Research Projects

I examine how political regimes govern through law in Egypt and across MENA, using historical sociology and legal–political analysis to track how constitutions, emergency statutes, and counterterrorism courts legalize repression, centralize executive authority, and reconfigure coercive institutions. This work extends to digital authoritarianism and algorithmic legalism: the use of surveillance infrastructures, data governance, and automated decision systems that recode political priorities as neutral procedure. I work from primary sources—legal texts, court records, executive decrees, and archival material—and translate the findings into policy-relevant assessments of mechanism, timing, and institutional design.

In parallel, I conduct continuous, primary-source analysis of militant and extremist propaganda—official statements, video and audio releases, and digital magazines. I map narrative framing, calls to action, audience targeting, and strategic signaling across Arabic- and English-language ecosystems, linking messaging shifts to organizational behavior and geopolitical developments. Bulletin from the Shadows synthesizes this monitoring into concise assessments that surface early indicators and support decision-making for research and policy audiences.