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Arab Women Political Prisoners Jailed by US Middle East Allies

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperSahar KhamisWomen Affairs
September 09, 2021 14:07 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/arab-women-political-prisoners-jailed-by-us-middle-east-allies/ When President Joe Biden was sworn in on January 20th as the 46th president of the United States, America’s friends in particular hoped that his administration would take a strong moral stand against all human rights...

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Marital Rape in Egypt: Between Legal Gaps and Social Views

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
September 07, 2021 14:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/marital-rape-in-egypt-between-legal-gaps-and-social-views/ The topic of marital rape crime recently made headlines in Egypt after actress Nada Adel spoke up on social media in June to speak about it, accusing her ex-husband musician Tamim Younes of marital rape...

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“Security Forces Dealt with Them”

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchMilitary AffairsPaper
September 07, 2021 13:49 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/09/07/security-forces-dealt-them/suspicious-killings-and-extrajudicial-executions This report covers a pattern of suspicious killings and probable extrajudicial executions by Egyptian Interior Ministry forces of people who at the moment of their deaths apparently posed no life-threatening...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (3)

2021EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsNoura El HafianePaper
August 26, 2021 14:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-3/ The first and second part of this study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the Egyptian authorities despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution...

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Egypt needs a more inclusive approach to subsidy reform

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHafsa HalawaMiddle East InstitutePaper
August 25, 2021 14:17 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypt-needs-more-inclusive-approach-subsidy-reform Speaking at a public event earlier this month, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi made the surprise announcement that the next step in the country’s economic reform agenda will include the removal of bread subsidies. He becomes the latest...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (2)

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsNoura El HafianePaper
August 23, 2021 14:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-2/ The previous part of the study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the authorities in Egypt despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution itself...

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Egypt maintains diplomatic efforts on Gaza

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 23, 2021 14:20 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-new-threats-and-far-more-dangerous-environment-afghanistan#mabrouk On Aug. 18, the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS), Abbas Kamel, became the first Egyptian official to visit Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett since the latter’s new government was sworn...

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Dual Threats: Water Scarcity and Rising Sea Levels in Egypt

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEliora GoodmanPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
August 20, 2021 14:42 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Eliora Goodman Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/dual-threats-water-scarcity-and-rising-sea-levels-in-egypt/ The impacts of climate change are increasingly evident with each year: hotter weather, higher sea levels, deadlier storms—reminders of the existential nature of the climate crisis. As global temperatures rise...

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Will Egypt Live with GERD as a Bitter Reality?

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
August 19, 2021 14:30 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/will-egypt-live-with-gerd-as-a-bitter-reality/ On July 19, Ethiopia announced that it had completed the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This unilateral step had been rejected by the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, which insisted on a binding...

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UN Session on GERD Dispute Strains Egypt-Russia Relations

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
August 17, 2021 14:27 pm
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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/un-session-gerd-dispute-strains-egypt-russia-relations Moscow is keen on courting Ethiopia, and Cairo is beginning to realize its partner’s limitations, yet the two governments will nevertheless continue cooperating on hot-button issues like weapons procurement. Read...

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Israel and Egypt top growth expectations in MENA: A tale of two divergent strategies

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKaren E. YoungMiddle East InstitutePaper
August 17, 2021 14:23 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Karen E. Young Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/israel-and-egypt-top-growth-expectations-mena-tale-two-divergent-strategies The two countries in the Middle East with the highest growth expectations for 2022 are Israel and Egypt. Fitch Solutions estimates that MENA-wide GDP will grow by 3.6% in 2021, after a contraction of 4% in 2020...

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Report – Popular Politics in Egypt: From the 2011 Revolution to al-Sisi’s Authoritarian Revival

2021EgyptPaperPomedScott Williamson
August 17, 2021 14:02 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Scott Williamson Original Link: https://pomed.org/report-popular-politics-in-egypt-from-the-2011-revolution-to-al-sisis-authoritarian-revival/ In a new POMED report, Scott Williamson examines how a growing body of political science scholarship has tried to answer these questions, with a focus on the understudied role of popular politics. His...

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