Mohammad Salama

Mohammad Salama is a native Egyptian, currently assistant professor and coordinator of the Arabic program and core faculty member of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Islam, Orientalism, and Intellectual History (I.B. Tauris, 2011) and co-editor of German Colonialism: Race, the Holocaust and Post-War Germany (Columbia University Press, 2011).

Mubarak’s Last Act

As a native Egyptian who left seeking opportunities for a better, more humane life unavailable under Mubarak’s rule, I see the events currently unfolding in Egypt as both surreal and inevitable.  It all began in 1975, when Anwar El Sadat chose an inconspicuous military hero to be his vice president. The choice was surprising because … Continue reading “Mubarak’s Last Act”