Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour is a researcher at ISGAP, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, and the author of the Abrahamic Metacritique substack.

The Enchantment of the Arab Mind

Today’s Islamism promises authenticity but is postmodern in form, postcolonial in posture, and pretends to retrieve the sacred through the techniques of the profane.

July 7 2025 1:49AM

Why the Attacks on Iran Won’t Lead to an Arab Embrace of Israel

The rulers of the Gulf states are cheering every Israeli strike. But they now have less incentive to improve diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.

June 17 2025 12:39AM

Podcast: Hussein Aboubakr Mansour on Why the End of Palestinian Nationalism Can Bring Hope to Palestinians

Peace demands that the cause of Palestine come to an end.

Feb. 28 2025 12:18AM

The Perennial Power of the Nakba

How generations of Arab thinkers and leaders tried to turn the humiliation of their losses to Israel into a springboard to launch their nations into an enchanted new age.

Sept. 11 2023 12:01AM

The New Agreement Breaks the Anti-Semitism at the Core of the Middle East’s Dysfunction

Arabs are finally concluding that they need to move past the toxic legacies of Arab nationalism and Islamism—which means moving past the mythology of Palestine too.

Aug. 21 2020 12:01AM