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Gas heats up the Eastern Mediterranean

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGeoffrey AronsonMiddle East InstitutePaper
June 25, 2019 16:48 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Geoffrey Aronson Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/gas-heats-eastern-mediterranean Competition for security and energy is at the center of recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. Countries from Egypt to Turkey are moving to secure, exploit, and market their (not always fair) share of the game-changing offshore natural gas...

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Parliament approves laws allowing Sisi to select judicial heads, stalemate continues over Council of Judicial Bodies

2019EgyptJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperRana Mamdouh
June 24, 2019 17:19 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/24/feature/politics/parliament-approves-laws-allowing-sisi-to-select-judicial-heads-stalemate-continues-over-council-of-judicial-bodies/ On June 6, Parliament approved two laws that regulate how the heads of Egypt’s top judicial bodies are selected, granting the president greater powers over the...

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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Is in the Works. What Does the Region Think?

2019CarnegieEgyptFederiga BindiForeign RelationsIntissar FakirJake WallesMarwan MuasherMichele DunnePaperSarah YerkesYasmine FaroukZaha Hassan
June 24, 2019 17:14 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): ZAHA HASSAN, SARAH YERKES, YASMINE FAROUK, MICHELE DUNNE, MARWAN MUASHER, INTISSAR FAKIR, FEDERIGA BINDI, JAKE WALLES Original Link:  https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/06/24/trump-s-middle-east-peace-plan-is-in-works.-what-does-region-think-pub-79365 Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to strike a peace deal between Israelis and...

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Triangle of Egypt, Hamas, and Israel Relations

2019Dr. Adnan Abu AmerEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
June 24, 2019 16:14 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dr. Adnan Abu Amer Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/triangle-of-egypt-hamas-and-israel-relations/ Several months after the Egypt-brokered humanitarian understandings between Hamas and Israel, there is growing talk in Israel that the Egyptian mediation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza serves Israel’s strategic objectives in the Gaza...

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Now That Morsi Is Gone, Sisi Should Ease His Crackdown

2019Barak BarfiCivil SocietyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperWashington Institute
June 21, 2019 17:23 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Barak Barfi Original Link:  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/now-that-morsi-is-gone-sisi-should-ease-his-crackdown Mohamed Morsi’s death in a Cairo courthouse is an ignominious end for a man who briefly led the Arab world’s most populous country. Though in many ways little more than a figurehead, he nevertheless symbolized the...

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TIMEP Brief: Bankruptcy Law

2019EconomyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 20, 2019 17:57 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/egypts-bankruptcy-law/ The Bankruptcy Law eliminates prison sentences for individuals who declare bankruptcy, except in cases of fraudulent behavior, though it increases the penalties for those individuals convicted of bankruptcy fraud. The law also creates mechanisms that...

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Strengthening Egypt’s Refugee Programs

2019Civil SocietyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsNoha SebaieePaperWilson Centre
June 20, 2019 17:49 pm
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Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Noha Sebaiee Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/strengthening-egypts-refugee-programs-0 Over the past two years the number of registered refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt has increased by 21 percent. Today, Egypt is among the highest destination countries in Africa receiving documented and undocumented immigrants. Many are African...

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The tragedy of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperShadi Hamid
June 19, 2019 17:34 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link:  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/mohamed-morsi-and-end-egyptian-democracy/591982/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/06/19/the-tragedy-of-egypts-mohamed-morsi/ Mohamed Morsi’s life, especially his later life, was the product of a series of accidents. When I first met him, he was a senior but...

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EGYPT: GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS UNDER PRESIDENT AL-SISI -AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSION FOR THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW, 34TH SESSION OF THE UPR WORKING GROUP, NOVEMBER 2019

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
June 19, 2019 17:00 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1202532019ENGLISH.pdf This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt in November 2019. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Egypt in its previous UPR, including in relation to freedom of...

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Morsi’s Death Is yet Another Sombre Milestone in Egypt’s Transition

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesLucia ArdoviniMediaPaper
June 18, 2019 17:40 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Lucia Ardovini Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/morsis-death-yet-another-sombre-milestone-egypts-transition-23329 Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, collapsed and died on June 17th after addressing a state court during his trial for espionage charges. The ex-president...

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Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies

2019Atlantic CouncilCulture, Education and DevelopmentDavid WemerDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaper
June 18, 2019 17:27 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): David A. Wemer Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/mohammed-morsi-egypt-s-first-democratically-elected-president-dies Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, died after an appearance in a Cairo courtroom on June 17. Morsi was in a hearing facing espionage charges, reportedly stemming from alleged...

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Former president Mohamed Morsi dies in court session, rights groups point to lack of proper medical care in detention

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrMediaMostafa MohiePaperRana Mamdouh
June 18, 2019 16:33 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mostafa Mohie and Rana Mamdouh Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/18/feature/politics/former-president-mohamed-morsi-dies-in-court-session-rights-groups-point-to-lack-of-proper-medical-care-in-detention/ Former President Mohamed Morsi collapsed and died on Monday while attending a court hearing in a retrial of a case in which he stood accused of...

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