Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Hesham Sallam

Hesham Sallam is a research scholar at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), where he serves as the associate director for research.

MER Article

The Egyptian Public and the War on Gaza

The government's delicate balancing act around Palestine.

Hesham Sallam • 5 min read

MER Article

Striking Back at Egyptian Workers

Mainstream narratives of the ongoing 2011 Egyptian revolution center around a “crisis of the state.” Among the elements of the crisis were the utter failure of top-down political reform, as shown in the shamelessly rigged 2010 legislative elections; mounting corruption and repression; emerging opportunities for collective action offered by networking

Hesham Sallam • 17 min read