In 2021, Egyptian Peace Activist Dalia Ziada Confirmed Her Role as an Egyptian Intelligence Spy

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Khaled Hassan is an Egyptian-British National Security & Foreign Policy Researcher who was named to be a Member on President Herzog’s Voice of the People Council  He is also a former muslim and convert to Judaism.  

The Story of How a Self-Proclaimed Spy Became Pro-Peace Hero

Khaled Hassan | Nov 12, 2025

Dalia Ziada Photo by Daliaziada – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

In April 2021, public evidence emerged confirming that Dalia Ziada, a figure celebrated in some Western circles as a human rights and peace activist, had in fact served as an informant for the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS). This confirmation was not delivered through a leak or an investigation, but through Ziada’s own deliberate and public admission in response to an Egyptian state-produced television series.

The Catalyst: A State-Sanctioned Narrative
The Egyptian government released “???? ?????” (Counterattack), a spy thriller during Ramadan 2021. Presented as being “inspired by real files” from the GIS, the series portrays human rights activists and political dissidents as fronts for foreign intelligence agencies, specifically Mossad, working to destabilise Egypt. A key character, “Dina Abou Zeid,” is a human rights activist who is secretly recruited by Egyptian intelligence to spy on her own sector and employer.

Public Allegation and Personal Endorsement
Widespread public speculation immediately linked the character of Dina to Dalia Ziada, noting striking parallels to her career, including her work at the Ibn Khaldun Centre and her subsequent campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood. Crucially, Ziada did not deny this allegation. Instead, she enthusiastically and publicly endorsed it.

• Initial Implicit Confirmation: On social media, she praised the series as a “real counterattack” and celebrated the GIS for “scoring wonderful goals.” She dismissed the question of whether the character was based on her as a “small detail,” thereby shifting focus from a denial to an endorsement of the intelligence operation itself.
• Subsequent Explicit Confirmation: When directly asked by a Twitter/X user if the character was an embodiment of her, Ziada responded unequivocally: “And are there other possibilities? Praise be to Allah who removed the injustice and revealed the truth.” This statement is a clear public admission that the narrative of her being a GIS asset is correct.
• The Definitive Admission:

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