Anne Alexander

Anne Alexander is a research fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on Middle Eastern politics, social movements and digital media, and is the author of a biography of Gamal Abdel-Nasser (Haus, 2005).

To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

By Anne Alexander, Colin Murray and Alice Finden

/ 4 Jul 2025

To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters

Interview: bread, freedom and social justice

The authors of Bread, Freedom and Social Justice discuss the lessons of the past few years for the labour movement and political activism in Egypt, so that we can move forward.

By Mariam Ali, Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny

/ 19 Dec 2014

Problems of revolutionary organisation

An approach to building revolutionary organisation addressing the specific challenges of the Egyptian context, while also being rooted in a broader tradition of revolutionary socialist politics.

By Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny

/ 20 Nov 2014