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Egypt as an Authoritarian Vanguard

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsNoha KhaledPaperSherif Mohy El Deen
December 17, 2019 22:36 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Sherif Mohyeldeen and Noha Khaled Original Link:  https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80585 Among the hundreds of chants by Arab protestors in Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, and Lebanon during recent months of demonstrations, in what may be considered a second wave of the so-called Arab Spring, those directed against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi have been...

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Mapping European Leverage in the MENA Region: Egypt

2019Adel Abdel GhafarDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEuropean Council On Foreign RelationsForeign RelationsPaper
December 17, 2019 19:58 pm
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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link:  https://www.ecfr.eu/specials/mapping_eu_leverage_mena/egypt Since the removal of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s president in 2011, Europe’s objectives and influence in the country have undergone a series of fluctuations. Under Mubarak, Egypt had a fairly straightforward relationship with Europe. This...

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ʿAbd al-Fattah al-Sisi’s “Rehabilitation of Anwar al-Sadat”

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign RelationsMira TzoreffPaperThe Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies
December 15, 2019 19:08 pm
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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Author(s): Mira Tzoreff Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/abd-al-fattah-al-sisis-rehabilitation-anwar-al-sadat In his 1882 lecture titled “What is a nation?,” the French philosopher Ernest Renan claimed that “the essence of a nation is that all of its members have a great deal in common and also that that they have...

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Egypt Parliament Watch Session IV Report: October 2018 – July 2019

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 13, 2019 19:05 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/epw/egypt-parliament-watch-session-iv-report-october-2018-july-2019/ When Egypt’s current legislature gathered under the dome of the parliament building on January 10, 2016, the country completed the final step in its “democratic road map.” But simply convening as a parliament...

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Ramy Kamel, Mada Masr, and Seeing Coptic Issues as Civil Liberties in Egypt

2019Amy FallasCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMediaMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 12, 2019 19:42 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amy Fallas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/ramy-kamel-mada-masr-and-seeing-coptic-issues-as-civil-liberties-in-egypt/ On November 23 security forces arrested Ramy Kamel, a Coptic activist and founder of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU), from his home in Cairo, preventing him from accessing legal representation...

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Egypt, Sudan Impasse under GERD Declaration of Principles

2019Adel RafikEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaper
December 12, 2019 19:17 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Adel Rafik Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-sudan-impasse-under-gerd-declaration-of-principles/ This report, published on the official page of Prof. Dr. Ahmed El-Mofti, a Sudanese academic and legal water expert who was member of the International Commission overseeing GERD, consists of two main parts, as follows: –...

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The Road to Egypt’s 6th of October

2019Angie OmarCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptPaperWashington Institute
December 11, 2019 18:42 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Angie Omar Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-road-to-egypts-6th-of-october Egypt, with all its variety, novelty, and antiquity, also happens to have a sophisticated Uber service. On a quick Uber trip from Cairo’s Abdeen neighborhood to the 6th of October city in Giza governorate, I had the chance to ride with a...

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What Will It Take to Repair Middle Eastern Economies?

2019Bilal WahabEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperWashington Institute
December 10, 2019 19:46 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Bilal Wahab Original Link:  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-will-it-take-to-repair-middle-eastern-economies The Middle East is among the world’s richest regions in natural resources, but despite the Persian Gulf ’s ostentatious oil wealth, as a whole, the region teeters on the economic precipice. East Asia, South Asia, and...

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“Freedom for the Black Gown”: Egypt’s Crackdown on Lawyers and the Rule of Law

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUncategorizedYasmin Omar
December 10, 2019 19:29 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/freedom-for-the-black-gown-egypts-crackdown-on-lawyers-and-the-rule-of-law/ In 2016, Egyptian human rights lawyers launched “Freedom for the Black Gown,” a campaign dedicated to highlighting the ongoing crackdown that had expanded to include the legal community. The...

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Demarcation of Maritime Borders and Egyptian Strategic Interests

2019Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsKhaled FouadPaper
December 10, 2019 19:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/demarcation-of-maritime-borders-and-egyptian-strategic-interests/ In the wake of the agreement signed between Turkey and Libya last November on demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries, several questions were raised about maritime border demarcation in the Eastern...

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How the Egyptian State Codifies Media Censorship

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaNourhan FahmyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 09, 2019 19:09 pm
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Source:  The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Nourhan Fahmy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/how-the-egyptian-state-codifies-media-censorship/ With a raid on one of Egypt’s only independent news media outlets and the arrest of four additional journalists in just two weeks, rights groups and press freedom advocates sounded the alarm yet again regarding the...

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TIMEP Brief: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

2019EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 09, 2019 19:05 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEOP Original Link:  https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam/ The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 6,500-megawatt hydroelectric power plant being constructed in Ethiopia, has been a major point of contention between Egypt and its southern neighbors, as the completion of the dam poses...

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