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Sweeping victory of Nation’s Future Party Shows Return to Pre-2011 Electoral Politics

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperShohdi MouradThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
November 19, 2020 15:05 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Shohdi Mourad (pseudonym for anonymity) Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/sweeping-victory-of-nations-future-party-shows-return-to-pre-2011-electoral-politics%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8/ In the working class neighborhood of Shubra, waiting in front of a privately-owned warehouse where workers were distributing black...

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Cairo’s Concerns About a Biden Presidency

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
November 18, 2020 15:15 pm
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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/cairos-concerns-about-a-biden-presidency Egyptian leaders fear that his administration will openly confront them on human rights and enable an Islamist resurgence, but the outlook is brighter for engagement on Turkey, Israel, and other issues. Read more at...

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Mostafa El-Sayed Hussin

Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsExpertMostafa El-Sayed Hussin
November 18, 2020 15:01 pm
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Researcher at the Arab Center for Law and Society Studies (ACLSS) in Paris. He specializes in visual anthropology, cinema and sociology, and is interested in analyzing strategies of cyber oppression and power-resistance relations in postmodern societies, and the role that the development of communication technology plays in shaping a society’s culture and resistance to tyranny.

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Healthcare in Egypt’s Border Regions: When Money Is Not Enough

2020CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHealthPaperSherif Mohy El Deen
November 11, 2020 14:51 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Sherif Mohyeldeen Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2020/11/11/healthcare-in-egypt-s-border-regions-when-money-is-not-enough-pub-83206 Pouring money into health infrastructure will have little effect if qualified doctors have few incentives to stay. Read more at original link

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Monday Briefing: The reverberations of the US election in the Middle East

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
November 09, 2020 15:25 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-reverberations-us-election-middle-east It isn’t much of a secret that Egypt’s government probably would have preferred President Donald Trump to remain in the White House for another four years. Relations under former President Barack Obama were stiltingly formal and not helped...

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George T. Abed

Democracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertForeign RelationsGeorge T. Abed
October 27, 2020 14:24 pm
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George T. Abed was Director of the Middle Eastern Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from July 2002 until December 2003. Prior to taking up that position, he was Deputy Director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department from 1997–2002. Mr. Abed first joined IMF staff in 1975, after a holding a position as Assistant

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The Sisi Firewall

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsDoha InstituteEgyptMostafa El-Sayed HussinPaper
October 26, 2020 15:01 pm
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Source: Doha Institute Author(s): Mostafa El-Sayed Hussin Original Link: https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/PoliticalStudies/Pages/The-Sisi-Firewall-Cyber-Suppression-Strategies-and-the-Future-of-Cyberspace-in-Egypt.aspx On 25 January 2011, the Mubarak regime woke up to its worst nightmare: thousands of Egyptians on the streets demonstrating in response to a Facebook invitation. The state was...

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The Egyptian Economy: In the Clutches of the Deep State

2020CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptGeorge T. AbedMilitary AffairsPaper
October 26, 2020 14:24 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): George T. Abed Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2020/10/26/egyptian-economy-in-clutches-of-deep-state-pub-83027 The successful completion of Egypt’s 2016 IMF program is superficial, hiding poor economic growth relative to emerging market peers and an economy burdened by a military-led public sector. Read more at original link

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Egypt’s Emerging Ruling Class

2020CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperShana Marshall
October 26, 2020 14:16 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Shana Marshall Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2020/10/26/egypt-s-emerging-ruling-class-pub-83025 The Egyptian military’s capture of state resources under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi depends on a poorly run state and the visible corruption of the former regime, auguring a new ruling class of military officers. Read more at original link

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Egypt’s Military as the Spearhead of State Capitalism

2020CarnegieEconomyEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperYezid Sayigh
October 26, 2020 14:11 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2020/10/26/egypt-s-military-as-spearhead-of-state-capitalism-pub-83010 President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reinvigorated state capitalism in Egypt through military-led real estate development, industrial hubs, extractive activities, private sector encroachment, and using private investment to recapitalize the...

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