We were so lucky to have Rusha Latif, author of Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of A Leaderless Revolution, speak to us for this special episode which coincides with the 15 year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that resulted in the removal of dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Rusha's book provides an intimate account of the years, months, weeks, and days leading up to the revolution, and focuses on the perspectives of youth leaders. Her work challenges the notion that Egypt's revolution was a spontaneous and unplanned moment which spilled from social media platforms and onto Cairo's streets.

This is a must-listen episode, as there are many lessons to learn from Egypt's revolution for people in the United States who now find their cities under occupation by the federal government.

Rusha's book is available for purchase from AUC Press here: https://aucpress.com/9781649030207/

It's a scary world, but rest assured the Democrats are going to say "fuck" and "piss" until it stops.

Muhammad and Hiba join us to talk about Muhammad's 1.5-year-long battle in court with prosecutors and University of Pittsburgh Police. Muhammad continues to face felony-level charges after being suspended by the University of Pittsburgh, which has been designated as one of the worst university campuses when it comes to free speech.

Additionally Pitt has selectively singled out advocacy for Palestine as a threat, and even attempted to suspend the campus's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine before an ACLU lawsuit forced it to reverse the decision.

We talk about all this and more. Please take the time to share this episode with your networks.

We react to the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, kidnapping of Maduro, the U.S. media narratives, and the potential geopolitical fallout from this attack — including how it affects the Middle East. We then get to a review of "The Feeling of Being Watched" -- a documentary that we've been meaning to get to for a while about the surveilance state's targeting of U.S. Muslims/Arabs.

We end on a quick reflection on the Mamdani inauguration.

Lots in this episode.

• Mass shootings
• Anti-Muslim stories
• Affordability & single-income households
• Is Mamdani sheepherding for Dems?

Clairvoyance is the word I was thinking of.

We talk about the genocide in Sudan, how it's being financed by the UAE, and how it's tied to normalization with Israel.

Other topics:

• NYC Mayoral Election
• Erica Kirk tour
• JD Vance

Articles discussed:

• https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/why-uae-involved-sudans-bloody-civil-war
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfhxMwoyWo
• https://substack.com/@sudanwar

We discuss a Harpers story about "gooners," before Ahmed introduces Yasmine to Kylies.muse -- an influencer who transcends categorization and may or may not be a CIA opp.

We recorded this on October 15 (just to contextualize the discussion about the "ceasefire"). We then discuss two articles: Malala's piece about smoking weed and reliving her trauma, and we also discuss the ire she inspires in leftists, the scond article is by an Israeli who tries to "escape the genocide" by going to a paridisal Greek island where you can remove your clothes, but not your shame.