Maged Mandour is a political analyst who is a regular contributor to the Arab Digest, Middle East Eye, and Open Democracy. His research interests include political violence, state repression, class formation, and capitalist development in the Arab world, as well as the international relations of the Middle East, with a special focus on Egypt. He has also made a number of media appearances as a commentator on Egyptian affairs. He is the author of an upcoming book entitled Egypt Under Sisi, to be published by I.B. Tauris. The book will examine the social and political developments in Egypt since the coup of 2013.