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

2016Democracy and PoliticsMira TzoreffPaperThe Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African StudiesYouth
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

2016EconomyEgyptPaperPaul RivlinThe 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

2016EconomyEgyptMichael BarakPaperThe 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

2016Boubaker DhehibiEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperShinan 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

2017EgyptMinoritiesPaperSahar AzizThe 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

2016EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMordechai ChazizaPaperRubin 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

2016CarnegieEgyptForeign RelationsPaperPerry CammackSecurity 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

2016David RisleyDemocracy and PoliticsHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMiddle East InstitutePaper
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

2016Amr HamzawyCarnegieJudicial AffairsNathan J. BrownPaper
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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New NGO Legislation Takes Egypt Down a Dangerous Path

2016Amr HamzawyCarnegieCivil SocietyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaper
December 06, 2016 03:34 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/06/new-ngo-legislation-takes-egypt-down-dangerous-path-pub-66379 Last week, an overwhelming majority of the Egyptian parliament passed repressive legislation regulating nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with virtually no debate. The vote once again emphasizes how the rubber-stamp role of...

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Working Paper- Investment Climate and Firms’ Exports in Egypt: When Politics Matter

2016Chahir ZakiDemocracy and PoliticsEconomic Research ForumEconomyNora AboushadyPaper
December 01, 2016 05:55 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Nora Aboushady, Chahir Zaki Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/investment-climate-and-firms-exports-in-egypt-when-politics-matter/ Abstract: The objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between exports performance and components of the investment climate. This paper contribution is twofold: first, the paper fills the gap in the...

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Working Paper- Private Banking and Crony Capitalism in Egypt

2016Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptIshac DiwanMarc SchiffbauerPaper
December 01, 2016 03:44 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ishac Diwan, Marc Schiffbauer Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/private-banking-and-crony-capitalism-in-egypt/ Abstract: In Egypt, the bulk of bank loans during 2003-2010 went to politically connected firms. At the same time, the banking sector was liberalized increasingly operated around competitive and profit-maximizing principles. A key...

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