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Disinformation Campaign Targets Rape Victim and Witnesses in Egypt

2020Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsJoey SheaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 08, 2020 14:02 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Joey Shea Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/disinformation-campaign-targets-rape-victim-and-witnesses-in-egypt/ Egypt’s sexual assault reckoning intensified at the end of August when witnesses and campaigners involved in bringing to light a horrific gang-rape were arrested and smeared. Private...

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Rethinking Egypt’s Economy

2020Abla Abdel-LatifDeborah LehrEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk PaperSamer AtallahSarah El BattoutySherif KamelYasser Elnaggar
October 07, 2020 14:59 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk, Samer Atallah, Sherif Kamel, Sarah El Battouty, Deborah Lehr, Yasser Elnaggar, Abla Abdel-Latif Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/rethinking-egypts-economy Egypt is not alone in having been knocked into a pit by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will have to dig itself out on its own. However, if Egypt is...

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Will the lights stay on in Egypt?

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptHisham FahmyMiddle East InstitutePaper
October 07, 2020 14:25 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hisham Fahmy Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/will-lights-stay-egypt In the blistering summer of 2014, Egyptians were facing spontaneous electricity blackouts for up to six hours a day, waiting hours in gas station lines often long enough to stretch across entire neighborhoods, and enduring hundreds of terrorist attacks...

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Egypt: A Reading of the ‘Galabiya Protests’

2020Asmaa ShukrCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
October 07, 2020 14:18 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Shokr Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-a-reading-of-the-galabiya-protests/ The public opinion, both at home and abroad, has recently been preoccupied with the Egyptian issue after a whole week of the demonstrations that erupted in several Egyptian governorates and villages, demanding the departure of Sisi and his regime, due...

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Economic Fallacies in Statements of Egyptian Officials

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
October 05, 2020 14:09 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/economic-fallacies-in-statements-of-egyptian-officials/ Egyptian government officials have taken advantage of the regime’s one-voice media to disseminate economic data that are far from reality. Unfortunately, none of the economists is allowed to respond to these false statements via...

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The Road to (In)stability: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Egyptian Economy

2020EconomyEgyptHealthItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaperTimothy E. Kaldas
October 02, 2020 15:17 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/road-instability-impact-covid-19-egyptian-economy-27495 As in many parts of the world, COVID-19 has brought into sharper relief the structural problems in Egypt’s economy. In many respects, these problems are far from new. Egypt’s economy has had...

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Her Honor Setting the Bar: Fighting for Equality in Egypt’s Judiciary

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsOmnia GadallaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
October 02, 2020 14:15 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Omnia Gadalla Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/her-honor-setting-the-bar-fighting-for-equality-in-egypts-judiciary/ From time to time, the media covers the appointment of Egyptian women judges, celebrating their promotions into the ranks of the judiciary and displaying it as a step towards female empowerment and...

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Egypt: Protests to Set Limits for Gov. Policies

2020Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaperWessam Fauad
September 30, 2020 14:58 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-protests-to-set-limits-for-gov-policies/ Egypt had already witnessed a popular movement in September of last year, after Egyptian businessman “Mohamed Ali” on September 20, 2019, called on Egyptians to gather in front of their homes in protest against Sisi’s corrupt regime, under the...

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Will Egypt Send Troops to Libya?

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMichael HortonMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
September 28, 2020 14:09 pm
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation Author(s): Michael Horton Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/will-egypt-send-troops-to-libya/ On July 20, the Egyptian Parliament authorized the deployment of Egyptian armed forces outside of the country. The bill made no mention of Libya (Arab News, July 21). Nonetheless, the authorization serves as a proverbial shot across the bow for Turkey and...

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In Search of Balance: Egypt and the Great Powers

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesNael ShamaPaper
September 24, 2020 16:39 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Nael Shama Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/search-balance-egypt-and-great-powers-27407 In his recently-published memoirs, Egypt’s former foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, painted a clear picture of the prevalent mood inside Egypt’s ruling establishment concerning the country’s stance towards great...

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Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula: A Never-Ending Conflict

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptGuido OlimpioItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
September 24, 2020 16:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Guido Olimpio Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-sinai-peninsula-never-ending-conflict-27404 Check-points guarding the entrance to a village or road junction. In January and February, I crossed many of them in the southern regions of Egypt, on the Luxor-Aswan-Abu Simbel axis. The guards do not...

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Egypt’s Prospects as an Energy Export Hub Across Three Continents

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMichaël TanchumPaper
September 24, 2020 15:56 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Michaël Tanchum Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypts-prospects-energy-export-hub-across-three-continents-27408 Egypt is on the threshold of becoming a natural gas and electricity export hub, a development which, if it materializes, carries the potential to radically reconfigure the pattern of...

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