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Egypt Charts Its Own Course, Regardless of Patronage

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

December 12, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-charts-its-own-course-regardless-of-patronage/ As the Middle East seems ever more embroiled in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and as world powers continue to jockey for influence, Egypt has often been portrayed in various analyses as beholden to its...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attack at Rawda Mosque

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

December 07, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-report-attack-at-rawda-mosque/ INTRODUCTION Download PDF During Friday prayers on November 24, a group of armed assailants attacked worshipers at Belal Mosque in the village of Rawda in North Sinai, killing 311 civilians, among them 27 children, and injuring 128. Egypt’s...

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Egypt’s Diversifying Insurgency

2017 Hassan Hassan Minorities Nancy Okail Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 01, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nancy Okail, Hassan Hassan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-diversifying-insurgency/ On two Fridays about a month apart, Egypt faced two of the worst terrorist attacks in its modern history. The attacks typify the diversifying threats this country is facing and highlight how Egypt is emerging as a new jihadi

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Islamic State in Egypt

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

December 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/terror-groups/islamic-state-in-egypt/ Other Names: None Location: The Islamic State in Egypt’s activity has been concentrated in Cairo and Giza. The group has also claimed attacks in the governorates of Qalyubia, Alexandria, Daqhalia, Damietta, and Gharbia. Characteristics: The Islamic...

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Social Stigma Enables Egypt’s Attack on LGBT Community

2017 Culture, Education and Development Human Rights Muhammed Fadel Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 30, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Muhammed Fadel Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/social-stigma-enables-egypts-attack-on-lgbt-community/ The world has made major progress in LGBT rights in the last few years. Same-sex marriage is now allowed in several countries and the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed an independent expert on protection...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Bahariya Oasis Incident

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

October 30, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-bahariya-oasis/ Download PDF On Friday, October 20, a convoy of Egyptian security personnel attempting a counter-terror raid was overcome by militants near Bahariya Oasis, about 85 miles southwest of Cairo. The Ministry of Interior reported the deaths of 11...

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Nubians, the Egyptian State, and the Right of Return

2017 Egypt Human Rights Minorities Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 19, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/nubians-the-egyptian-state-and-the-right-of-return/ Smiling faces playing tambourines on the deck of a sailboat in the southern city of Aswan are a staple of Egyptian official tourism promotion videos. Aswanis, and Nubians in general, are renowned for kindness and...

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TIMEP Brief: Protest and Freedom of Assembly in Egypt

2017 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

October 18, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-protest-and-freedom-of-assembly-in-egypt/#authorbio Egypt’s Protest Law has been invoked against peaceful assemblies despite judicial and legislative attempts to liberalize its Article 10, which delineates the government’s power to prevent protests. Arrests under the...

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The Right to Citizenship in Egypt’s Age of Terror

2017 Human Rights Judicial Affairs May El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 02, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-right-to-citizenship-in-egypts-age-of-terror/ Shortly after President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi suggested at a side meeting of the United Nations General Assembly that the state of human rights in Egypt should not be judged from a Western perspective, Egypt’s cabinet gathered...

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Why Egypt Must Work Toward Abolishing the Death Penalty

2017 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Sherif Azer The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 19, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Sherif Azer Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/why-egypt-must-work-toward-abolishing-the-death-penalty/ International rights groups this summer criticized death sentences issued by the Egyptian judiciary following what they called unfair trials, with convictions based on confessions obtained through torture. Since 2013...

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TIMEP Brief: Torture in Egyptian Detention Centers

2017 Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

September 15, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-torture-in-egyptian-detention-centers/ The use of torture in police and military prisons and detention centers has been thoroughly documented by rights groups in Egypt, despite government claims that the use of torture is rare. Since 2011, the number of cases seems to...

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U.S. Aid to Egypt Should Hinge on Rule of Law

2017 Brad Youngblood Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 13, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/u-s-aid-to-egypt-should-hinge-on-rule-of-law/ The United States Department of State announced three weeks ago that it would withhold $95.7 million in aid from Egypt and delay a further $195 million because of the country’s lack of respect for human rights. This...

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