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King Salman’s Visit to Cairo, and the Transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia

2016 Egypt Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Paper Shlomo Brom The Institute For National Security Studies Yoel Guzansky

April 19, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoel Guzansky, Shlomo Brom Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/king-salmans-visit-to-cairo-and-the-transfer-of-tiran-and-sanafir-to-saudi-arabia/ During Saudi King Salman’s 5-day visit to Cairo, which began on April 7, 2016, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a series of agreements on a range of topics, reflecting...

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Youth unemployment and the ‘Egyptian right wing’

2016 Amr Adly Economy Madamasr Paper Youth

April 13, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/04/13/opinion/economy/youth-unemployment-and-the-egyptian-right-wing/ I watch the TV program “Hona al-Asema” (Here’s the Capital), which airs on the privately owned CBC and is hosted by anchor Lamis al-Hadidy, on a regular basis. Not only because it offers a more professional level of analysis of the...

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Livin’ on the Edge: Irregular Migration in Egypt

2016 Culture, Education and Development Economy Jan Claudius Völkel Middle East Institute Paper

April 12, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jan Claudius Völkel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/livin%E2%80%99-edge-irregular-migration-egypt Since the mid-2000s, Egypt has developed into a main transit country for irregular migrants, either to Libya or to Israel. Now, as the traditional paths have largely been closed, many migrants and refugees are blocked in Cairo and along...

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Egypt’s Unenviable Economy

2016 Economy Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

April 07, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-unenviable-economy/ Egypt’s economy is saddled with an array of complicated and interrelated challenges. The government is burdened with the unenviable task of addressing and overcoming these challenges in a weak global context for emerging economies. Unemployment...

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The United States can’t save Egypt from itself

2016 Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Paper Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

April 04, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/04/the-united-states-cant-save-egypt-from-itself/ Editors’ Note: On March 23, the Working Group on Egypt sent a letter to President Obama urging him to publicly and privately object to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s accelerating crackdown on human rights and...

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Behind the Panama Papers: The full story of the Mubarak sons’ tax-sheltered company

2016 Economy Foreign Relations Hossam Bahgat Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper

April 04, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/04/04/feature/politics/behind-the-panama-papers-the-full-story-of-the-mubarak-sons-tax-sheltered-company/ The Panama Papers leaks published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday included information on Pan World Investments, a company owned by Alaa Mubarak — son of...

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Policy Brief- Trump Offers Sisi Praise, but Unclear What Else

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Oren Kessler Paper

April 03, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-trump-offers-sisi-praise-but-unclear-what-else/ Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Washington on Monday for his first-ever White House meeting, his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the November election and the first such...

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Working Paper- Determinants Of Emigration: Evidence From Egypt

2016 Anda David Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Joachim Jarreau Paper

April 01, 2016 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Anda David, Joachim Jarreau Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/determinants-of-emigration-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper analyzes the determinants of emigration at the individual and household level, using three waves of the Egyptian labor market panel survey (ELMPS) covering the 1998-2012 period. Exploiting the panel structure...

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The Tiran and Sanafir Islands at the Heart of an Online Protest

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

April 01, 2016 03:34 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/tiran-and-sanafir-islands-heart-online-protest In April 2016, the Egyptian government announced the signing of an agreement which transferred control of Tiran and Sanafir Islands from Egyptian to Saudi Arabian sovereignty. Since then, there has been heated...

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Cairo’s Crude Crisis

2016 Carnegie Economy Paper Yasser El-Shimy

March 30, 2016 05:55 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/63178 Low oil prices are heaping added pressure on Egypt’s currency crisis. While common wisdom holds that the finances of fuel-importing nations, such as Egypt, stand to benefit from declining energy prices, the net impact for Cairo’s economy is surprisingly negative. At least in the short...

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Civil Service Reform in Egypt: Between Efficiency and Social Peace

2016 Amr Adly Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

March 27, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/03/27/civil-service-reform-in-egypt-between-efficiency-and-social-peace-pub-63442 Since its election in January, the Egyptian Parliament approved with no notable modification more than three hundred legislations that were passed between 2013 and 2015. The only exception made was the “civil service law”...

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Is the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood pushing the group toward violence?

2016 Ammar Fayed Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Brookings Institution

March 23, 2016 03:35 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Ammar Fayed Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/is-the-crackdown-on-the-muslim-brotherhood-pushing-the-group-toward-violence/ Snapshot: The military coup of July 2013 forced the Muslim Brotherhood to retreat to a climate of secrecy after the group had spent just a year working openly and in power. The authorities soon designated it as a...

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