He is also a PhD candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. His current research interests include the Kaaba during the seventh and eighth centuries, the design of sound-insulated chicken coops, and the translation of a guerrilla warfare manual. An earlier project, on the role of heavy mechanical flight in the production of Syrian landscapes, can be found online at www.excavatingthesky.com. He remains condemned to hope and can be reached at khaledmalas@gmail.com. "State violence—both structural and political—has been a staple feature of Egypt’s neoliberal governance, under both Mubarak and Morsi, and now under the military-controlled government. In its complicity, the United States has contributed to the structural obstacles Egyptians face in achieving the aims of the revolution."