Ahmed Gatnash is co-founder and Executive Director of Kawaakibi Foundation. He is author of The Middle East Crisis Factory (Hurst, 2021).
The authoritarian regimes of the gulf are highly opaque and secretive, but their actions are extremely insidious - they operate in shadows, subverting democratic institutions and spreading disinformation to undermine democracy worldwide. However, there is one way their thoughts leak out – through their Twitter bot networks. These armies of trolls... read more
The authoritarian regimes of the gulf are highly opaque and secretive, but their actions are extremely insidious - they operate in shadows, subverting democratic institutions and spreading disinformation to undermine democracy worldwide. However, there is one way their thoughts leak out – through their Twitter bot networks. These armies of trolls... read more
Jamal Khashoggi was a friend and colleague. His horrific murder has left a real gap in the global public sphere, and in the fabric of the Arab intellectual landscape. His analysis was first-rate, and his journalism was world-class. Moreover, at the time of his murder, we were in advanced talks... read more
Jamal Khashoggi was a friend and colleague. His horrific murder has left a real gap in the global public sphere, and in the fabric of the Arab intellectual landscape. His analysis was first-rate, and his journalism was world-class. Moreover, at the time of his murder, we were in advanced talks... read more
The Arab Tyrant Manual - a news & analysis platform - launches on 12 February 2019. If you were on Twitter during the Arab Spring, you probably know how this started. The #ArabTyrantManual hashtag first appeared in March 2011, as our founder, Iyad El-Baghdadi, was watching Arab dictators react to... read more
The Arab Tyrant Manual - a news & analysis platform - launches on 12 February 2019. If you were on Twitter during the Arab Spring, you probably know how this started. The #ArabTyrantManual hashtag first appeared in March 2011, as our founder, Iyad El-Baghdadi, was watching Arab dictators react to... read more
