Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64999 When I first visited Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) a quarter of a century ago, it was tucked away in dusty offices in the High Court building in downtown Cairo. The only bar to entering it was figuring out the location. It is now ensconced
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Stephane Lacroix Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/01/egypt-s-pragmatic-salafis-politics-of-hizb-al-nour-pub-64902 Snapshot: The Salafi movement in Egypt illustrates that the dynamics of sectarianism are fluid and sometimes contradictory. Over the last five years, the Salafi party, Hizb al-Nour, has taken a pragmatic, flexible approach to...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Sahar Tohamy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/judicial-review-in-public-private-business-contracts-in-egypt-evidence-from-administrative-court-rulings-in-government-tenders-and-bids-law-disputes/ Abstract: This paper examines the role that administrative court review in Egypt plays in supporting the integrity of public-private business...
Learn MoreSource: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Romuald Bolliger, Mohamed Elmenshawy, Ragnar Weilandt Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/6e507b7d-1001-4994-b711-1649d2188e70 Copyright: © 2016 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Read the full publication by following the original link.
Learn MoreSource: Centre For Security and Counter-Terrorism Studies Author(s): Eva Nolle Copyright: © 2016 Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW) Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/d8439fd9-938b-4e0e-816f-978e08fbdfff Read the full publication by following the original link.
Learn MoreSource: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/new-report-rethinking-u-s-economic-aid-to-egypt/ In a new POMED Report, Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt, POMED Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne takes a detailed look at U.S. bilateral economic aid for Egypt. Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64914 A few weeks ago, on September 24, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that it had arrested seventeen members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were plotting to increase “pessimism” in the country. The ministry informed the public that those arrested represented a “subversive cell” tasked to...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Tom Rollins Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/on-rashid-egypts-latest-mediterranean-tragedy/ September 21, 2016: A boat has sunk off the coast of Rashid in northern Egypt. Hundreds of people—grieving friends and family, concerned local residents—stand by the water, looking out to sea, waiting for a boat to return with...
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19218&lang=en Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and women have lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and dignity. My first death threat came 25 years
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed Abdel Salam Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64852 Hisham Geneina, the former head of the Central Auditing Organization (CAO), Egypt’s main oversight body, is still facing the repercussions of the controversial statement he made at the end of 2015 that corruption had cost Egypt nearly 600 billion Egyptian pounds ($76 billion). Even...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64840 Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution was stillborn. Although the military has long been a key political player, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime has promoted the...
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/10/11/egyptian-economic-policy-see-no-evil-hear-no-evil/ The Egyptian government appears to be on the verge of further devaluing the pound. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi met with the governor of the country’s central bank Amer last week to give political cover to the move...
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