Source: Cesifo Group Author(s): Yvonne Giesing Original Link: https://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-Ifo_Working_Papers/wp-ifo-2017/12022017237000.html Abstract: Using representative household survey data, we study the short-term microeconomic effects of the Egyptian revolution on household behaviour in terms of education, health expenditure and savings...
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): Helen Fitzwilliam Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/kafka-cairo When the regime of Hosni Mubarak fell during the 2011 revolution, many diaspora Egyptians returned home, bringing with them the latest ideas in science, technology and medicine to build the nascent democracy. But when that modern state failed to materialize, they ran for...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Ashraf Dawaba Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-debt-the-road-to-the-abyss/ Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss In its introduction, the study explains that public debt is one of the important issues that have direct impact on the economics of the countries and its people’s standard of living and the future of current and
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author(s): Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/07/25/inequality-of-opportunity-in-egypt/ It is rare to read an account of the Arab Spring uprisings without a reference to economic injustice. Indeed, it is natural to believe that economic and social injustice fuel, if not cause, all revolutions. For this...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sherif Mohy El Deen Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/71596 On June 7, the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest court, issued a ruling reaffirming the death penalty for six young men from Mansoura who have been in jail since 2014. This is part of a surge in executions over the past few years. Executions increased from 15
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): Thomas Husken Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/ia/practice-and-culture-smuggling-borderland-egypt-and-libya Abstract: This article looks at smuggling among the Awlad ‘Ali Bedouin in the borderland of Egypt and Libya. Smuggling is understood as a transgressive economic practice that is embedded in the wider social, political and cultural...
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): David Butter Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/egypts-sisi-gives-one-hand-and-takes-away-other As the Egyptian parliament was nearing the conclusion of its review of the government’s draft budget for the 2017–18 (July–June) fiscal year, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on 21 June announced a package of measures including extra funding for...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Jayson Casper Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-the-egyptian-church-secures-itself/ This past Palm Sunday two suicide bombers killed over 45 people at two churches in northern Egypt. One made his way all the way to the altar at St. George’s Cathedral in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, while the other
Learn MoreSource: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy, Anthony Dworkin Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/e1f7c8c5-4f38-449b-b704-28f1284d79da Summary Europe’s current policy towards Egypt is dominated by immediate migration concerns and commercial opportunities. But this short-sighted approach offers few benefits and...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author(s): Mohsin Khan, Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/why-inflation-is-so-high-in-egypt Over the past decade or so, Egypt has consistently experienced relatively high rates of inflation. But since the advent of the Arab Spring in 2011, the increase in consumer prices steadily accelerated. During 2011-2015, the average rate...
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid, William McCants Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/15/how-likely-is-it-that-the-egyptian-brotherhood-will-abandon-its-official-nonviolent-stance-by-2017-or-2020/ We recently put a set of questions to ten expert contributors participating in our Rethinking Political Islam initiative. (See here for the list of...
Learn MoreSource: Rubin Center Research In International Affairs Author(s): Seth J. Frantzman Original Link: http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/06/egypt-confronts-economic-and-security-challenges-as-it-attempts-to-regain-its-position-in-the-arab-world/ Snapshot: Six years after protests toppled Husni Mubarak, Egypt is still struggling with the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” and the chaos it unleashed. The...
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