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
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: The Century Foundation Author(s): Ahmed El Hady Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/crisis-lgbtq-communities-egypt-questions-ahmed-el-hady/ Thanassis Cambanis: What is the state of the LGBTQ community in Egypt right now? Ahmed El Hady: We are experiencing a crisis of existence and survival. We are being killed, put in prison, committing suicide. In 2018, we had 122...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Michael Young, Amy Hawthorne, Amr Hamzawy and Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/79027 A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/05/01/feature/politics/judge-overseeing-polling-station-recounts-troubling-incidents-in-constitutional-referendum/ In its final statement on the 2019 constitutional referendum, the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on April 23 that voters had approved the proposed amendments by 88.8 percent, with a 44.3...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hany Abdel-Latif and Hassan Aly Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/20720/ Using an original firm-level database and utilizing the incidence of the Egyptian uprising of 2011, this paper provides an empirical investigation of the effects of firms political connections on employment growth in Egypt. Our unique dataset covers 4008 firms...
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