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Lost Capital: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Neoliberal Transformation

2019 Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Wael Gamal

January 31, 2019 18:31 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Wael Gamal Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2019/02/01/lost-capital-egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-s-neoliberal-transformation-pub-78271 In an October 2011 interview, Hassan Malek, a leading Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood businessman, emphasized that the Islamist group was friendly to business. Its main problem with the economic policies of former president Hosni...

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Restoration, Transformation and Adaptation: Authoritarianism after 2011 in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran

2019 Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Eckart Woertz Economy Egypt Erzsébet N. Rózsa Hiba Hassan Human Rights Judicial Affairs Luciano Zaccara Paper Rasmus Alenius Boserup

January 30, 2019 17:35 pm

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Source: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Author(s): Rasmus Alenius Boserup; Eckart Woertz; Hiba Hassan; Erzsébet N. Rózsa and Luciano Zaccara Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/menara_papers/working_papers/restoration_transformation_and_adaptation_authoritarianism_after_2011_in_egypt_saudi_arabia_and_iran Following the push for reform during the...

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Egypt is building one of the world’s largest solar parks

2019 Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Paper Sean Fleming World Economic Forum

January 25, 2019 15:23 pm

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Source: World Economic Forum Author(s): Sean Fleming Original Link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/egypt-is-building-one-of-the-worlds-largest-solar-parks/ At a site in the Western Desert, some 650 km south of Cairo, one of the world’s largest and most ambitious solar energy projects is underway. The Benban Solar Park will produce enough electricity to power one million homes. But more...

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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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Egypt’s Lost Academic Freedom

2019 Amy Austin Holmes Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Sahar Aziz Youth

January 24, 2019 15:41 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Amy Austin Holmes and Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78210 In his speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on January 10, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted the inherent connection between academic freedom and economic development. He called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to “unleash the creative energy...

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A series of firsts for Egyptian gas forum

2019 Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

January 15, 2019 15:19 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/weekly-briefing-pompeos-visit-raises-more-questions-it-answers The regional gas forum Egypt hosted yesterday saw several firsts. It was the first such forum that the country had hosted, the invitees aren’t usually found attending the same parties, and it has led to a declaration...

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The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

2019 Amanda Sloat Bruce Jones Bruce Riedal Culture, Education and Development Egypt Foreign Relations Jeffrey Feltman Kemal Kirisci Martin S. Indyk Natan Sachs Paper Samantha Gross Suzanne Maloney Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

January 08, 2019 16:38 pm

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Source: Brookings Author(s): Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-americas-role-in-a-changing-region/ DIRECTOR’S SUMMARY The perception of U.S. withdrawal from the Middle...

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Eastern Mediterranean Gas: Taking an Unpaved Road

2019 Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Khaled Fouad Paper

January 07, 2019 15:13 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/eastern-mediterranean-gas-taking-an-unpaved-road/ This study aims at making a comprehensive assessment of the Israeli-Egyptian gas deal and addressing its political, strategic, and economic dimensions within the framework of the regional and international interactions in the Eastern...

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“First of all, I am an Egyptian citizen, and afterwards a Christian”: The Coptic Church in Egypt between religion and politics, as reflected on social media

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Judicial Affairs Media Michael Barak Minorities Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

January 06, 2019 16:48 pm

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/first-all-i-am-egyptian-citizen-and-afterwards-christian-coptic-church-egypt-between The increasingly close relationship between the Egyptian Coptic Church and the Egyptian regime, since 2013 headed by Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, has long been greeted with mixed...

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Sources: Presidency gives Egyptian media orders not to cover CBS interview with Sisi

2019 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Media Paper

January 06, 2019 15:15 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/01/06/feature/politics/sources-presidency-gives-egyptian-media-explicit-orders-to-refrain-from-covering-cbs-interview-with-sisi/ Two separate media sources within the intelligence-controlled Egyptian Media Group (EMG) say that they have received explicit orders from the presidency’s media office to refrain from...

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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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General Mobilization

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Perry Cammack

December 13, 2018 15:39 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77948 A divided government with ballooning defense budgets pursuing a nationalist agenda. A president responding to growing public distrust by wrapping himself in the military’s popular legitimacy. The militarization of the upper echelons of decisionmaking. This describes Egypt under President ‘Abdel-Fattah...

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