Khaled Mansour

  • Writer
  • Journalist
  • Novelist
Selections

Minefield (Arabic Novel)

The novel draws the reader into the world of Cairo as a seductive, tired, and harsh city, full of promises, menace, dreams, and nightmares, where the past, with trembling hands, strangulates a present struggling to escape and survive with no clear exist in sight. Will Khalil survive and manage to cross a field of mines that explode underneath him one after another? And will he, with the help of love and friendship, be able to tame the demons that have always haunted him, or at least learn to live with them?

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“Khalil did not expect that the journey would, step by step, destroy what remained of his illusions about his work, his marriage, his friendships, and his romantic relationships.”

Articles

Life under the war on Iran

27 March 2026 – The BBC had a report on how many Iranian civilians were killed by Israel’s army bombing. Then they invited the former head of the Israeli military intelligence to tell them that his country is using precision weapons and that they should interview Iranians who are hitting Israel. And then he told […]

How AI weaponises confusion to fuel harm and block accountability

Published at The New Humanitarian on 26 March 2026 Every morning, millions across conflict zones reach for their phones. They search for news. What greets them – alongside the genuine – is a flood of deceptive synthetic imagery. This is not an accident. It is an industry. Iranian missiles reducing Tel Aviv to rubble. American […]

Interviews

Looking In the Mirror: Arab Women’s Memoirs with Khaled Mansour

A discussion with Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey 10 April 2025 Ursula Lindsey: Had the great pleasure to do an episode of @bulaqbooks with old friend (and accomplished writer) Khaled Mansour. Khaled walked us through his recent exploration of Arab women’s autobiograpichal writing, a journey that began with his collaboration with Egyptian feminist and […]

On AI, ads and regulations

Watch it here Wearing my social media hat and pontificating about AI and the need for global regulations at the #WebSummitQatar

Books