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Superficial Gains, but No Lasting Success in Sinai 2018

2019 Amer Mohamad Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 07, 2019 17:23 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amer Mohamad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/superficial-gains-but-no-lasting-success-in-sinai-2018/ On February 9 last year, the Egyptian military spokesman announced the launch of “Comprehensive Military Operation Sinai 2018.” The operation, which involved the army, navy, air force, border patrol, and police...

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TIMEP Brief: Draft Constitutional Amendments

2019 Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 07, 2019 15:59 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-draft-constitutional-amendments/ As early as January 2018, some Egyptian policymakers and media outlets beganhighlighting the importance of introducing constitutional amendments. While these calls initially centered on presidential terms limits, on February 3...

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TIMEP Brief: Potential Changes to Egypt’s Presidential Term Limits

2019 Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 05, 2019 15:34 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-briefs/timep-brief-potential-changes-to-egypts-presidential-term-limits/ Summary: Egypt’s 2014 constitution establishes that the president is elected for a period of four years, renewable only once. Despite constitutional provisions...

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TIMEP Brief: The Terrorist Funds Law

2019 Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 31, 2019 16:27 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-the-terrorist-funds-law/ The Terrorist Funds Law lays out the legal process for the seizure of the assets of terrorist organizations and terrorists and creates a committee of a judicial nature, made up of seven judges from the courts of appeal, to undertake an...

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Egypt’s Sectarian Committee to Combat Sectarianism

2019 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

January 28, 2019 15:21 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East PolicyAuthor(s): Timothy E. KaldasOriginal Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-sectarian-committee-to-combat-sectarianism/ In late December, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi announced the formation of a committee to combat sectarianism in Egypt. On its face, Sisi’s decision is welcome, especially after a series of violent...

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Yasmin Omar

Civil Society Expert Human Rights Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

January 25, 2019 18:01 pm

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Yasmin Omar is a resident fellow at TIMEP. She has been practicing as a human rights lawyer for the last nine years. She has worked with several NGOs in Egypt and is a member of the Front of Defense for Egyptian Protesters. She holds an L.L.M. from Syracuse University with a focus on counter-terrorism, national security,

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Egyptian Authorities are Denigrating the Revolution

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Mai El-Sadany Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

January 24, 2019 18:02 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egyptian-authorities-are-denigrating-the-revolution/ Earlier this month, Judge Muhammad Shereen Fahmy of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma to 15 years in prison and a fine of six million Egyptian pounds in a retrial of...

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TIMEP Brief: Cybercrime Law

2018 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 19, 2018 15:58 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/cybercrime-law-brief/ The Cybercrime Law went into effect after it was ratified by President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi and published in the Official Gazette edition dated August 14, 2018. Previously, the cabinet had approved the draft law and referred it to the House of...

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Right to Housing in Egypt

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 17, 2018 15:33 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-right-to-housing-in-egypt/ The right to housing in Egypt has been marred by issues of access to adequate housing, with at least , as well as forced eviction, at the hands of both the government and other citizens. Reports of inadequate access to services in areas...

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Al-Azhar’s Role in Freedom of Belief in Egypt

2018 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Islam Barakat Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 07, 2018 16:04 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Islam Barakat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/al-azhars-role-in-freedom-of-belief-in-egypt/ “Today, there is no freedom, especially the freedom of religion. The Ministry of Religious Endowments will not allow unlicensed preachers to give sermons at mosques. We are the sole competent authority to decide on this...

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How Egypt Deals with Informal Areas

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Mohamed Ezz Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 04, 2018 16:19 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohammed Ezz Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/how-egypt-deals-with-informal-areas/ Established by presidential decree in late 2008, Egypt’s Informal Settlements Development Fund (ISDF) has come to the forefront in spearheading efforts to eliminate so-called “slums” or “informal settlements.” Since its creation...

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Sinai Tribes in Egypt’s War on Terror

2018 Egypt Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

November 28, 2018 15:48 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-sinai-tribes-in-egypts-war-on-terror/ Egypt’s war on terror has intersected in many ways with the engagement of Sinai’s Bedouin tribespeople, who number about 250,000 in the region: Bedouin have been not only the victims and perpetrators of terror violence...

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