Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh is one of the best writers for this blog and I have always enjoyed reading her articles including this one. You can really acquire a lot of knowledge about the Middle East by reading what she writes and this link has a list of so many of her other articles she wrote in the past.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.Com/6-author/dr-amira-abo-el-fetouh/