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The Fundamental Rights of Baha’is: An Excellent Opportunity to Expand Religious Freedom in Egypt

2021Amr EzzatDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 30, 2021 15:10 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Ezzat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-fundamental-rights-of-bahais-an-excellent-opportunity-to-expand-religious-freedom-in-egypt/ By the end of the current decade, a full century will have passed since the Egyptian state began to reluctantly admit the existence of adherents of the Baha’i Faith in Egypt...

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Atheists in Egypt: Life on the Edge of Civil Death

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIshak IbrahimMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 29, 2021 15:04 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/atheists-in-egypt-life-on-the-edge-of-civil-death/ Atheists and nonbelievers in Egypt continue to suffer regardless of the positive indications from officials regarding the freedom of religion and faith. Atheists in the country live between security-related...

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The Ten Problematics of the Egyptian Sovereign Fund

2021Abbas QabbariDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
December 23, 2021 16:00 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-ten-problematics-of-the-egyptian-sovereign-fund/ As for the Egyptian sovereign fund, until this moment, it depends on either funds transferred to it from the state budget despite its growing debts, or from the proceeds of liquidating some state-owned assets and removing the attribute of...

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What’s Behind the Partnership between Russia and Egypt?

2021Democracy and PoliticsDimitar BechevEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 17, 2021 17:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Dimitar Bechev Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/whats-behind-the-partnership-between-russia-and-egypt/ On December 9, 2021, Russia and Egypt launched a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Alexandria. The Russian navy deployed the frigate Admiral Grigorovich, a mainstay of its Mediterranean Squadron, part of the...

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Criminalization of Gender-Based Violence: A Legal Obligation

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMoushira KhattabPaperWilson CentreWomen Affairs
December 14, 2021 16:07 pm
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Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Moushira Khattab Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/criminalization-gender-based-violence-legal-obligation The COVID-19 pandemic, which spread worldwide in early in 2020, heightened the already grave risks widely faced by women across the MENA region. Women’s rights organizations, helplines, and shelters for survivors of domestic violence...

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Sexual Harassment Laws in Egypt: Does Stricter Mean More Effective?

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
December 14, 2021 16:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/sexual-harassment-laws-in-egypt-does-stricter-mean-more-effective/ In Egypt, sexual harassment is a major public threat against women for which there has been no sustainable policy or practice. Such harassment can range from verbal to physical—the latter of which...

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Egypt’s growing regional energy role

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
December 13, 2021 15:59 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-flurry-diplomatic-exchanges-eve-gcc-summit#mabrouk Egypt has long stated its goal of becoming a regional energy hub and it is ramping up its efforts to achieve that aim. Read more at original link

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Sudan Coup: The Regional Interference behind a Faltering Transition

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaper
December 11, 2021 15:22 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sudan-coup-the-regional-interference-behind-a-faltering-transition/ On October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing Sovereign Council, sacked the civilian government, and temporarily detained Prime...

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Operation Sirli and systematic killing of Egyptian civilians

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsHassan SaabHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaper
December 10, 2021 14:59 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hassan Saab Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/operation-sirli-and-systematic-killing-of-egyptian-civilians/ Documented reports recently revealed by “Disclose”, a well-known French investigative website, have raised an uproar in both France and Egypt, concerning secret security and intelligence cooperation between the two countries that...

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Egypt’s Counterinsurgency Success in Sinai

2021EgyptHuman RightsIdo LevyIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiWashington Institute
December 09, 2021 15:10 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Ido Levy Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/egypts-counterinsurgency-success-sinai The military’s shift to tribal engagement has helped reduce jihadist attacks, but Cairo’s lagging efforts on development and human rights could leave the peninsula open to a future resurgence. Read more at original link

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The Luck Of The Pharaohs

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHoover InstitutionPaperSamuel Tadros
December 07, 2021 15:19 pm
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Source: Hoover Institution Author(s): Samuel Tadros Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/luck-pharaohs In his seminal essay, The Sorrows of Egypt, the late Fouad Ajami, noted, in his masterful prose, the numerous sorrows of modern Egypt, from the steady decline of its public life, its dependence on foreign handouts, to the deep sense of disappointment that engulfs the country as it...

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A legal review of Sisi’s decision to abolish emergency law

2021Ali ShaikhounDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
December 06, 2021 15:41 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ali Shaikhoun Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/a-legal-review-of-sisis-decision-to-abolish-emergency-law/ The Egyptian media have cheered Sisi’s decision to abolish the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 and its amendments; and many of those who voluntarily listen to the propaganda of Egyptian pro-regime media have rejoiced...

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