Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Marina Ottaway Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/abdicating-responsibility-political-parties-egypt Political parties in Egypt have emerged from the turmoil of the last ten years weakened to the point of irrelevance. Most of them have abdicated the role and responsibility to represent the demands and aspirations of their constituents. Rather...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mohamed Fathi Elnadi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-revolution-challenges-and-proposed-solutions/ Since its early days, the Egyptian revolution has faced various challenges and difficulties; and with the Islamic stream, manifested in the Muslim Brotherhood, at the forefront of the political scene, difficulties and obstacles...
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): Galip Dalay Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/middle-east-policy-shows-turkeys-new-desire-allies Although there is no golden era in Turkish-Egyptian relations, the post-2013 period has been exceptionally bad. Turkey was the most vocal opponent of the Egyptian coup of 2013 which removed the country’s first democratically-elected Islamist...
Learn MoreSource: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-tutti-i-rischi-del-regime-di-al-sisi-30475 Increasingly afflicted by a heavy economic situation, the Egypt of President ‘Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi is committed to addressing the heavy social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic while on...
Learn MoreSource: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-cairo-can-help-ease-israeli-palestinian-crisis Washington should welcome Egypt’s desire to restore its role as a peace mediator, but only if both governments are willing to formulate a constructive approach that avoids repeating the mistakes of the Mubarak era. Read...
Learn MoreSource: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Steven A. Cook, Alessia Melcangi, Nael Shama, Marina Ottaway, Tarek Megerisi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/turkey-egypt-bridging-gap-30484 The MED This Week newsletter provides expert analysis and informed insights on the most significant developments in the MENA region, bringing together...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-situation-gaza-threatens-list-dangerously-out-control At the moment, Egypt, Qatar, and Jordan are attempting to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. An earlier Egyptian attempt, which had called for an immediate cease-fire, to last one year, was apparently accepted by...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author(s): Bassant Hassib and James Shires Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/co-opting-cybersecurity-in-egypt/ Cybersecurity is a key area of contest for digitalized politics, especially in uncertain and turbulent situations. Nowhere is this more starkly illustrated than in states such as Egypt, where the period since the January 2011...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Usama Haggag Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-football-fights-to-the-beat-of-patriotic-songs/ When art declines, morals of society are the most affected aspects within a certain nation, and vice versa. But the influence of art is much stronger on simple citizens that view the artist as a role model that should be emulated. That is...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://features.hrw.org/features/features/corporal-punishment-of-children/index.html These egregious cases reflect a widespread reality in the Middle East and North Africa. The region has some the world’s worst rates of violent punishment of children – in some countries, 90 percent of children or more were subject to...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): MAGED MANDOUR Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/84504 Years in the making, Sisi’s elite New Administrative Capital will isolate most Egyptians from their centers of government in an effort to fortify the regime against any social pressures. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): NAEL SHAMA Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84498 Nabil Fahmy is a former Egyptian foreign minister, who has spent nearly four decades in public service. He worked in the offices of former president Anwar al-Sadat and his vice president at the time, Hosni Mubarak. He also served at Egypt’s permanent mission to the United Nations, and was Egypt’s
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