Moustafa Bayoumi
The Guardian
New York, United States
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The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame
The Iraq war ushered in a style of politics where truth is, at best, an inconvenience → Read More
When it comes to immigration policy, Biden is increasingly Trump-like
Why is the Biden administration rolling out policies that are so unpopular with members of his own party? → Read More
America is steeped in violence. And the roots of that violence go deep
America’s obsessions with guns and violence terrifies its citizens, but it also reflects its own genocidal and racist past → Read More
The alleged Buffalo shooter was also inspired by Islamophobia. That’s telling
The alleged shooter copied the manifesto of the New Zealand mosque attacker – showing how easy it is to replace Muslim with Black or Jewish in the logic of the extreme right → Read More
Facebook’s solidarity with Ukraine is impressive. Now extend it to others
Powerful tech platforms like Facebook and Instagram act very differently when people make even mild criticisms of, say, Israeli occupation of Palestine → Read More
They are ‘civilised’ and ‘look like us’: the racist coverage of Ukraine
Are Ukrainians more deserving of sympathy than Afghans and Iraqis? Many seem to think so → Read More
Why is the White House stealing $7bn from Afghans?
To take Afghan money to pay grieving Americans in order to punish the Taliban is nothing less than larceny as collective punishment → Read More
The US government is deploying robot dogs to the Mexico border. Seriously?
As if the border isn’t surveilled and militarized enough, the Department of Homeland Security wants to go full Black Mirror → Read More
Can the K-pop boyband BTS
Their sunny pop-optimism and ‘Army’ of fans are giving millions of people hope – and may even be luring some people away from the far-right → Read More
Justice prevailed in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers. In America, that’s a shock
The jury reached the right verdict – even as the criminal justice system did everything it could to exonerate the three men → Read More
Bari Weiss: I hear congratulations on your Palestine Studies department are in order?
I mean, sure, you haven’t announced it yet. But your new ‘free speech’ university will obviously welcome cancelled pro-Palestine scholars … right? → Read More
Men on horses chasing Black asylum seekers? Sadly, America has seen it before
The Biden administration has condemned abuses at the border – while maintaining the policies underlying these abuses. That’s beyond cynical → Read More
Dangerous outsiders and exceptional citizens: being Muslim American since 9/11
For two decades, we have been saddled with a double image in service of the ‘war on terror’ → Read More
Joe Biden’s silence in the face of Israeli violence is a disgrace
Cracks are emerging in the wall that has historically separated any criticism of Israel from American politics – but Joe Biden is still not listening → Read More
The Biden administration has ended use of the phrase ‘illegal alien’. It’s about time
The language we use to discuss immigration is dehumanizing: ‘catch and release’, ‘migrant caravans’, swarms – anything, in other words, but people → Read More
Ice reached a new low: using utility bills to hunt undocumented immigrants
Our government is effectively forcing people to choose between heat in their apartment and the risk of deportation → Read More
Biden is locking up migrant children. Will the world still care with Trump gone?
Flowers, butterflies and a rosy banner saying ‘Bienvenidos’ decorate the child detention site. Is that meant to fool us into thinking this is humane? → Read More
With Trump voted out, can I finally feel at home in America again?
An immigrant-welcoming America is a stronger America. And it could be Biden’s America, but only if we’re willing to fight for it → Read More
Trump wants to convince Americans they are safer under him. They aren't
As a nation and as individuals, we are at considerably more risk than we were in 2016 → Read More
Why is Donald Trump Jr amplifying a quack who believes in 'demon sperm'?
The latest conspiracy theory is yet another example of how Americans are being misled by rightwing quacks → Read More