TIMEP Brief: Egypt’s 2019 Constitutional Referendum

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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Egypt’s New Constitutional Amendments: Moving Toward Totalitarianism

Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-new-constitutional-amendments-moving-toward-totalitarianism/ The votes are in, the results have been tallied, and the outcome—never in doubt—is clear: government-proposed changes to Egypt’s 2014 constitution, rushed through parliament to ensure possibly the virtual rule for...

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Egypt: Protecting Healthcare Workers in Workplace

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mohamed Elsherif Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-protecting-healthcare-workers-in-workplace/ Violence against healthcare workers is a worldwide problem that is affecting most countries including Egypt (McPhaul & Lipscomb, 2004). During the last decade, the problem became more obvious as part of the general deterioration of...

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Ethiopian Renaissance Dam & Its Implications on Egypt

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Shady Ibrahim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/ethiopian-renaissance-dam-its-implications-on-egypt/ The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) constitutes a real crisis for the Egyptian regime, where Ethiopia several times blamed Egypt for the failure of negotiations conducted between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on the dam. Also, the...

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Creating a Constituency for Secularism: Questions for Lama Abu-Odeh

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lama Abu-Odeh Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/creating-constituency-secularism-questions-lama-abu-odeh/ Thanassis Cambanis: There’s a trend that’s really taken hold in analyses of Middle Eastern politics and culture, exemplified by the writers Talal Asad and the late Saba Mahmood, which holds that the only way to critically investigate...

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Challenges to Stability in Egypt

Source: Hoover Institute Author(s): Lisa Blaydes Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/challenges-stability-egypt The last ten years have seen forms of political disruption within Egypt that were virtually unimaginable a decade ago—from the 2011 protest uprisings; the 2012 election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency; the 2013 coup...

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Not a ‘President’. Not an ‘ally’.

Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute Author(s): Thomas O.Melia Original Link: https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/04/not-a-president-not-an-ally/ Words matter. Choose them carefully. At PEN America, our mission is to champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of words to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers of all kinds, including screenwriters, poets, novelists...

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WHY EL-SISI’S DECISION TO RAISE EGYPT’S MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT SUCH A GOOD ONE!

Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/why-el-sisis-decision-to-raise-egypts-minimum-wage-is-not-such-a-good-one/ Egypt’s President El-Sisi recently announced a 67 percent raise in the minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds (115.74 US-Dollar) per month from 1,200 (69.27 US-Dollar). He also promised...

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The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Karl Sharro Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/retreat-universalism-middle-east-world/ The Islamic State may be close to defeat, but the wound it opened in the social and political fabric of the Middle East will take a long time to heal. It is not just the shock of the group’s ultraviolent tactics that will linger long

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TIMEP Brief: Investment Law

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-investment-law/ The Investment Law promotes remote and underdeveloped regions by offering tax breaks of up to 50 percent for investments in these areas, though companies are only eligible for the tax breaks if they are established within a three-year period of the...

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Infographic: Reparations in the Wake of Egypt’s Revolution

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/transitional-justice-project/infographic-reparations/ Less than six months after January 25, 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces created a health and social welfare fund to provide reparations for individuals injured by or killed in the events of the January 25 Revolution. The fund...

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Egypt’s Political Exiles: Going Anywhere but Home

Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne and Amr Hamzawy Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/03/29/egypt-s-political-exiles-going-anywhere-but-home-pub-78728 While Egyptians have expatriated to find work abroad for decades, something different has been going on since 2011: thousands have expatriated for political reasons. Some have left based on a general sense that the...

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