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Women and Quotas in Egypt’s Parliament

2017 Democracy and Politics Erin Fracolli Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

January 05, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Erin Fracolli Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/Women-and-quotas-in-egypts-parliament/ Maya Morsi, the head of Egypt’s state-affiliated National Council for Women (NCW), announced last week that the NCW had completed the first phase of a program to increase women’s participation in local council elections, reaching over...

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The Regeni murder: Egypt’s repression of academics and journalists

2017 Egypt German Institute For Security And International Affairs Human Rights Lars Brozus Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Stephan Roll

January 02, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: German Institute For Security And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Lars Brozus Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/point-of-view/the-regeni-murder-egypts-repression-of-academics-and-journalists/ The murder of an Italian academic one year ago was yet another tragic reminder that it is barely possible to conduct independent research in Egypt these days. But...

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The Egyptian Economy: The Plot Thickens

2017 Economy Egypt Paper Paul Rivlin The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

January 01, 2017 03:45 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Paul Rivlin Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/egyptian-economy-plot-thickens In recent years, Egypt’s shortage of foreign currency has resulted in a lack of basic goods such as food and fuel. As the demand for foreign currency exceeded the supply on official markets, the premium on the parallel

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From Great Expectations to Bitter Disappointment: Egypt’s Youth, After Three Years of al-Sisi’s Presidency

2016 Democracy and Politics Mira Tzoreff Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Youth

December 30, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Mira Tzoreff Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/great-expectations-bitter-disappointment-egypt%E2%80%99s-youth-after-three-years-al-sisis-presidency Five years have passed since hundreds of thousands of youth first flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square with the unequivocal and uncompromising demand: “Irhal!” (Get...

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Egypt’s Economy: The Agony Continues

2016 Economy Egypt Paper Paul Rivlin The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

December 30, 2016 03:45 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Paul RIvlin Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/egypts-economy-agony-continues With the expansion of the Suez Canal in August 2015, and the discovery of large reserves of natural gas in the Egyptian Mediterranean, there was a wave of optimism about the Egyptian economy (See: “The Good News from

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I’m a Tuk Tuk Graduate: Egypt’s Economic Situation Reflected In Social Networking Sites

2016 Economy Egypt Michael Barak Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

December 30, 2016 03:45 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/im-tuk-tuk-graduate-egypts-economic-situation-reflected-social-networking-sites Social networking sites (SNS) in Egypt responded tumultuously to an al-Hayat TV-Egypt interview with Mustafa Abdel Azim al-Laithi, a 35-year-old Tuk Tuk (rickshaw taxi) driver...

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Mechanization to Drive A Process for Fertilizer Subsidy Reform in Egypt

2016 Boubaker Dhehibi Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Paper Shinan N. Kassam

December 30, 2016 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shinan N. Kassam, Boubaker Dhehibi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/mechanization-to-drive-a-process-for-fertilizer-subsidy-reform-in-egypt/ Abstract: Current modalities for the distribution of subsidized fertilizer, together with national campaigns for wheat production, may be stifling nutritional security within rural areas. Reliable...

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Postcard from Egypt during Christmas

2017 Egypt Minorities Paper Sahar Aziz The Brookings Institution

December 29, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/postcard-from-egypt-during-christmas/ After a divisive presidential election year with the purported threat of terrorism from the Middle East dominating the news cycle, spending Christmas in Egypt was refreshing. Completely contradicting the xenophobic stereotypes of Arabs as violent and...

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COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: A NEW STAGE IN CHINA-EGYPT RELATIONS

2016 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Mordechai Chaziza Paper Rubin Center

December 25, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: Rubin Center Research In International Affairs Author(s): Mordechai Chaziza Original Link: http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/12/comprehensive-strategic-partnership-a-new-stage-in-china-egypt-relations/ Overview: Since 2014, Chinese-Egyptian relations have emerged as one of the most important bilateral axes in the Middle East. Over that time, a new era of closer political and economic...

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Netanyahu and Sisi Building Strong Security Ties

2016 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Perry Cammack Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 15, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/15/netanyahu-and-sisi-building-strong-security-ties-pub-66528 The Cipher Brief spoke to Perry Cammack, a fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the current state of Egypt-Israeli relations. According to Cammack, Egypt-Israeli security...

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What Egypt’s Court Ruling on Protest Law Means

2016 David Risley Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Middle East Institute Paper

December 14, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): David Risley Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-egypt-s-court-ruling-protest-law-means Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (S.C.C.) recently ruled that a central element of the country’s controversial Protest Law relating to police power to ban public demonstrations is unconstitutional. Article 73 of the constitution states in...

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An Egyptian Court Just Struck Down Part of a Repressive New Law. Here’s What that Means

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

December 07, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/07/egyptian-court-just-struck-down-part-of-repressive-new-law.-here-s-what-that-means-pub-66380 Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) struck down a portion of the country’s protest law this week — one issued by decree by its own chief justice (then-interim president) in...

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