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How Far Will Sisi’s Government Go to Crush Protests?

2019Amr MagdiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
September 23, 2019 19:06 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Amr Magdi Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/23/how-far-will-sisis-government-go-crush-protests Time and again, Egyptian security forces have responded to peaceful protests with harsh oppression. Rare public protests this weekend were met with tear gas, the firing of live bullets, and mass arrests. Lawyers in Cairo talk of hundreds of...

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Beijing calling: Assessing China’s growing footprint in North Africa

2019Adel Abdel GhafarAnna JacobsCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Brookings Institution
September 23, 2019 19:03 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/beijing-calling-assessing-chinas-growing-footprint-in-north-africa/ As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East, and as Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa. China has been strategically...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s “New” NGO Law: As Draconian as the Old One

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
September 23, 2019 18:51 pm
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Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): N/A Original Link:  https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-new-ngo-law-as-draconian-as-the-old-one/ As Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the UN General Assembly this week—and meets today with President Donald Trump—he likely will aim to divert attention from this weekend’s anti-regime protests in Cairo and several other...

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Anti-Corruption Protests Roiling Egypt Add to Regional Insecurity

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMichele DunnePaper
September 23, 2019 14:12 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link:  https://www.axios.com/anticorruption-protests-roil-egypt-regional-insecurity-4bef19d9-25cc-4aa8-9c77-1a21081e1f21.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/09/23/anti-corruption-protests-roiling-egypt-add-to-regional-insecurity-pub-79899...

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Shoot, post and share: The viral accusations against Sisi and the military that led to Friday’s protests

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMadamasrMediaOmar SaidPaperRana Mamdouh
September 21, 2019 18:53 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Omar Said and Rana Mamdouh Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/21/feature/politics/shoot-post-and-share-the-viral-accusations-against-sisi-and-the-military-that-led-to-fridays-protests/ Something big — that we do not yet fully understand — is happening in the halls of power. Maybe we know some of it, and will get to know more with time. Perhaps we won’t...

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Cairo’s Struggle to Contain North Sinai Militancy

2019EgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJemimah HudsonMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
September 20, 2019 18:46 pm
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation for Global Research and Analysis Author(s): Jemimah Hudson Original Link:  https://jamestown.org/program/cairos-struggle-to-contain-north-sinai-militancy/ On July 18, militants executed four individuals in the town of Bir al-Abd, in North Sinai, for alleged cooperation with the Egyptian security services. One day later, at least two people, including a civilian...

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Egypt’s cement industry disrupted by entry of military as major new market player

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMadamasrOmaima IsmailPaper
September 18, 2019 18:29 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omaima Ismail   Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/18/feature/economy/egypts-cement-industry-disrupted-by-entry-of-military-as-major-new-market-player/ Egypt’s cement market was disrupted last year with the entry of the Armed Forces as a major new player in the industry.  In August 2018, the Arish Cement Company, which is...

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Strategic Consequences of Russia’s Economic Presence in the Suez Canal Zone

2019EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperRidvan Bari UrcostaThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
September 17, 2019 18:38 pm
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Source:  The Jamestown Foundation for Global Research and Analysis Author(s):  Ridvan Bari Urcosta Original Link:  https://jamestown.org/program/strategic-consequences-of-russias-economic-presence-in-the-suez-canal-zone/ Russia’s own interests in Egypt are multidimensional. But among the most intriguing in the last couple years has been the Egyptian government’s invitation to Russian...

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OPEN LETTER TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF EGYPT

2019Amnesty InternationalEgyptHuman RightsPaper
September 17, 2019 18:16 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/1062/2019/en/ The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. We are writing to strongly urge your government to use this occasion to address the...

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Sinai Deportees and Prospects of Protracted Conflict (2)

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsNouran HassanPaperSinai
September 17, 2019 18:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nouran Hassan Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/sinai-deportees-and-prospects-of-protracted-conflict-2/ The first part of this work has examined political strategies to dismantle the local identity of Bedouin tribes in northern Sinai, first by political mediation then by coercion and offense to end two communities’ physical presence in...

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Sisi’s Policy of Constant Change of Military Leaders

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
September 16, 2019 19:05 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/sisis-policy-of-constant-change-of-military-leaders/ Since assuming power following the July 2013 military coup, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has adopted a policy of constant change of military leaders, whether inside the army or those appointed as governors and heads of civil bodies...

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Sisi refutes contractor’s allegations that state funds were wasted on vanity projects at hastily organized youth conference

2019EconomyEgyptMadamasrMilitary AffairsPaper
September 15, 2019 19:11 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/15/feature/politics/sisi-refutes-contractors-allegations-that-state-funds-were-wasted-on-vanity-projects-at-hastily-organized-youth-conference/ In his first public response to accusations by a former business partner made in a series of viral videos over the past 10 days, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called...

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