Mohamed Bassal

Egyptian Journalist and Legal Researcher
Managing Editor of Al Shorouk newspaper, and manages Manshurat.org website for legal archives.
Winner of Heikal Award and Press Syndicate's Excellence Award.

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The pink card is gone, but so are the voters

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Reform promised inclusion. Instead, Egypt’s elections became quieter, narrower, and emptier—proof that monopoly needs no “pink card” to endure.

Mohamed Bassal_ 11-11-2025

The pink card is gone, but so are the voters

Barrack forecasts a new Middle East: No more 'lines in the sand'

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Barrack invokes Sykes-Picot not to condemn colonialism, but to suggest maps can be redrawn again to by American power. This time explicitly with 'no guarantees.'

Mohamed Bassal_ 2-10-2025

Barrack forecasts a new Middle East: No more 'lines in the sand'

The summit that whispered while Gaza burns

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As Netanyahu escalates and Washington shields him, the Doha Summit offers rhetoric but stalls on action. Can the Arab world afford another missed moment?

Mohamed Bassal_ 21-9-2025

The summit that whispered while Gaza burns

Who will upstage Netanyahu at the New York showdown?

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As Netanyahu plans to use the UN stage to pronounce the two-state solution dead, over 140 countries prepare for a historic diplomatic standoff. But where is the Arab world?

Mohamed Bassal_ 7-9-2025

Who will upstage Netanyahu at the New York showdown?

Lebensraum reimagined: The myth of ‘Greater Israel’

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Netanyahu's symbolic nod to “Greater Israel” reveals a deeper strategy: expanding Israeli control and influence across the region, from Gaza to the wider Middle East.

Mohamed Bassal_ 21-8-2025

Lebensraum reimagined: The myth of ‘Greater Israel’

Trump, the Nile, and the Zionist dream

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As Trump returns to the Nile dam file, echoes of a Zionist water dream and regional pressure resurface, leaving Egypt to choose between reaction and initiative.

Mohamed Bassal_ 23-7-2025

Trump, the Nile, and the Zionist dream

Lapid's playbook: Arab allies for Israel's ‘dirty work’

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Lapid's new plan offers Arabs incentives to suppress Palestinian resistance—outsourcing Israel’s “dirty work” while reshaping the region under Zionist terms.

Mohamed Bassal_ 10-7-2025

Lapid's playbook: Arab allies for Israel's ‘dirty work’

Electoral law and the danger of normalizing silence

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With elections approaching, Egypt retains a closed-list system that critics say stifles pluralism. Why was there no real push for reform from political actors or parties?

Mohamed Bassal_ 28-5-2025

Electoral law and the danger of normalizing silence

Who protects the poor in their fight for Palestine?

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Nicaragua’s recent legal actions reveal the complexities of international support for Palestine and highlight who truly stands with the powerless in Palestine’s fight.

Mohamed Bassal_ 15-5-2025

Who protects the poor in their fight for Palestine?

Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law

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Some see the ruling as long-awaited relief, others as a looming crisis. The state sees a dilemma, observers warn of fallout—but it may be a chance Egypt can’t afford to miss.

Mohamed Bassal_ 7-5-2025

Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law