Bahey Eldin Hassan

Writer and Human Rights Defender
Former Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

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Why Egypt failed with Nasser and why it continues to fail without him

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An unsparing diagnosis of Egypt’s chronic stagnation, its Mamluk-Ottoman slumber, and the authoritarian psychology that derailed its modernization.

Bahey Eldin Hassan_ 4-11-2026

Why Egypt failed with Nasser and why it continues to fail without him

The mirage of January 25: When freedom came last

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January 25 emerges as a political mirage: an uprising constrained by the July 23 system, where freedom’s low priority shaped later defeats, repression, and regression.

Bahey Eldin Hassan_ 3-2-2026

The mirage of January 25: When freedom came last