Hussein Aboubakr, at The Blogs

Oct 8, 2022, 12:23 PM

The prejudice against Israel in higher education institutions has been so widespread and pervasive that hardly a week goes by without news reports about anti-Israel and antisemitic incidents on campuses. What is less known, however, is that the anti-Zionist...

Jan 3, 2020, 11:52 PM

A Field Guide to the Islamist-Left Alliance

The emerging alliance between the western liberal establishment and Islamists is one of the most distinctive oddities of our days. Like in a Greek tragedy, spectators and observers are left astonished at the vexatious direction the hero, western culture,...

Nov 21, 2019, 8:30 PM

The Saudi Not So Quiet Pro-Israel Crusade

One of the most remarkable recent developments in the Middle East is the transparent growing partnership between Israel and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. While the back channels between Israel and the Arab states date back to the...

Nov 20, 2019, 11:22 AM

Why Can’t Jordan Peterson Understand Islam

I’m a fan of Jordan Peterson. I find him illuminating and undoubtedly life-changing in many ways. When I got his monumental book Maps of Meaning, I felt both excited and burdened by the intellectual effort it will take to...

Oct 29, 2019, 11:50 PM

No Reason To Fear Antisemitism

In mid 1939, Egyptian Jews were terrorized by a series of bombs placed in Jewish homes and synagogues, as well as a well felt antisemitic wave. It was assumed then, mostly correctly, it was the result of the arrival...

May 25, 2019, 8:43 PM

The Woke Assault on History

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season...

May 9, 2019, 7:35 AM

Denial Is Not Just a River

In July of 2018, an Egyptian young man noticed something somewhat awkward about a zebra in a Cairo zoo; it didn't look like a zebra. After a closer look, Sarhan discovered the zebra is just a regular donkey painted...

May 7, 2019, 9:21 AM

The Hard Truth and the Age of American Jihad

We will defend the land of divine guidance with our bodies, and we will sacrifice our souls without hesitation. We will chop off their heads, and we will liberate the sorrowful and exalted Al-Aqsa Mosque. We will lead the...

May 2, 2019, 9:35 AM

Coming Out

I remember myself as young as 6 years old, going to the mosque to pray, standing, kneeling, and eventually putting my forehead to the ground. I was supposed to be talking to God. I opened my eyes and I...

Apr 27, 2019, 1:07 PM

Raping the Jews in Egyptian prisons

Following the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent Arab-Israeli wars. The Egyptian government, along with the rest of the Arab world, decided to strip off citizenship, banish, and imprison the Jews in their lands....

About Me

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour was born in 1989 to an Arab Muslim family in Cairo, Egypt. Hussein studied Jewish and Middle Eastern history and Hebrew literature at the Faculty of Arts and Oriental Studies Department at Cairo University. Persecuted by state police for his research at the Israeli Academic Center of Cairo, Hussein participated in the Egyptian revolution until he was forced to depart Egypt as a political refugee. He is an Educator for StandWithUs.