Hafsa Halawa is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. She is a British-Egyptian political analyst, human rights advocate, and development specialist focused on democratic transition across Arab states. Halawa received her LLB with honors from the University of Exeter and her LLM with honors in corporate
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-redraft-civil-society-law-to-protect-not-punish-independent-organizations/?lang=en With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Ahmad Shehada Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/10/04/feature/politics/gaza-truce-negotiations-resume-in-latest-round-of-cairo-mediated-talks/ After a breakdown in mediation efforts last month, a four-day meeting between a Hamas delegation and Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) officials in Cairo concluded on Wednesday with a proposal to salvage a...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypt-s-options-in-the-development-of-the-ethiopian-dam For decades, Egypt focused primarily on its foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, and in the process neglected its Horn of Africa policy. Meanwhile, Ethiopia began construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...
Learn MoreKhaled Ashour is an Egyptian media man, founder of ‘Moraselon’ network, and former member of the Egyptian Media Production City’s Board of Directors. Mr. Ashour has obtained professional diplomas in ‘international relations’ and ‘media and political promotion’. https://en.eipss-eg.org/author/khaled-ashour/
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/01/egyptian-government-should-investigate-abuses-not-attack-messenger Instead of protecting its citizens from torture and forced disappearances, the Egyptian government prefers to criticize and attack groups calling for investigations. Human Rights Watch published evidence several weeks ago which suggested...
Learn MoreThroughout this year, from January to September, 17 reports have been released that focus on Egypt’s judicial affairs. The institutions that most closely monitored Egypt’s judicial affairs throughout the year include Human Rights Watch, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Egyptian Institute for Studies, forming part of a total of 11 institutions. The
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/stakes-behind-story-how-egypts-media-covered-khashoggi-case For nearly 10 days after news broke of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s “disappearance” after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, state-owned Egyptian newspapers, as well as most private ones, chose to play it safe and avoid...
Learn MoreSource: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe / Lars Westemeier Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/social-insurance-reforms-in-egypt-needed-belated-flopped/ Most governments in the Middle East and North Africa spend considerable shares of GDP on their social insurance and transfer schemes but these perform poorly in terms of efficiency, equity...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/10/23/feature/politics/whos-buying-israeli-gas-a-company-owned-by-the-general-intelligence-service/ When news broke in February that an Egyptian firm named Dolphinus Holdingshad signed a US$15 billion deal to purchase Israeli natural gas for supply to Egypt, the Egyptian government refused to comment...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-joint-military-exercises-in-sept/ According to a statement from Egyptian military spokesperson Tamer El-Refaei, land, naval and air forces from Egypt, US, Greece, Jordan, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, and France will participate in the BRIGHT...
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