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Renewed Arbitrary Detention: Keeping the Egyptian Opposition in Detention

2022Amr Ahmed IbrahimDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 31, 2022 16:01 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Ahmed Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/renewed-arbitrary-detention-keeping-the-egyptian-opposition-in-detention/ Renewed arbitrary—or “rotation” of detention—is the act of re-detaining those who have been already granted a release order after the termination of their sentences, a verdict of...

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Transgender Policy in Egypt: Murder by Medical Bureaucracy

2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMalak ElkashifMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 18, 2022 15:05 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Malak Elkashif Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/transgender-policy-in-egypt-murder-by-medical-bureaucracy/ Every November 20, transgender people around the world launch campaigns that disseminate information on the hate crimes against transgender victims and provide statistics on the numbers of transgender...

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Beyond Sectarian Violence: Socioeconomic Challenges for Copts in Egypt

2022Amy FallasDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 12, 2022 16:49 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amy Fallas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/beyond-sectarian-violence-socioeconomic-challenges-for-copts-in-egypt As Coptic Christians held Christmas celebrations this past week, many also observed another more somber anniversary. On January 1, 2011, an explosion at Al-Qudiseen Church in Alexandria, Egypt killed...

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Egypt’s Religious Minorities: The Legal Framework

2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 06, 2022 15:29 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/egypts-religious-minorities-the-legal-framework/ Egypt’s legal framework is an important angle through which to understand the state of religious minorities in the country. This brief delves into some of the primary issues affecting and implicating the country’s religious...

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The Fundamental Rights of Baha’is: An Excellent Opportunity to Expand Religious Freedom in Egypt

2021Amr EzzatDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 30, 2021 15:10 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Ezzat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-fundamental-rights-of-bahais-an-excellent-opportunity-to-expand-religious-freedom-in-egypt/ By the end of the current decade, a full century will have passed since the Egyptian state began to reluctantly admit the existence of adherents of the Baha’i Faith in Egypt...

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Atheists in Egypt: Life on the Edge of Civil Death

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIshak IbrahimMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 29, 2021 15:04 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/atheists-in-egypt-life-on-the-edge-of-civil-death/ Atheists and nonbelievers in Egypt continue to suffer regardless of the positive indications from officials regarding the freedom of religion and faith. Atheists in the country live between security-related...

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What’s Behind the Partnership between Russia and Egypt?

2021Democracy and PoliticsDimitar BechevEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 17, 2021 17:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Dimitar Bechev Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/whats-behind-the-partnership-between-russia-and-egypt/ On December 9, 2021, Russia and Egypt launched a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Alexandria. The Russian navy deployed the frigate Admiral Grigorovich, a mainstay of its Mediterranean Squadron, part of the...

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Sexual Harassment Laws in Egypt: Does Stricter Mean More Effective?

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
December 14, 2021 16:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/sexual-harassment-laws-in-egypt-does-stricter-mean-more-effective/ In Egypt, sexual harassment is a major public threat against women for which there has been no sustainable policy or practice. Such harassment can range from verbal to physical—the latter of which...

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Egypt Lifted its State of Emergency: What Now?

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
November 11, 2021 14:59 pm
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Source: TIMEP Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/egypt-lifted-its-state-of-emergency-what-now/ In October, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced that the country’s state of emergency would not be extended, hence lifted for the first time in more than four years, saying that the country had become an “oasis of security and stability in the...

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The Transformative Politics and Memory of the Maspero Massacre

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesMiray PhilipsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 09, 2021 14:08 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Miray Philips Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-transformative-politics-and-memory-of-the-maspero-massacre/ When Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), died on September 21, 2021, the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement offering their...

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Marital Rape in Egypt: Between Legal Gaps and Social Views

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
September 07, 2021 14:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/marital-rape-in-egypt-between-legal-gaps-and-social-views/ The topic of marital rape crime recently made headlines in Egypt after actress Nada Adel spoke up on social media in June to speak about it, accusing her ex-husband musician Tamim Younes of marital rape...

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Dual Threats: Water Scarcity and Rising Sea Levels in Egypt

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEliora GoodmanPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
August 20, 2021 14:42 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Eliora Goodman Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/dual-threats-water-scarcity-and-rising-sea-levels-in-egypt/ The impacts of climate change are increasingly evident with each year: hotter weather, higher sea levels, deadlier storms—reminders of the existential nature of the climate crisis. As global temperatures rise...

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