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Working Paper- Young People’s Gender Role Attitudes Over the Transition to Adulthood in Egypt

2017 Economic Research Forum Maia Sieverding May Gadallah Paper Rania Roushdy Women Affairs Youth

July 01, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): May Gadallah, Rania Roushdy, Maia Sieverding Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/young-peoples-gender-role-attitudes-over-the-transition-to-adulthood-in-egypt/ Abstract: Change in gender role attitudes is a neglected dimension of research on the transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa that has broad implications for young...

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The practice and culture of smuggling in the borderland of Egypt and Libya

2017 Chatham House Economy Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Thomas Husken

July 01, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Thomas Husken Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/ia/practice-and-culture-smuggling-borderland-egypt-and-libya Abstract: This article looks at smuggling among the Awlad ‘Ali Bedouin in the borderland of Egypt and Libya. Smuggling is understood as a transgressive economic practice that is embedded in the wider social, political and cultural...

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Egypt’s Sisi Gives With One Hand, and Takes Away With the Other

2017 Chatham House David Butter Economy Egypt Paper

June 28, 2017 03:43 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): David Butter Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/egypts-sisi-gives-one-hand-and-takes-away-other As the Egyptian parliament was nearing the conclusion of its review of the government’s draft budget for the 2017–18 (July–June) fiscal year, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on 21 June announced a package of measures including extra funding for...

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Sisi’s Pyrrhic Victory

2017 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Maged Mandour Paper

June 27, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/71367 The transfer of the two red sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir from Egypt to Saudi Arabia sparked a long legal battle between the regime and critics within the establishment, led by former presidential candidate Khaled Ali. The regime seems to have won the battle, as

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Al-Azhar’s Role Abroad: Signs of Escalation and Efforts to Undermine

2017 Atlantic Council Belal Abdallah Foreign Relations Paper

June 27, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Belal Abdallah Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/al-azhar-s-role-abroad-signs-of-escalation-and-efforts-to-undermine-2 Last month, the Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr Ahmed al-Tayeb, visited the German capital Berlin to attend the Protestant Church’s celebration marking five centuries since the start of the reformation. During his visit...

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Adjusting Egyptians’ Inflation Expectations

2017 Brendan Meighan Carnegie Economy Paper

June 22, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Brendan Meighan Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/71342 The Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) decision to raise its interest rates by 2 percentage points on May 21, 2017 caught the Egyptian business community and investors by surprise. In a Reuters survey of economists following the Egyptian market conducted five days prior, all but one of the...

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How the Egyptian Church Secures Itself

2017 Egypt Jayson Casper Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

June 21, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Jayson Casper Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-the-egyptian-church-secures-itself/ This past Palm Sunday two suicide bombers killed over 45 people at two churches in northern Egypt. One made his way all the way to the altar at St. George’s Cathedral in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, while the other

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Egypt on the Edge: How Europe Can Avoid Another Crisis in Egypt

2017 Anthony Dworkin Centre For Security Studies Economy Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Yasser El-Shimy

June 20, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy, Anthony Dworkin Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/e1f7c8c5-4f38-449b-b704-28f1284d79da Summary Europe’s current policy towards Egypt is dominated by immediate migration concerns and commercial opportunities. But this short-sighted approach offers few benefits and...

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Why Inflation is So High in Egypt

2017 Atlantic Council Economy Egypt Elissa Miller Mohsin Khan Paper

June 19, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Mohsin Khan, Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/why-inflation-is-so-high-in-egypt Over the past decade or so, Egypt has consistently experienced relatively high rates of inflation. But since the advent of the Arab Spring in 2011, the increase in consumer prices steadily accelerated. During 2011-2015, the average rate...

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Egypt’s War on Terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula: Alliance with Tribes, Partnership with Israel?

2017 Foreign Relations Ofir Winter Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Yoram Schweitzer

June 15, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-war-terrorism-sinai-peninsula-alliance-tribes-partnership-israel/ Egypt’s failure in fighting the Salafi-jihadi terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula and its movement into other parts of the country had led to a new stage in the fight against terror...

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How likely is it that the Muslim Brotherhood will abandon its official nonviolent stance?

2017 Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution William Mccants

June 15, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid, William McCants Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/15/how-likely-is-it-that-the-egyptian-brotherhood-will-abandon-its-official-nonviolent-stance-by-2017-or-2020/ We recently put a set of questions to ten expert contributors participating in our Rethinking Political Islam initiative. (See here for the list of...

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EGYPT CONFRONTS ECONOMIC AND SECURITY CHALLENGES AS IT ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN ITS POSITION IN THE ARAB WORLD

2017 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Rubin Center Security and Counter-Terrorism Seth J. Frantzman

June 14, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: Rubin Center Research In International Affairs Author(s): Seth J. Frantzman Original Link: http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/06/egypt-confronts-economic-and-security-challenges-as-it-attempts-to-regain-its-position-in-the-arab-world/ Snapshot: Six years after protests toppled Husni Mubarak, Egypt is still struggling with the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” and the chaos it unleashed. The...

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