكان فيه سياسيين , الغضب لواحده فعلا مش بيعمل حاجة , دلوقتي الناس غضبانة بس ما فيش سياسة فا ما فيش حل واضح والنظام فاهم ده وبيشتغل عليه كويس لغاية ما ها يحصل انفجار عنيف في يوم من الايام ولان مافيش سياسة ها تكون عواقب الانفجار ده كبيرة جدا
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For those interested in Egypt, here @alaa explains some of the history during the fall of Mubarak and the subsequent events.
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"These are the substances of political living that we are fighting not to lose"—Read this piece by Mada Masr chief editor @Linaattalah 2 days ahead of her trial, where she faces up to a year in prison as authorities in Egypt move to quash independent media dropsitenews.com/p/mada-masr…
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We held a talk about Serbia, Egypt and the revolutions/uprisings across the world. Alaa Abd El-Fattah(@alaa) & Aleksandar Matković spoke. You can see the full discussion here. youtube.com/live/SXv66UrgQic
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وصل وصل وصل ... اولى مساهماتي مع معهد المرحوم حرايبر. حوار أتمنى يكون ثري عن حراك الطلاب في صربيا.
We held a talk about Serbia, Egypt and the revolutions/uprisings across the world. Alaa Abd El-Fattah(@alaa) & Aleksandar Matković spoke. You can see the full discussion here. youtube.com/live/SXv66UrgQic
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Even more strikingly, out of Madas regular contributors (10+ articles total): • 203 have written at least one long-form features • 130 have written for the Opinion section
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Over 13 years, Mada Masr has published 23,558 articles by 1,735 unique writers (240 with 10+ articles). ​That includes: • 6,292 long-form features (959 bylines; 131 wrote 10+) • 2,561 op-eds (857 bylines; 53 wrote 10+)
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Of these regular contributors, 203 have written at least one feature. and 130 have written for the Opinion section. Mada helped two generations of journalists sharpen their craft, and encouraged activists, artists, and academics to write for a broader audience and bear witness.
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“We need to become much more hostile toward them”, he says of Big Tech. Alaa Abd el-Fattah argues the internet should be treated as a public utility, compares major platforms to Lockheed Martin. “These monopolies need to cease to exist” untoldmag.org/platforms-war-…
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Replying to @UntoldMag @alaa
“All of the internet is now dual use”. The same AI systems are used to control migration, target people in Gaza and surveil dissidents in the Arab world, while the infrastructure itself is concentrated in the hands of Google, Amazon and other major players. #BigTech #AI #Gaza
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الواد ده بيقول الكلام ده في فبراير 2010 ليه؟ أكيد تمويل ايراني
@eKatyusha الثورات قليلة في التاريخ و الغضب كثير أظن مطلوب أكثر من الغضب الشعبي لاحداث ثورة و أكثر بكثير لانجاحها و أكثر لاستمرار مكاسبها
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Alaa Abd El Fattah retweeted
🇫🇷 French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon pledged Saturday that, if elected, French navy ships would escort citizen flotillas trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza “if necessary." "We will act head-on to help the Palestinians, against both the genocide in Gaza and the gradual annexation of the West Bank," Mélenchon, the leader of the left-wing party La France Insoumise, said at a rally at Le Bourget, near Paris, where he presented his program for the 2027 election. He said France would not accept Israel's "gradual annexation" of the West Bank, southern Lebanon or the Golan Heights.
Nous agirons frontalement au secours des Palestiniens, à la fois contre le génocide à Gaza et contre l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie. Les navires français, s’il le fallait, escorteront les flottilles de citoyens mobilisés pour faire valoir leurs droits. Nous n’acceptons pas l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie, ni du Sud-Liban, ni du plateau du Golan. Nous organiserons concrètement la mobilisation contre l’extension des cruautés aux communautés chrétiennes assiégées, persécutées en Palestine et au Liban. #Melenchon2027 #JLMBourget
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