Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-campaign-against-civil-society/ Democracy Workers Put on Trial In the notorious “Case 173,” a court convicted 43 American, Egyptian and other staff of 5 U.S. and German NGOs in 2013 of operating illegally and using foreign funds to “foment unrest.” The trial was marred by flagrant inaccuracies and loose evidentiary...
Learn MoreSource: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s planned trip to Cairo this weekend, two new POMED fact sheets illustrate the complicated military assistance relationship between the United States and Egypt. Below, the fact sheet “U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt...
Learn MoreSource: Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) Author: N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-dropping-like-flies-sisis-purge-of-potential-candidates-in-egypts-2018-presidential-election/ With the closure of the window to register as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election, it is clear that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not face any real challenge to his reelection...
Learn MoreSource: HRW Author: N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/23/egypt-looming-humanitarian-crisis-sinai The Egyptian government campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group in North Sinai has left up to 420,000 residents in four northeastern cities in urgent need of humanitarian aid since February 9, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should provide...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-transformation-of-armys-doctrine-toward-israel/ A military doctrine could be defined as: the traditions, values, and experiences that govern the behavior and attitudes of the military institution in public life; or as: the identification of enemies and the threats and how to get prepared...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Ahmad Zikarallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/coal-the-poors-disaster-the-richs-wealth/ The use of coal is one of the most important issues that have recently been controversial. Despite the existence of several caveats concerning the use of coal in power generation or in cement factories due to its environmental damage – as carbon...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/auction-egypts-monuments-for-sale/ Newspapers close to Egypt’s ruling regime have announced that an auction for Egyptian artifacts will be held on April 18, 2018, in New York City, adding that 15 rare pieces of Egyptian antiquities will be sold at this auction! After reading these reports, I...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author: Michael Young Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/75912 The short answer has to be a resounding “yes,” but not for the conventional reasons of oppression and human rights violations. Outside the sub-segment of society that cares for the survival of civil society, human rights, and the democratic process, a majority of the population views such notions
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author: Javid 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 plausible...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author: J. Peter Pham Orignal Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-marks-milestone-approaches-completion The April 2 anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011 passed largely unremarked amid the cascade of momentous news coming recently from Ethiopia...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author: Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-egypt-voter-turnout-falls-short Evidenced by low voter turnout in the presidential election, Egypt’s optimism after the 2011 revolution that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak has been replaced by apathy amid the rule of a new strongman, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In Egypt’s...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author: Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-president-s-scorecard Egyptians are going to the polls to vote in a presidential election for the third time since the uprisings of 2011. The act of voting for a president who could, ostensibly, be voted out was a novelty. Hosni Mubarak served five six-year terms before...
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