Trump’s false claims about the election add fuel to the already simmering fire of right-wing extremism in the US.
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Shehata is the author of Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt and the editor of Islamist Politics in the Middle East. He is currently completing a... n edited collection tentatively entitled The Struggle to Shape a New Middle East Regional Order.
Trump’s false claims about the election add fuel to the already simmering fire of right-wing extremism in the US.