Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/01/21/chasing-egypt-s-economic-tail-pub-62546 A little-noticed decree issued by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the end of November 2015 empowered the agency responsible for managing real estate no longer used by the Egyptian Armed Forces to engage in profit-making enterprises and form...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Brendan Meighan Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/62534 One of the most pressing crises facing the Egyptian economy has been the severe shortage of natural gas. The crisis itself—which involves supply cuts to factories and frequent electrical outages—has received copious coverage in the domestic and international press and has tested the...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): David Risley Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt%E2%80%99s-judiciary-obstructing-or-assisting-reform Introduction Prior to the 2011 revolution, Egypt’s surprisingly independent and assertive judiciary had gained recognition among scholars, political opposition figures, and many in the NGO community for strength and activism in defense of...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-egyptian-parliaments-first-task/ As Egypt’s House of Representatives prepares to sit for its first session, among the first tasks it will face is the review of the decrees and laws issued by Presidents Adly Mansour and Abdel-Fattah El Sisi since the approval of the
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Susanna Myllylä Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/eegyptian-civil-society-transition%E2%80%94reflections-cairo%E2%80%99s-governance Greater Cairo, with its 20 million people,[1] faces wide-ranging challenges regarding its living conditions, as is typical of Southern megacities. One key factor is that 70 percent of Cairenes live in informal...
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