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The National Cancer Institute was in crisis long before the car bomb attack

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptMadamasrMostafa MohiePaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
August 20, 2019 17:54 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mostafa Mohie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/08/20/feature/society/the-national-cancer-institute-was-in-crisis-long-before-the-car-bomb-attack/ Cairo University President Mohamed al-Khosht announced on Sunday that the National Cancer Institute has resumed full operations two weeks after it was damaged in a deadly car bomb explosion that left 22 dead and...

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On Sisi’s Address at Military Academies Ceremony

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
August 20, 2019 16:55 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/on-sisis-address-at-military-academies-ceremony/ During July 2019, there were several developments within the Egyptian military institution, most notably the graduation ceremony of a new batch of cadets of Egypt’s military academies and the Armed Forces Technical Institute at the Military...

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Egypt’s Economy: Neither Collapsing nor Thriving

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
August 20, 2019 16:54 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-economy-neither-collapsing-nor-thriving/ Earlier this summer, a pair of articles in Foreign Policy were published offering seemingly diametrically opposed views on Egypt’s economy. Yehia Hamed, investment minister under the late president Muhammad...

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Egypt Takes Another Step Toward China

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
August 19, 2019 17:12 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein   Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egypt-takes-another-step-toward-china On August 5, Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese company Hutchison Ports to establish a Mediterranean container terminal in Abu Qir. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi himself attended the signing ceremony...

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The protection of competition: A suspended verdict

2019EconomyEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandMadamasrPaper
August 18, 2019 16:54 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/08/18/feature/economy/the-protection-of-competition-a-suspended-verdict/ On May 1, the courier service Glovo unexpectedly announced that it will suspend operations in both Egypt and Chile — one day after the company received 150 million euros from investors and venture capital funds.  The...

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Egypt’s Online Repression Thwarts Both Growth and Democracy

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJoey SheaJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
August 16, 2019 17:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Joey Shea Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-online-repression-thwarts-both-growth-and-democracy/ After outlawing protests and slowly dominating traditional media, the Egyptian state has embarked upon a multipronged strategy aimed at completely controlling and curtailing digital spaces...

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

2019Council On Foreign RelationsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperZachary Laub
August 15, 2019 17:19 pm
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Source: Council on Foreign Relations   Author(s): Zachary Laub   Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/egypts-muslim-brotherhood   The Muslim Brotherhood, once Egypt’s largest opposition movement and a standard-bearer for Islamist groups around the world, has been once again driven underground as Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has consolidated power. Read more at original link

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Rabaa Massacre & Memory of a Whole Generation

2019Attieh AdlanCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaper
August 15, 2019 17:15 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Attieh Adlan Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/rabaa-massacre-memory-of-a-whole-generation/ This generation will never forget Rabaa Massacre (14 August 2013) committed by the Egyptian police and military forces against the peaceful protesters in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, cairo, simply because it is unforgettable – particularly for those who...

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Normalizing the military judiciary: How the constitutional amendments bring the Armed Forces into Egypt’s judicial system

2019EgyptJudicial AffairsMadamasrMilitary AffairsPaperRana Mamdouh
August 07, 2019 17:40 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/08/07/feature/politics/normalizing-the-military-judiciary-how-the-constitutional-amendments-bring-the-armed-forces-into-egypts-judicial-system/ The day after a set of controversial constitutional amendments were approved in a national referendum in April, the Minister of Justice sent three...

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Crisis of Egypt’s Cement Sector

2019Ahmed HafezCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
August 06, 2019 19:02 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Hafez Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/crisis-of-egypts-cement-sector/ Egypt ranks 14 on the list of the cement producing countries with a production volume of about 60 million tons per year. In early 2016, the government put to bid, through the Industrial Development Authority (IDA), 14 cement licenses which were won...

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Sisi’s Vanity Projects

2019CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptMaged MandourMilitary AffairsPaper
August 06, 2019 18:42 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/79625 Since coming to power, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has undertaken various mega infrastructure projects with dubious economic benefits. Despite a worsening debt crisis, these projects remain a government priority. The debt crisis has grown with the percentage of the total debt of the GDP...

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Egypt: Poverty levels rise amid stringent austerity measures

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptHuman RightsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 06, 2019 18:36 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-us-turkey-dispute-over-syria-comes-head While it has generally been accepted that Egypt’s economic reform program has been very successful on a macro level, if tough on many of its citizens, a new report has just confirmed it. Read more at original link

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