Category Archives: Podcasts

Podcast: Israel’s reversal of Fortune

Posted on April 17, 2024 by nervana111

Dear Followers Apology for not posting since the beginning of 2024. I had serious health issues that preventing me from writing. I shall try to restart my blog soon, health permitting. Meanwhile, I would like to share this podcast on … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar’s close links to ISIS in Sinai

Posted on October 31, 2023 by nervana111

On March 2022, the Egyptian army shot a Palestinian ISIS member, Abu-Gamil al-Gazawy, who infiltrated into Sinai to give supplies to his ISIS colleagues hiding in North Sinai. It turned out that Abu-Gamil ( his real name is Mosaic) uncle … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Hamas Mindset. Lessons from the medieval battle of Yarmouk

Posted on October 23, 2023 by nervana111

Hamas military cadres did not graduate from military academies, but they are avid learners of Islamic history.

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Podcast: Is Egypt’s President Sisi in the hot seat amid the Gaza crisis?

Posted on October 22, 2023 by nervana111

I joined Thanos Davelis of the Greek Current to discuss how the war in Gaza is impacting Egypt and President Sisi, look at the upcoming summit in Cairo on the Palestinian issue, and explore how the Hamas attack has hijacked … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 8, 2023 by nervana111

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: How the unfolding war between Hamas and Israel has impacted Egypt https://anchor.fm/nervan-mahmoud7/episodes/How-the-unfolding-war-between-Hamas-and-Israel-has-impacted-Egypt-e2aaoqn

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Podcast: A discussion with ex-Egyptian MP Mohamed Fouad on Egypt’s economic crisis

Posted on May 7, 2023 by nervana111

Egypt faces a deepening economic crisis. For the average the problem is rising inflation, for foreign observers, the problem is the army outsized rule in economy. Dr Mohamed Fouad, a previous MP in the Egyptian parliament and business management consultant, … Continue reading →

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My Podcast with The Greek Current: Are Turkey and Egypt on a path toward normalizing relations?

Posted on March 27, 2023 by nervana111

Last week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Egypt on Saturday to push to restore full diplomatic relations between the two countries. I joined joins Thanos Davelis to look at what this visit means for Egypt-Turkey relations, and break … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A New Start of Egypt-Turkey Relations?

Posted on December 4, 2022 by nervana111

It was a pleasure to join Thanos Davelis, the director of public affairs at the Hellenic Leader, in a new episode of the Greek Current podcast series. to to discuss the relations between Turkey and Egypt following the Turkish President … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Political Islam lost opportunity for Turkey to coexist with West

Posted on October 13, 2021 by nervana111

In my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkish Trends series, I spoke to Turkish political scientist Cengiz Aktar about his latest essay ” The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay,” in which he explains how Turkey was in a counter-process in … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Turkish government uses troll armies to control public discourse

Posted on August 11, 2021 by nervana111

My latest Turkish Trend podcast for Ahval was with Süleyman Özeren, a Turkish scholar at the George Mason University and a fellow of the Orion Policy Institute. he explained how Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has utilised its youth organisations … Continue reading →

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