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False Hopes and False Starts: Egypt’s Efforts to Modernize its Military Industry

2019EgyptMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 25, 2019 17:21 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Egypt Defense Review Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypt-modernize-military/ In late 2018 on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt hosted its very first tri-service arms fair. The Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX), which began December 3, brought arms companies from around the world under one roof in an attempt to capitalize...

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Egypt: New NGO Law Renews Draconian Restrictions

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsPaper
July 24, 2019 18:21 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch   Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/24/egypt-new-ngo-law-renews-draconian-restrictions Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing nongovernment organizations on July 14, 2019 that would maintain many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not...

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Why Is Egypt Attacking Human Rights Groups?

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHassan ElmasryHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
July 24, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Hassan Elmasry Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/24/why-egypt-attacking-human-rights-groups The brave people who work to protect Egyptians from abuse are under aggressive and accelerating attack. The attackers come from the government, its proxies in the media, its security forces, and even elements of the supposedly independent...

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Egypt expands support for the most vulnerable

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
July 22, 2019 17:21 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-pakistani-pm-khan-heads-white-house Egypt’s economic reforms and austerity measures have been great for the country’s macroeconomic bottom line, but they have been very hard on its poorer citizens. Slashed subsidies, rising inflation, and a higher cost of living have all...

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Development of the military situation in Sinai – June

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHaitham GhoniemMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
July 18, 2019 17:52 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/development-of-the-military-situation-in-sinai-june/ The month of June witnessed many attacks carried out by the Islamic State’s local affiliate, Sinai Province, against the Egyptian police forces both in the center and outskirts of the city of El Arish, North Sinai. In this report, we...

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Sinai Deportees and Prospects of Protracted Conflict (1)

2019Civil SocietyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsNouran HassanPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
July 17, 2019 18:54 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nouran Hassan Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/sinai-deportees-and-prospects-of-protracted-conflict-1/ Forceful eviction operations have started in North Sinai since 2014 to ‘establish a buffer zone’ to embattle ISIS-affliated militants who gained hold of the northern governorate during the turbulent years between 2011-2014. A recent...

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TIMEP Brief: LGBTQ Human Rights in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 17, 2019 18:42 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link:  https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-briefs/timep-brief-lgbtq-human-rights-in-egypt/ During the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak and under current President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian government has appealed to its conservative base by positioning itself as a moral authority, instituting...

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New NGO law criticized as mere cosmetic change

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperRana Mamdouh
July 17, 2019 17:28 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/07/17/feature/politics/new-ngo-law-criticized-as-mere-cosmetic-change/ Parliament overwhelmingly approved on Monday a new law governing the operations of non-governmental organizations to replace a 2017 law currently in place. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi first called for the 2017 law to be amended in...

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EGYPT: DRAFT NEW NGO LAW RETAINS REPRESSIVE ESSENCE OF OLD ONE

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
July 16, 2019 17:56 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/0715/2019/en/ Despite the Egyptian government’s claims to the contrary, a draft new NGO law passed by parliament yesterday preserves the repressive essence of the law of 2017 currently in force and would help perpetuate the devastating crackdown on human rights defenders...

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Political Implications of President Morsi’s Demise

2019Badr ShafeiCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
July 16, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/political-implications-of-president-morsis-demise/ Death of someone may have some social consequences after the family’s loss of their bread winner; where the wife becomes a widow and the children become orphans. Sometimes, the deceased’s family is subjected to attitudes of cupidity both from...

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An Own Goal in Cairo

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsPaperSherif Mohy El DeenWomen Affairs
July 16, 2019 17:10 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Sherif Mohyeldeen Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/79507 The early exit of the Egyptian national team from the African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt was considered a double loss by many people in the country. It was a sporting loss, given Egypt’s elimination by South Africa on July 6. But it was also a loss in terms of morals, because

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The Unfinished History Between America and the Muslim Brotherhood

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign RelationsHudson InstituteIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMohamed-Ali AdraouiPaper
July 12, 2019 18:21 pm
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Source: Hudson Institute Author(s): Mohamed-Ali Adraoui Original Link: https://www.hudson.org/research/15136-the-unfinished-history-between-america-and-the-muslim-brotherhood On July 11, 2018 the U.S. Congress’s Subcommittee on National Security organized a series of hearings on “The Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Threat.”1 The purpose was to determine what dangers the Muslim Brotherhood poses to...

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