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Ramadan Soap Operas Contradict Sisi’s Outreach to Israel

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinMediaPaperWashington Institute
June 07, 2019 17:46 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/ramadan-soap-operas-contradict-sisis-outreach-to-israel Despite Egypt’s warming relations with the Israeli government, the country’s airwaves and movie theaters are still rife with bellicose and anti-Semitic content. In the past five years, Egyptian-Israeli relations...

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Ethiopian bid for mediation, African Union suspension trouble Egypt’s play for role in Sudan’s transition

2019EgyptForeign RelationsMadamasrMilitary AffairsPaper
June 07, 2019 17:35 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/07/feature/politics/ethiopian-bid-for-mediation-african-union-suspension-trouble-egypts-play-for-role-in-sudans-transition/ Officials in Cairo watching the violent dispersal of the Sudanese revolutionaries’ sit-in led by the Rapid Support Forces unfold since Monday were left “worried,” says one Egyptian...

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Rabab El-Mahdi

Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsRabab El-Mahdi
June 06, 2019 18:43 pm
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Rabab El-Mahdi is associate professor of political science at The American University in Cairo. She wrote her dissertation on the impact of neo-liberal economic reconstruction on changing patterns of state-civil society relations in Egypt and Bolivia. El-Mahdi’s research interests cover the areas of state-civil society relations, social movements and resistance, as well as the political

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Zaid Al-Ali

Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsExpertJudicial AffairsZaid Al-Ali
June 06, 2019 17:38 pm
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Zaid Al-Ali is the Senior Adviser on Constitution-Building for the Arab Region at International IDEA and an independent scholar. He focuses on constitutional developments throughout the Arab region, with a particular focus on Iraq and the wave of reforms that took place in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen following the start of popular

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Christians and Other Religious Minorities in the Middle East

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElizabeth MonierHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Century Foundation
June 06, 2019 17:31 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Elizabeth Monier Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/christians-religious-minorities-middle-east-questions-elizabeth-monier/ Thanassis Cambanis: You’ve said that Christians in the Middle East represent different denominational, ethnic, and linguistic identities. Is it unproductive to talk about Middle Eastern Christians as a homogenous...

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Ahmed El Hady

Ahmed El HadyCivil SocietyExpertHuman RightsMinorities
June 06, 2019 17:08 pm
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Ahmed El-Hady is an internationally recognized neuroscientist and a revolutionary activist.  He is one the founders of the recently formed Egyptian Coalition for Freedom and Justice which is concerned with human rights in Egypt. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow

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Sarah Repucci

Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertFreedom HouseHuman RightsMediaSarah Repucci
June 06, 2019 16:18 pm
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Senior Director for Research and Analysis Sarah Repucci leads Freedom House’s flagship Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press publications. Repucci has more than ten years’ experience in research and evaluation techniques in the areas of democracy, human rights, and good governance. Previously she worked for Transparency International and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights...

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Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral

2019EgyptForeign RelationsFreedom HouseHuman RightsMediaPaperSarah Repucci
June 04, 2019 16:18 pm
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Source: Freedom House Author(s): Sarah Repucci Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-media/freedom-media-2019 The fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and part of the assault has come from an unexpected source. Elected leaders in many democracies, who should be press freedom’s staunchest defenders, have made...

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Ashmawi May Not Be The Last Officer To Move Against The Regime

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
May 31, 2019 17:20 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/ashmawi-may-not-be-the-last-officer-to-move-against-the-regime/ Hisham Ali Ashmawi Mosaad, a former Egyptian special forces (Thunderbolt) officer, has become man of the hour on Egyptian, Arab and Western press and media outlets after he was arrested on Monday, 8 October 2018, by Libya’s...

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