Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/sinai-province-egypts-isis-affiliate The Islamic State’s affiliate in Egypt – known as Sinai Province – is one of the most effective ISIS branches, given its small fighting force and the large number of casualties it inflicts. In October 2015, the group claimed responsibility for bombing Russia-bound...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Catherine Turner Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/transitional-justice-in-egypt-a-challenge-and-an-opportunity/ In 2011, Egypt was rocked by the events that unfolded in Tahrir Square. The world watched as protesters gathered to demand that Hosni Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt since 1981, should go. The protests continued...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Jamal Delh Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-and-africa-searching-for-a-role/ The post-cold war era is considered one of the most crucial times in the process of change within both regional and international orders. That era witnessed ideological changes that amplified the hegemony of the western liberal ideology and dedicated the...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egyptian-political-parties-and-the-civil-society-crisis/ In Egyptian politics, the stances of political movements and parties on human rights and citizenship vary according to their relationship with the incumbent regime. A quick review of the positions of the prominent...
Learn MoreSource: Wilson Centre Author(s): Abdel-Fattah Mady Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/students-and-democratization-egypt Students at Egyptian universities have joined the public protest against Egypt’s recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to give up control of the Red Sea islands of Sanafir and Tiran. The students chanted “the people want the downfall of the regime,” a...
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author(s): Amr Darrag, Steven Brooke Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/politics-or-piety-why-the-muslim-brotherhood-engages-in-social-service-provision-a-conversation/ SUMMARY “Islamists on Islamism Today” is a new series within Brookings’s Rethinking Political Islamproject. In this series, we will hear directly from Islamist activists and...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, John Roemer, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/inequality-of-opportunity-in-wages-and-consumption-in-egypt/ Abstract: We provide in this paper measures of inequality of opportunity of wages and consumption for Egypt at different points in time from 1988 to 2012. A standard way of...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Abdurrahman Aydemir, Meltem Dayioglu Tayfur, Murat Kirdar Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/returns-to-schooling-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper estimates the returns to schooling in Egypt using a policy reform that reduced primary school from 6 to 5 years. As a result of this reform, which was implemented in 1988, compulsory...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed ElMeshad Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/63493 On April 13, 2016, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a 93-minute “conversation with representatives of the general public” that was in essence a speech. After the one and only attempt by an attendee to contribute, Sisi thundered, “I did not give anyone permission to speak!”...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tiran-sanafir-and-the-island-of-executive-power-in-egypt/ From an outside perspective, the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabian control may seem relatively uneventful. The Straits of Tiran can easily be controlled or defended from Sinai given how...
Learn MoreSource: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoel Guzansky, Shlomo Brom Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/king-salmans-visit-to-cairo-and-the-transfer-of-tiran-and-sanafir-to-saudi-arabia/ During Saudi King Salman’s 5-day visit to Cairo, which began on April 7, 2016, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a series of agreements on a range of topics, reflecting...
Learn MoreSource: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-trump-offers-sisi-praise-but-unclear-what-else/ Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Washington on Monday for his first-ever White House meeting, his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the November election and the first such...
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