The prominent Egyptian revolutionary socialist and host of popular online series "To Your Left," Tarek Shalaby, discusses his Marxist political literacy, the struggles faced by and future aspirations of leftists in post-revolutionary Egypt, the rise of Bernie Sanders in the United States, and the new ways to make political economic literacy fun for the country's youth with a new savvy show. 

Tarek Shalaby


Tarek Shalaby is a freelance web designer, social media consultant and blogger from Cairo, Egypt. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Prova.ai.

Adel Iskandar


Adel Iskandar is Assistant Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University. Iskandar taught for several years at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Communication, Culture, and Technology program at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is a co-editor of Jadaliyya.



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