Mohamed Dosou™

A New Chapter Opens When Zohran Mamdani won his race, it wasn’t just a local victory - it was a symbol. He became the first Muslim and one of the youngest leaders of a major U.S. city, running on a progressive platform that challenged both the establishment and billionaire power. At the same time, his election triggered visceral reactions: from Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding to implicit warnings from powerful business interests. The election represents a crossroads - between the status quo and a new coalition of working-class, multi-ethnic, progressive politics. In this article, we’ll explore: Why Mamdani’s win matters. The immediate tensions with Trump, Musk & co. How the Israel-Palestine issue plays into U.S.-local politics. What to expect in the coming months: friction, policy battles, alliances. What to expect in the coming years: structural economic shifts, ideological realignment, U.S. role globally. The risks ahead. A closing reflection. 1. Why Mamdani’s W...

A Confession and a Warning I want to start with something uncomfortable: I used to assume the worst of history was behind us. I believed the arc of human progress was bent, at least a little, toward decency. In 2025 that faith feels fragile. The return of Donald Trump to the American presidency did not merely change policy. It reopened a permission structure - a permission to say, to broadcast, and ultimately to act on things that used to be unacceptable. That permission has an economy. It is paid for with clicks and donations. It is amplified by algorithms and defended as “free speech.” It turns tribal fear into profit, and it is especially deadly when directed at Arabs - Muslim and Christian - whom entire political and media ecosystems now treat as convenient enemies. This essay is a warning. It is also a map: how we got here, what we are seeing now, and - if we are brave - how we push back. 1. The Return That Reopened Old Wounds When Trump campaigned and governed previously...

Why Egypt and Iraq Historically Formed Stable Nation-States While the Arab Region Remained Fragmented: From Ancient Civilizations to Sykes–Picot and the Modern Exploitation of Division An Old Question with Modern Consequences In every discussion about the Middle East — the wars, the coups, the sectarian tensions, the endless partitions — one question quietly resurfaces: Why are Egypt and Iraq the only Arab countries that historically developed unified, centralized nation-states, while most of the region remained tribally fragmented, sectarianly divided, and politically unstable? Why did Egypt forge the first unified political entity in human history around 3100 BCE and maintain territorial coherence for millennia? Why did Iraq — ancient Mesopotamia — develop the world’s first cities, laws, and imperial systems, forming centralized states repeatedly across history? And why did the rest of the Arab region remain structured around tribes, clans, nomadic alliances, religious communities, a...

Unmasking Power: An Arab Muslim Analysis of Candace Owens’s Investigation Into the “Charlie Kirk Case” When Candace Owens released her sweeping, emotionally charged investigation into the death of Charlie Kirk, she did something that few mainstream American commentators dare to do: she confronted institutional narratives head-on. Whether one agrees with her conclusions or not, Owens pulled back a curtain that many in the West prefer to leave closed - a curtain that reveals the fragile state of trust, faith, morality, and power in America. As an Arab Muslim who has lived long enough to witness Western political hypocrisy, shifting alliances, and the corruption of religious institutions-Christian, Jewish, and even Islamic-it is impossible not to see in Owens’s monologue echoes of deeper global truths. Many of her criticisms are not new to us. In our part of the world, we have seen how politics weaponizes faith, how power manipulates narratives, how media silences dissent, and how forei...