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Egypt’s growing regional energy role

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
December 13, 2021 15:59 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-flurry-diplomatic-exchanges-eve-gcc-summit#mabrouk Egypt has long stated its goal of becoming a regional energy hub and it is ramping up its efforts to achieve that aim. Read more at original link

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The Luck Of The Pharaohs

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHoover InstitutionPaperSamuel Tadros
December 07, 2021 15:19 pm
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Source: Hoover Institution Author(s): Samuel Tadros Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/luck-pharaohs In his seminal essay, The Sorrows of Egypt, the late Fouad Ajami, noted, in his masterful prose, the numerous sorrows of modern Egypt, from the steady decline of its public life, its dependence on foreign handouts, to the deep sense of disappointment that engulfs the country as it...

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Egypt’s farmers hit hard by the impact of climate change

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
November 29, 2021 16:16 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-iran-nuclear-talks-resume-two-sides-remain-far-apart-ever#mabrouk As signs go, the recent climate change indicators in Egypt were near biblical. Two weeks ago, the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan saw a plague of scorpions. The mountains there are home to the Arabian fat-tailed...

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Egypt: Impact of water shortage on the food gap

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDalia El-AgamiEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
November 11, 2021 14:57 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dalia El-Agami Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-impact-of-water-shortage-on-the-food-gap/ The issue of food security is one of the most dangerous weapons used by the major powers against the developing countries, where it is used as a pretext for practicing pressure on these countries to prompt them to comply with their conditions...

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Sisi’s Brand of Islam

2021CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMaged MandourPaper
October 21, 2021 14:21 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/85621 Sisi’s call for religious renewal falls within the regime’s attempt to centralize power in its hands, by creating a top-down version of state sponsored Islam, anchored in conservative social values. Read more at original link

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What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

2021Bruce RiedalCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptPaperThe Brookings Institution
October 01, 2021 14:39 pm
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Source: Bruce Riedal Author(s): Brookings Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/10/01/what-anwar-sadats-murder-40-years-ago-meant-for-the-middle-east/ Forty years ago, on October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamist terrorists in Cairo. I was then the Egypt analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and had just published an...

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Egypt between regional matches and post-Covid revival

2021Alessia MelcangiCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHealthItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
September 28, 2021 14:38 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/legitto-tra-partite-regionali-e-rilancio-post-covid-31820 In a context, the Middle East, where there is an apparent realignment of alliances and power relations between the main geopolitical players in the area, Egypt continues to focus on...

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Behind the tense relationship between Sisi and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh

2021AbdelRahman KhaldounCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
September 23, 2021 15:13 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): AbdelRahman Khaldoun Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/behind-the-tense-relationship-between-sisi-and-al-azhar-grand-sheikh/ Al-Azhar Al-Sharif as a religious institution is central to the complex relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Al-Azhar’s position in the political system is highly complicated and problematic due to...

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The return of the pharaohs: The rise of Egypt’s civilization-state

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMiddle East InstituteMohammed SolimanPaper
September 16, 2021 14:22 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mohammed Soliman Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/return-pharaohs-rise-egypts-civilization-state After decades of soul searching to define itself as a state, Egypt is building its own civilization-state and seeks to join an emerging club of nations that center historical and cultural tradition in their policy and governance structures and...

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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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Egypt: Poverty and Imbalances of Income and Wealth Distribution

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaperWessam Fauad
August 05, 2021 14:11 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-poverty-and-imbalances-of-income-and-wealth-distribution/ Among the most prominent indicators cited by international think tanks regarding the state of inequality[1], are the data disseminated by the World Inequality Database (WID). In 2019, according to WID, 1% of the highest-income...

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