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Worldcrunch » Elias Kassem
Elias Kassem

Elias Kassem

Elias Kassem is an Egyptian journalist based in Cairo.

Geopoliticssudan conflict

Gold Smuggling To Genocide: Confronting UAE’s Role In Sudan Atrocities

by Al Amir Othman April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
How Trump Could Force Egypt's Sisi To Accept His Gaza Takeover Plan
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

How Trump Could Force Egypt’s Sisi To Accept His Gaza Takeover Plan

by Reed Mattar and Elias Kassem February 19, 2025
In Syria, The Prickly Question Of What To Do About Foreign Fighters
Geopoliticssyria

In Syria, The Prickly Question Of What To Do About Foreign Fighters

by Manahel Al-Sahawi and Elias Kassem January 30, 2025March 9, 2025
Palestinian Territory: Displaced Palestinians continue to return their houses past heavily damaged and partially collapsed buildings after the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel at Bureij refugee camp in Deir al-Balah
Israel-Palestine Wargaza city

When Can We Return? The Eternal Palestinian Question Hangs Again Over A Decimated Gaza

by Feda Ziyadh and Elias Kassem January 22, 2025March 9, 2025
HTS officer with his riflle sitting outside Sednaya Prison.
Geopoliticsgaza

Why The Palestinian Question Is Key To Syria’s Future — And Vice-Versa

by Mustafa Ibrahim and Elias Kassem January 12, 2025March 9, 2025
A U.S. Marine interacts with Afghan refugees at the Evacuation Control Center at Kabul's airport backin August 2021.
Geopoliticshayat tahrir alsham

Syria Like Afghanistan? Why The U.S. Is So Bad At Judging Islamist Threats

by Mohamed Saad Abdel-Hafeiz and Elias Kassem January 10, 2025May 24, 2025
The Saga Of Family Separation On Both Sides Of The Egypt-Gaza Border
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

The Saga Of Family Separation On Both Sides Of The Egypt-Gaza Border

by Sahar Azizi and Elias Kassem December 27, 2024March 9, 2025
​HTS (Hayaat Tahrir Al Sham) leader Ahmed Al-Shara, also known as Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, commander in the operations department of the Syrian armed opposition watching Damascus from the Mount Qassyun, overlooking the capital after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 9, 2024.
Geopoliticsbuffer zone

Don’t Be Fooled, Syrians Will Wind Up Worse Off Post-Assad

by Mohamed Saad Abdel-Hafeiz and Elias Kassem December 12, 2024
​A Lebanese woman walks past rubble of a building that was hit by an overnight Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Naqoura, March 28, 2024.
Geopoliticsisrael

Why Lebanese Have Already Lost Faith In The Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem December 5, 2024May 24, 2025
Destroyed homes and streets in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Netanyahu’s ICC Arrest Warrant Has Finally Quashed The Israel “Democracy” Myth

by Khaled Dawoud and Elias Kassem November 29, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a mother hugging her killed son on a stretcher
Geopoliticsafrica

Genocide Plots, White Man’s Conquest: Tracing Blame For Middle East Blood

by Badiya Fahs October 22, 2024
​A picture of a family lies in the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli missiles in the town of Saida, Lebanon, where 45 people were killed and 70 others wounded, October 4, 2024.
Israel-Palestine Warbenjamin netanyahu

Netanyahu Is Killing Us To Set Us Free? Logic, Grief And Resistance In Beirut

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem October 11, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a school in Palestine run by the United Nations.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Remote Learning: The Sole Option For Gaza School Children In Egypt

by Ayaat Al-Habbal and Elias Kassem October 8, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of ​Tunisian President Kais Saied and his wife Ichraf Chebil on election day in Tunis
Geopoliticsimmigration

Saied Landslide: Tunisian President’s Reelection Cements Strongman Rule

by Ghaiyath Al-Gundi and Elias Kassem October 7, 2024May 24, 2025
A photo of Israeli military tanks gather by the Israeli-Lebanon border.
Geopoliticsanalysis

Israel’s “Trial-By-Fire” Tactics In Lebanon May Mean A Far Longer War Than Promised

by Elias Kassem October 2, 2024May 24, 2025
How Netanyahu Caught The Whole Middle East Off Guard — With Help From The Pentagon
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

How Netanyahu Caught The Whole Middle East Off Guard — With Help From The Pentagon

by Mohammed Basal and Elias Kassem October 2, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man standing amid rubble after an Israeli airstrike hit a refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israel-Palestine Wargenocide

I Won’t Return To Haifa — Reflections On The Destructive “Icon” Of Nakba

by Shukri Al-Rayyan and Elias Kassem October 20, 2024
photo of soldiers with wires
Geopoliticsgaza

Israel Killing People With Their Own Everyday Devices Is A War Crime — And A Threat To Us All

by Elias Kassem September 19, 2024May 24, 2025
​File photo of Islamic Action Front militants marching in Amman.
Geopoliticspalestinian state

The Muslim Brotherhood Is Allowed Back In Jordan’s Parliament: A Blunt Message To Israel

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem September 18, 2024
Photo of a man walking in Ghazieh, Lebanon, as plumes of smoke rise in the background
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Theater Of War: How Israel And Hezbollah Orchestrate Attacks That Never Cross The Line

by Badiya Fahs October 23, 2024
soldier in a tunnel
Geopoliticsmemories

Hezbollah Has Its Own Tunnels — And Civil War Ghosts

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem August 29, 2024
Photo of Imane Khelif celebrating gold win at the Olympic Games in Paris
Societyhuman rights

Imane Khelif’s Olympic Lessons On Gender Shaming, Pride And Politics

by Manahel Al-Sahawi and Elias Kassem September 17, 2024
Photo of a tuk-tuk driver looks in his rearview mirror, in Cairo
Economyegypt

The Skyrocketing Prices Of Tuk-Tuks Are Crashing Young Egyptians’ Plans

by Youssef Okeil and Elias Kassem August 21, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of Sudanese refugees cross into Egypt through the Argeen land port, to escape the conflict in their home country.
Migrant Liveseconomic crisis

Xenophobe Or Xenophile? Face-To-Face With A Refugee, Find Out Who You Really Are

by Sherif Azer and Elias Kassem August 17, 2024
photo of a man hanging a giant poster
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

Israeli Assassinations: Did Netanyahu Get Green Light During Washington Visit Last Week?

by Elias Kassem August 1, 2024May 23, 2025
​The al jazeera broadcast center in Doha, Qatar.
Ideaswar crimes

We’re Always Blaming Western Media “Bias” — How About Arab Media?

by Malaz Al-Zoughbi and Elias Kassem July 24, 2024May 23, 2025
​Man in brown throbe stands in front of the pyramids.
Geopoliticsgaza

Why Egypt’s Government Isn’t Worried About Protests — Or The Muslim Brotherhood

by Khaled Dawoud July 23, 2024March 13, 2025
IDF Chief of the General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi met with the commanders in Jabaliya who participated in the operation to rescue the bodies of the four hostages and return them for burial in Israel today.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

How The Big Lie About Israel’s “Most Moral” Army Has Come Crashing Down

by Hani Adada and Elias Kassem July 19, 2024
A picture of a family mourning in Hanin, Lebanon.
Women Worldwidefamily

Secret Abortion In The Arab World: A Lebanese Woman Shares Her Story

by Mona Hamdan and Elias Kassem October 23, 2024
a photo of bride and groom holding a poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi during their wedding in Cairo
Societyegypt

The Pious, Political And Musical Twists Of Egypt’s “Islamic Bands”

by Mohamed Abdel-Raziq and Elias Kassem July 8, 2024
Refugees offloading from buses.
Geopoliticsimmigration

Egypt’s Racist Targeting Of Sudanese Refugees Can Count On European Support

by Hadir Al-Mahdawi and Elias Kassem June 30, 2024
Bullying, Feet-Dragging, Gaslighting: How Israel Uses Negotiations As A Weapon
Israel-Palestine Warbenjamin netanyahu

Bullying, Feet-Dragging, Gaslighting: How Israel Uses Negotiations As A Weapon

by Khaled Dawoud and Elias Kassem June 27, 2024May 23, 2025
​Egyptian soldiers seen guarding the Gaza side of the border.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Israel-Egypt Tensions Risk Boiling Over In Gaza’s Buffer Zone

by Reid Matar and Elias Kassem June 4, 2024May 23, 2025
A Palestinian child runs along a devastated street in Khan Yunis.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza strip

ICC Breaking Point: Is This The End Of Israeli Immunity?

by Mustafa Ibrahim and Elias Kassem October 23, 2024
​Palestinian fighters from the military wing of Hamas take part in a military parade on July 19, 2023.
Geopoliticsisrael

A Future For Hamas? That Old Arab Vice Of Declaring “Victory” In The Rubble

by Tarik Ismail and Elias Kassem May 16, 2024May 23, 2025
This photo released by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on May 7, 2024, shows Israeli forces entering the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Will Israel’s Rapid Entry Into Rafah Pave The Way For A Ceasefire?

by Elias Kassem May 8, 2024
Protesters burn the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) flag.
LGBTQ Pluslgbtq+

The Many Enemies Of Iraqi Transgender: The State, Islamists — And Some Feminists

by Ennan M. Blayy and Elias Kassem May 6, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of two men watching boats pass by in Cairo, with a tower in the distance
Societybirth control pills

An Irresponsible Patriarchy: Egyptian Men Just Say “No” To Contraception

by Omnia Al-Maliki and Elias Kassem May 6, 2024
Pro-Palestine protesters wave flags and banners in downtown Amman, Jordan.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Why Jordan Is In A Bind With Hamas

by Elias Kassem May 2, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of female students at a school in Sanaa, Yemen
Women Worldwidewomen's rights

Passport Control: Yemeni Women Still Need Male Guardian’s Approval To Leave The Country

by Elias Kassem May 6, 2024

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