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What Impact Would U.S. Designation of the Muslim Brotherhood As A Terrorist Organization Have?

2019 Alison Pargeter Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Marc Lynch Michael Young Nervana Mahmoud Paper Shadi Hamid

May 09, 2019 16:44 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michael Young, Shadi Hamid, Nervana Mahmoud, Alison Pargeter, and Marc Lynch Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/79067 A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security. Read more at original link

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Nervana Mahmoud

Democracy and Politics Expert Islamic Movements and Institutions Nervana Mahmoud Women Affairs

May 09, 2019 16:42 pm

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Nervana Mahmoud is a Doctor and Independent commentator on Middle East issues. The only practising doctor in UK who writes regularly in Middle East politics. She started blogging and writing on Middle East issues after the Egyptian revolution in 2011. At the start of 2013, Nervana began publishing a weekly compilation of Egyptian news, reports, and analyses

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Excluded and Unequal

2019 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Michael Wahid Hanna Military Affairs Minorities Paper The Century Foundation

May 09, 2019 16:28 pm

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): MICHAEL WAHID HANNA Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/christian-exclusion-from-egypts-security-state/ In November 2018, in a tragic scene that has by now become all too familiar, Copts converged on al-Amir Tadros Church in Minya, 150 miles south of Cairo on the banks of the Nile. They were there to bury seven victims of a militant

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New Political Struggles for Egypt’s Military

2019 Bahey Eldin Hassan Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper

May 09, 2019 16:02 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/79096 Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on those allowing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power for an additional eight years and gain full control over the judicial branch. However, little attention has been paid to

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Innovative Arab Media and the New Outlines of Citizenship

2019 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Lina Attalah Media Paper The Century Foundation

May 07, 2019 17:23 pm

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lina Attalah Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/innovative-arab-media-new-outlines-citizenship/ Trying to work in free and critical media in Egypt in the last few years has at times been a lonely endeavor. Even at its best moments, reporting and writing for Mada Masr, the Cairo-based independent media outlet I cofounded in 2013, can feel...

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Recession of New Stock Exchange Mechanisms in Egypt

2019 Ahmed Zikrallah Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

May 07, 2019 15:00 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recession-of-new-stock-exchange-mechanisms-in-egypt/ After a long period of calls by experts for the issuance of two stock exchange mechanisms: ‘market maker’ and ‘short selling’, and due to a significant decline in performance of the market compared to the previous year, the government...

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FREEDOMS UNDER THREAT: THE SPREAD OF ANTI-NGO MEASURES IN AFRICA

2019 Civil Society Egypt Freedom House Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

May 07, 2019 14:48 pm

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Source: Freedom House Author(s): Freedom House Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/freedoms-under-threat-anti-ngo-measures-africa Over the last 15 years, 11 African countries have adopted legislation or policies that improperly constrained nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).1 Seven countries—Egypt, Tunisia, Rwanda, Zambia,2 Malawi, Mozambique, and...

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Jacob Nagel

Egypt Expert Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Jacob Nagel Military Affairs Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 06, 2019 15:33 pm

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BG (Res.) Professor Jacob Nagel is a visiting fellow at FDD and a visiting professor at the Technion Aerospace Engineering Faculty. Nagel was a career Israeli civil servant official (IDF, Defense Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office) for over 40 years. From January 2016 to May 2017, Jacob served as the head of Israel’s National Security

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Egypt: Army’s Domination of Health Sector

2019 Amgad Hamdi Civil Society Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Military Affairs Paper

May 06, 2019 15:09 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-armys-domination-of-health-sector/ The Egyptian Ministry of Military Production has expanded its involvement in the Egyptian economic and social affairs in general although these activities are deemed contradictory with the ministry’s vision and objectives. However, the Ministry of...

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Egypt, Iran and the Current Escalation in the Gaza Strip

2019 Egypt Foreign Relations Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Islamic Movements and Institutions Jacob Nagel Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 05, 2019 15:36 pm

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Source: Foundation for Defense of Democracies Author(s): Jacob Nagel Original Link: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/05/05/egypt-iran-and-the-current-escalation-in-the-gaza-strip/ The current round of conflict between Israel and militant groups in Gaza did not occur because of a lack of mediation. It occurred in spite of such efforts. The current rocket barrages began last week when the...

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Nine Reasons Why Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization Would Be a Mistake

2019 Andrew Miller Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Michele Dunne Paper

May 03, 2019 14:55 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne and Andrew Miller Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/05/03/nine-reasons-why-declaring-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-organization-would-be-mistake-pub-79059 There are legal, diplomatic, pragmatic, and civil rights reasons why such a designation would undermine efforts to keep Americans safe from terrorism. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) does...

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Effect of Middle Class Decline on Cultural and Value Framework

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Nada ZainAlabidin Paper

May 02, 2019 17:18 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nada ZainAlabidin Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/effect-of-middle-class-decline-on-cultural-and-value-framework/ The investment of the middle class in education, health, and housing, their support for good quality public services, their intolerance of corruption, and their trust in others and in democratic institutions, are the very...

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