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Are Egypt’s Christians Persecuted? Why Some Copts Say No

2021 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Hudson Institute Human Rights Minorities Paper Paul Marshall

January 15, 2021 15:08 pm

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Source: Hudson Institute Author(s): Paul Marshall Original Link: https://www.hudson.org/research/16629-are-egypt-s-christians-persecuted-why-some-copts-say-no The religious freedom of and even the number of Christians in Egypt is highly contested. Last year the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) removed Egypt from its recommended category of “Countries of Particular...

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Special briefing: The Arab Spring a decade on

2021 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Dima M. Toukan Economy Egypt Emiliano Alessandri Fatima Abo Alasrar Foreign Relations Hafsa Halawa Health Ibrahim Al-Assil Jessica Agostinelli Middle East Institute Mieczysław Boduszyński Mohammed Soliman Paper Paul Salem

January 14, 2021 15:40 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Fatima Abo Alasrar, Mietek Boduszyński, Paul Salem, Mohammed Soliman, Hafsa Halawa, Dima M. Toukan, Emiliano Alessandri, Ibrahim Al-Assil, Jessica Agostinelli Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/special-briefing-arab-spring-decade#soliman On the 10th anniversary of the Tahrir Revolution, the ramifications of the protests could not be...

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Egypt Endorses Gulf Reconciliation But Remains Skeptical

2021 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Haisam Hassanein Paper Washington Institute

January 14, 2021 15:03 pm

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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/egypt-endorses-gulf-reconciliation-remains-skeptical Although officials are playing along in order to maintain good ties with Saudi Arabia, they seem convinced that Qatar will exploit the new agreement in ways that harm Cairo’s political and security interests at...

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Mutual reassurance: Why Europe should support talks between Egypt and Turkey

2021 Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Matteo Colombo Paper

January 14, 2021 14:26 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Matteo Colombo Original Link: https://ecfr.eu/article/mutual-reassurance-why-europe-should-support-talks-between-egypt-and-turkey/ For much of the past decade, the intense rivalry between Egypt and Turkey has created instability across the Middle East and North Africa. But the two countries may now have a brief opportunity to ease the...

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UAVs and the Abraham Accords: New Horizons for Sinai Peacekeeping

2021 Assaf Orion Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai Washington Institute

January 13, 2021 15:05 pm

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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Assaf Orion Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/uavs-and-abraham-accords-new-horizons-sinai-peacekeeping Replacing manned monitoring missions with drone sorties and inviting Gulf countries to participate would help improve security, reduce America’s burden and risk, decrease costs, and bolster the regional peace...

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World Report 2021 | Egypt

2021 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Health Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 12, 2021 15:13 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/egypt Egyptians in 2020 continued to live under the harsh authoritarian grip of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government. Tens of thousands of government critics, including journalists and human rights defenders, remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges...

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Egypt Plunging in Falls of “Fake Patriotism”

2021 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper Sayed Amin

January 05, 2021 16:25 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sayed Amin Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-plunging-in-falls-of-fake-patriotism/ If someone asks you to look at “the fruitful tree”, this may imply that there are other “fruitless trees” nearby; and likewise, if you see a police patrol in Cairo streets with banners of “Egyptian Police” highlighted on vehicles, this may give an...

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2021 Preview: Looking to 2021 as a year of recovery

2021 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

January 04, 2021 15:58 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/2021-preview-looking-2021-year-recovery The pandemic landed Egypt squarely in a quagmire in 2020, along with much of the rest of the world. However, its ability to drag itself out will depend almost entirely on its own governance and how it chooses to tackle the raft of institutional problems...

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Shifting Dynamics of Libyan – Egyptian Relationship: Calculations and Motives

2021 Democracy and Politics Doha Institute Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper

January 03, 2021 15:44 pm

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Source: Doha Institute Author(s): Unit for Politial Studies Original Link: https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/PoliticalStudies/Pages/Transformation-in-the-Libyan-Egyptian-Relationship-Calculations-and-Motives.aspx In the first step of its kind since mid-2014, an official Egyptian delegation arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday 27 December 2020. The delegation included Deputy Head...

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Egypt’s External Debt Exceeds $124 Billion

2020 Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Mamdouh Al-Wali Paper

December 28, 2020 15:13 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-external-debt-exceeds-124-billion/ The Egyptian external debt has been escalating since the army took over in July 2013, reaching $123.5 billion by the end of June 2020, compared to $43.2 billion at the end of June 2013, that is a rise of $80.3 billion, a growth rate of 186%, and...

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Let justice be done: Respect for women’s land rights in the Middle East and North Africa

2020 Amal Kandeel Egypt Human Rights Middle East Institute Paper Women Affairs

December 28, 2020 15:02 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/let-justice-be-done-respect-womens-land-rights-middle-east-and-north-africa Ownership of economic resources is integral to exercising agency and to assuring the human security needed to live free from fear, want, and indignity. In agrarian societies, land and its natural resources are...

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Recycling pro-regime political elite in Egypt

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper Wessam Fauad

December 23, 2020 15:21 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recycling-pro-regime-political-elite-in-egypt/ The political elite loyal to the ruling regime in Egypt can be divided into four sub-divisions, namely: 1- The “decision-making elite”: which includes the loyal political elite responsible for making the state’s public policies; 2- The “backing...

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