Egypt’s Elections Give Sisi Chance to Tighten Grip

Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/10/egypt-sisi-morsi-elections-muslim-brotherhood/ Two years after the military ousted the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government of President Mohammed Morsi, and nearly three years since the dissolution of the country’s parliament, Egypt is scheduled to hold a new round of...

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Egypt: The New Puritans

Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Khalil al Anani, Garrett Nada Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/egypt-the-new-puritans Egypt’s Salafi Nour Party is the only Islamist party that will compete in the upcoming parliamentary elections on October 18 and 19. The party supported Egypt’s military during their 2013 crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which has since...

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Taking On Egypt’s Big Bureaucracy

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/taking-egypt%E2%80%99s-big-bureaucracy Since the 1990s, the need for streamlined procedures to facilitate business, trade and investment has grown to crisis proportions in Egypt. But the political will to deliver administrative reform was always lacking, not least because it would involve lay-offs...

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What’s Behind Renewed Egyptian–Saudi Ties

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed El-Shewy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/61661 Egyptian–Saudi relations are witnessing an apparent renewal. Seemingly unshakeable in the immediate aftermath of the military-backed removal of Mohamed Morsi in 2013, ties between the two countries have been notably tense since the beginning of 2015. But grudging necessity, not trust...

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Why Egypt’s New Parliament Will Be Born Broken

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/10/13/why-egypt-s-new-parliament-will-be-born-broken-pub-61608 Over the coming weeks, Egyptians will vote in parliamentary elections in which nobody knows who will win yet everybody knows the result. The regime will then claim (inaccurately) that the “road map” — announced when former...

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Changing Cairo’s Spaces from the Bottom Up

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/changing-cairo%E2%80%99s-spaces-bottom In mid-June, just before Ramadan, the pre-dawn calm of downtown Cairo was shattered by the sound of heavy machinery. The municipality had decided to repair the battered sidewalks, a fairly regular occurrence since shoddy concrete tiles are typically used...

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Working Paper- Arab Spring Protests and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Egyptian Revolution

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Nelly El-Mallakh, Mathilde Maurel Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/arab-spring-protests-and-Womens-labor-market-outcomes-evidence-from-the-egyptian-revolution/ Abstract: We analyze the effects of the 2011 Egyptian protests on the relative labor market conditions of women using panel information from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey...

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Working Paper- Empowerment is a Community Affair: Community Level Determinants of Married Women’s Empowerment in Egypt

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Hanan Nazier, Racha Ramadan Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/empowerment-is-a-community-affair-community-level-determinants-of-married-Womens-empowerment-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper examines the contextual and community-level determinants of multidimensional women’s empowerment in Egypt, while accounting for the usual...

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Working Paper- Political Instability, Uncertainty, Democracy, and Economic Growth in Egypt

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hossam Eldin Mohammed Abdelkader Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/political-instability-uncertainty-democracy-and-economic-growth-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper aims to determine if there is a relationship between political instability, uncertainty, and political regime, on the one hand, and economic growth in Egypt, on the other...

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Half-baked, the Other Side of Egypt’s Baladi Bread Subsidy

Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): Oday Kamal Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/half_baked_the_other_side_of_egypt_s_baladi_bread_subsidy Snapshot: The baladi bread subsidy is one of the most contentious subsidy systems in Egypt. It has played a key role in the country’s political economy throughout its...

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Sisi’s Struggle for Egypt

Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/sisis-struggle-egypt I have always wondered why leaders of foreign countries feel the need to publish opinion pieces in American newspapers of record. Who exactly are they trying to influence? The folks at the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, the Treasury, and the

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