Sources – Page 144 – Middle East Policy Platform

Working Paper- Private Tutoring in Egypt: Quality Education in a Dead Lock between Low Income, Status, and Motivation

2015 Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Paper Sebastian Ille The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies

February 01, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Sebastian Ille Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=586&Type=10 Abstract: Egypt is facing a major challenge regarding the quality of its primary education. One of the crucial problems of the Egyptian education system is private tutoring. Private tutoring is not to be considered negative per se if it is based...

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Triumph of the Bureaucracy: A Decade of Aborted Social and Political Change in Egypt

2015 Amr Adly Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper

January 31, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/01/31/triumph-of-bureaucracy-decade-of-aborted-social-and-political-change-in-egypt-pub-58924 The developing military-backed regime under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signals the triumph of the Egyptian bureaucracy, with all of its military, security and civilian components, over three processes of political...

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Egypt’s Upcoming Parliamentary Elections: Weakened Parliament, Weakened Parties

2015 Democracy and Politics German Institute For Security And International Affairs Nadine Sika Paper

January 30, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: German Institute For Security and Counter-Terrorism And International Affairs Author(s): Nadine Sika Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypt-parliamentary-elections/ Snapshot: According to the roadmap for political transformation announced in July 2013, Egypt’s parliamentary elections should have taken place six months after the constitutional amendments. Yet...

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Egypt’s Fight Against FGM: Is There Hope After All?

2015 Culture, Education and Development Judicial Affairs Moushira Khattab Paper Wilson Centre Women Affairs

January 29, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Moushira Khattab Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/egypts-fight-against-fgm-there-hope-after-all Overview: On January 26, 2015, an Egyptian court handed a physician a two-year prison sentence with hard labor, a fine, and the closure of his clinic for one year. The ruling is the first of its kind since a law banned female genital mutilation...

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A Generational Battle Among Brothers

2015 Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Mostafa Hashem Paper Youth

January 29, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mostafa Hashem Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/58865 After about a year of internal conflicts, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has finally begun a comprehensive restructuring process. For the first time, the group is empowering its youth to lead the organization. This shift in approach reflects the former leadership’s realization that it...

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The Egyptian Parliamentary Elections 101

2015 Ahmed Morsy Democracy and Politics Egypt Middle East Institute Paper

January 26, 2015 03:47 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Ahmed Morsy Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egyptian-parliamentary-elections-101 Long-awaited elections for Egypt’s parliament, which has been dissolved since 2012 as the result of a court order, have been scheduled in a two-phase process beginning this March. What will the process involve? Why are these elections important? Ahmed...

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Power, the January 25 revolutionaries, and responsibility

2015 Democracy and Politics Egypt H. A. Hellyer Madamasr Paper

January 24, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): H. A. Hellyer Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2015/01/24/opinion/u/power-the-january-25-revolutionaries-and-responsibility/ Tahrir. 2011. January 25. Egypt. Revolution. Four years ago, a fledgling movement of revolutionary activists accomplished in a few days more than the Egyptian opposition had in years. Yet, for those revolutionaries, the “revolution”...

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Egypt’s Long Walk to Despotism

2015 Amro Ali Democracy and Politics Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 21, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Amro Ali Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-despotism/ There is a menacing wind sweeping through Egypt engulfing bureaucrats, journalists, judges, celebrities, and the average “patriotic citizen” in its path, remolding them into carriers of despotic ideas. This system is not a clear-cut case of top-down power...

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Is Sisi Islam’s Martin Luther?

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Human Rights Katie Bentivoglio Michele Dunne Paper

January 16, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne, Katie Bentivoglio Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/57738 U.S. commentators have hailed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s January 2 call for a “religious revolution” in Islam as potentially Nobel Peace Prize-worthy, asking whether Sisi might be “Islam’s Martin Luther” and noting that he made the remarks at al-Azhar, “the...

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Egypt’s Need for Low-Income Housing

2015 Culture, Education and Development Economy Maria Golia Middle East Institute Paper

January 15, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egypt%E2%80%99s-need-low-income-housing In March 2014, before resigning as Egypt’s minister of defense and pursuing his campaign for the presidency, General Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi announced an agreement with the UAE construction firm Arabtec to build a million affordable homes for “Egyptian...

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Tel Aviv Notes: The “Sisi-Meter” is Ticking: ʿAbd al-Fattah al-Sisi and the Challenges Facing Egypt

2015 Democracy and Politics Economy Mira Tzoreff Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

January 01, 2015 05:54 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/tel-aviv-notes-%E2%80%9Csisi-meter%E2%80%9D-ticking-%CA%BFabd-al-fattah-al-sisi-and-challenges-facing-egypt In ʿAbd al-Fattah al-Sisi’s first television interview during the 2014 presidential campaign, he promised Egyptian citizens that they would begin feeling...

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Tel Aviv Notes: Soccer deaths and Egypt’s Security Forces

2015 Culture, Education and Development Human Rights James M. Dorsey Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

January 01, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): James M. Dorsey Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-soccer-deaths-and-egypt%E2%80%99s-Security and Counter-Terrorism-forces A stampede at a Cairo stadium in February[1], much like a deadly, politically-loaded soccer brawl in the Suez Canal city of Port Said three years ago, has cast a spotlight...

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