Mariam Wahba
@themariamwahba
ن | analyst @fdd | opinions are unfortunately mine
Insight by @themariamwahba: "The RSF is a paramilitary death machine systematically wiping out civilians, razing villages, and starving millions. What happened in North Kordofan is a part of a larger brutal strategy of terror employed by the militia. While U.S. sanctions on RSF…
Paramilitary Group Massacres Hundreds in Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan New analysis from @themariamwahba and @DavidSamuelMay: fdd.org/analysis/2025/…
The Muslim Brotherhoods military arm in Egypt, Hasm, is reemerging. This is forcing Cairo to step up its counterterrorism operations. New from me in @LongWarJournal longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…
Hundreds of Sudanese refugees in Egypt are returning to Khartoum today. The free train rides were by arranged the Egyptian government after the Sudanese Armed Forces recaptured the capital from rebel Rapid Support Forces in May.
In 1981, Iran named a street after Khalid El-Islambouli, the man who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. This move became a lasting symbol of Iran-Egypt tensions...until last week, when Tehran renamed it after Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah.

Egyptian sources to Al Arabiya: Ankara informed Cairo that it will expel new elements of the Muslim Brotherhood from its territory
Washington should warn Cairo that American support, including FMF, depends on avoiding actions that threaten U.S. interests, argue @themariamwahba & @JackBurnham802: fdd.org/analysis/2025/…
Heard from an Arab friend: “I didn’t leave the Middle East, come here, and pay all that money to an America college to hear Edward Said’s talking points.”
Egypt’s Embrace of China Warrants a Harder U.S. Line on Military Aid New FDD Policy Brief by @themariamwahba and @JackBurnham802: bit.ly/4lXuLTy
NYPD responds to ~600 domestic violence calls a day (!!!), with a response time of ~15 mins (up from ~10 mins in 2020). Women will suffer under Mamdani.
Zohran Mamdani said NYPD shouldn’t respond to domestic violence calls in resurfaced podcast interview trib.al/pBdmaQ1