2019 – Page 24 – Middle East Policy Platform

Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping the Field and Addressing Policy Dilemmas at the Post-2011 Juncture

2019 Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Katerina Dalacoura Minorities Paper Women Affairs

March 31, 2019 17:21 pm

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Source: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Author(s): Katerina Dalacoura Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/menara_papers/final_report/women_and_gender_in_the_middle_east_and_north_africa_mapping_the_field_and_addressing_policy_dilemmas_at_the_post_2011_juncture This report offers a “map” of the diverse situations of women in the post-2011 MENA...

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Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review – EGYPT

2019 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 29, 2019 17:19 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP and The Law Society of England & Wales Original Link: https://timep.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/UPR-Egypt.pdf As part of a commitment to producing knowledge and analysis on the policies implicating the rule of law in the Middle East, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) and the Law Society

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Egypt’s Political Exiles: Going Anywhere but Home

2019 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Michele Dunne Paper

March 29, 2019 14:10 pm

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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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Egypt and Israel: From Peace between Leaders and Armies to Peace between Peoples

2019 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Foreign Relations Ofir Winter Paper The Institute For National Security Studies Udi Dekel

March 27, 2019 15:35 pm

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Udi Dekel Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-israel-peace-leaders-armies-peace-peoples/ March 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. This signed agreement affirmed peace as the strategic choice of both countries, and in turn distanced them from the...

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Post Egypt’s Jan. Revolution: Is the bad language still ’bad’?

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Media Nada ZainAlabidin Paper

March 27, 2019 14:51 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nada ZainAlabidin Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/post-egypts-jan-revolution-is-the-bad-language-still-bad/ – So, you are really trying to work on understanding the idea of using ‘Ahha’ in the community? -Yes, I do -Ahha![1] In 2015, za2ed18 website published a short video on YouTube titled “How do Egyptians insult?[2]”, the...

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Transitional Justice in Egypt: Scopes of Application

2019 Asmaa Khairy Civil Society Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Paper

March 26, 2019 14:57 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Khairy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/transitional-justice-in-egypt-scopes-of-application/ For about two years, a civil-military conflict has been going on in Egypt. It started with the army ousting the civilian elected president Dr. Mohamed Morsi. The conflict resulted in a death toll over 3500 persons, and around 41,000...

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The Second Step in Egypt-Israel Peace Is a Tall One

2019 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Foreign Relations Haisam Hassanein Paper Washington Institute

March 26, 2019 13:58 pm

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Source: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-second-step-in-egypt-israel-peace-is-a-tall-one March 26 marks the fortieth anniversary of the U.S.-brokered peace treaty signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. To commemorate that historic...

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Current Crisis in Egypt’s Faba Beans Crop

2019 Ahmed Zikrallah Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

March 25, 2019 15:36 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/current-crisis-in-egypts-faba-beans-crop/ Egypt has recently witnessed a sharp crisis in the production of the faba beans crop which has decreased significantly, partly due to the decline of the area used for cultivating Egypt’s strategic crop. The head of the Farmers’ Syndicate indicated...

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Youth Empowerment towards Political Change

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Judicial Affairs Marim Ali Paper Youth

March 21, 2019 17:20 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Marim Ali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/youth-empowerment-towards-political-change/ Lots of government policies promised young Egyptians a better future from the time the newly elected president Al-sisi reached authority. While the 2011 revolution came out as a collective action against decades of oppression, corruption and total...

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Egypt: The Military Scene in February

2019 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Mahmoud Gamal Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 20, 2019 15:57 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-military-scene-in-february/ Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi left Cairo on Thursday, 14 February 2019, heading to Munich, Germany, to participate in the Munich Security Conference 2019. During the conference, Sisi gave a speech focusing on counterterrorism strategies and referring to the...

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In the Name of the People: a report on death sentences issued in 2018 and an analysis of the application of the death penalty in Egyptian courts

2019 Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

March 20, 2019 15:03 pm

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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author(s): Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/press/2019/03/name-people-report-death-penalty-2018 The report reviews and documents death sentences issued in Egypt throughout 2018 and attempts to analyze patterns of handing down death sentences verdicts by Egyptian courts, tracking quantitative and...

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Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood After the Arab Uprisings

2019 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Osama Al-Sayyad Paper Tamer Badawi

March 19, 2019 14:27 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Tamer Badawi and Osama Al-Sayyad Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2019/03/19/mismatched-expectations-iran-and-muslim-brotherhood-after-arab-uprisings-pub-78621 Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, despite falling on opposite sides of the Middle East’s Sunni-Shia divide, both see benefits in cultivating ties. For Iran, outreach to the Brotherhood, particularly the...

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