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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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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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TIMEP Brief: Draft NGO Law of 2019

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 09, 2019 17:36 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP   Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/draft-ngo-law-of-2019/   Egypt’s 2019 draft NGO Law governs the process by which domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can achieve legal recognition and sets forth provisions on their activities, oversight and monitoring, funding, and sanctions for...

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Short-Term Stability in Exchange for Long-Term Fragility

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
July 03, 2019 16:21 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link:  https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/short-term-stability-in-exchange-for-long-term-fragility/ It’s no secret that European Union leaders have increasingly focused their attention on the Middle East on one priority: stemming if not stopping migration from the region. Following the surge in asylum...

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The Reality of Church Construction in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIshak IbrahimJudicial AffairsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 27, 2019 16:39 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-reality-of-church-construction-in-egypt/ Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law established what was, on its face, a streamlined process for the construction of churches, and also provided for a committee to formalize churches which had been built illegally. But...

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TIMEP Brief: Bankruptcy Law

2019EconomyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 20, 2019 17:57 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/egypts-bankruptcy-law/ The Bankruptcy Law eliminates prison sentences for individuals who declare bankruptcy, except in cases of fraudulent behavior, though it increases the penalties for those individuals convicted of bankruptcy fraud. The law also creates mechanisms that...

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TIMEP Brief: Executions and the Death Penalty

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 17, 2019 16:41 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/executions-and-the-death-penalty/ Since July 2013, Egyptian courts have increasingly carried out executions. According to reporting by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), authorities carried out 49 and 43 executions in 2017 and 2018 respectively, a...

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TIMEP Brief: Accountability in US Arms Transfers

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 10, 2019 18:40 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/accountability-in-arms-transfers/ Every year, the United States Congress appropriates billions of dollars to support foreign security forces by supplying training and equipment in an effort to maintain foreign policy and national security objectives. However, few avenues...

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TIMEP Brief: Industrial Licensing Law

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 30, 2019 15:43 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-industrial-licensing-law/ Summary: The Industrial Licensing Law mandates that the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) respond to a request by a business for licensing within 30 days of the request being filed or the request will be considered granted. Licenses...

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TIMEP Brief: Press Freedom in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 24, 2019 14:53 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-press-freedom-in-egypt/ Egypt today is among the world’s worst offenders against press freedom. While Egypt’s current constitution enshrines a free press, bans censorship, and ensures press independence, these rights are not protected in practice. The...

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TIMEP Brief: VAT Law

2019EconomyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 09, 2019 17:09 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-vat-law/ The VAT Law replaced the existing 10 percent sales tax with a new VAT. The rate was initially set at 13 percent, and increased to 14 percent in July 2017, the start of the fiscal year following the law’s ratification. Although the VAT Law

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TIMEP Brief: Egypt’s 2019 Constitutional Referendum

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
April 30, 2019 14:34 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/egypts-2019-constitutional-referendum/ Following parliamentary approval of a broad package of constitutional amendments that expand the authority of the executive branch and military at the expense of the independence of the judicial and legislative branches, Egyptians voted...

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