Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy

The Project on Middle East Democracy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to examining how genuine democracies can develop in the Middle East and how the U.S. can best support that process. Through dialogue, research and advocacy, POMED works to strengthen the constituency for U.S. policies that peacefully support reform in the Middle East.

Publications:

• Snapshot – Follow the Money to the Truth about Al-Sisi’s Egypt January 7, 2022
• Report – Popular Politics in Egypt: From the 2011 Revolution to al-Sisi’s Authoritarian Revival August 17, 2021
• Expert Q&A – Beyond Rhetoric: How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? June 17, 2021
• The Pandemic: A View from Egypt May 6, 2021
• Ten Years After Mubarak’s Fall, What is Egypt’s Biggest Challenge? February 22, 2021
• POMED’S Amy Hawthorne Testifies on Egypt before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs September 10, 2020
• Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction July 30, 2020
• Fact Sheet – What Does an Annual $1.3 Billion in Military Assistance to Egypt Buy American Taxpayers? July 30, 2020
• What Egypt is Losing by Silencing Journalists During the Pandemic June 29, 2020
• Report – U.S. Security Assistance to Egypt: Examining the Return on Investment May 5, 2020
• Fact Sheet – Egypt’s “New” NGO Law: As Draconian as the Old One September 23, 2019
• Q&A – Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments Erode Judicial Independence April 17, 2019
• Fact Sheet – Egypt Under Pressure: Examining the Dangers of Proposed Constitutional Amendments April 2, 2019
• Not Over Yet: Latest Wave of Middle East Protests A Reminder of 2011’s Unmet Demands March 7, 2019
• Report – Fighting Corruption or Protecting the Regime? Egypt’s Administrative Control Authority February 6, 2019
• Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law December 12, 2018
• Fact Sheet – Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Egypt August 22, 2018
• Losing Egypt to Russia Isn’t the Real Problem—but Collapse Is – The National Interest July 31, 2018
• Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens May 25, 2018
• “Egypt’s Sham Election” Essay in Foreign Affairs May 7, 2018
• Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Campaign against Civil Society May 7, 2018
• Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Antidemocratic Parliament May 7, 2018
• Snapshot – The Wrong Target: Egypt Imprisons Nonviolent Student Activist For Terrorism May 7, 2018
• Snapshot – Stripping Away Identity: The Dangers of a Repressive New Nationality Law in Egypt May 7, 2018
• Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction May 7, 2018
• The Civil Democratic Movement: Sisi’s Regime Reacts to Its Greatest Fear May 4, 2018
• A New Hope for NGO’s in Egypt May 4, 2018
• Fact Sheet – Dropping Like Flies: Sisi’s Purge of Potential Candidates in Egypt’s 2018 Presidential “Election” April 27, 2018
• The Working Group on Egypt’s Letter to General McMaster and Acting Secretary of State Sullivan March 26, 2018
• Fact Sheet – What Does an Annual $1.3 Billion in Military Assistance to Egypt Buy American Taxpayers? January 18, 2018
• The Role of the Public Prosecution in Egypt’s Repression July 1, 2017
• Report: Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt October 30, 2016
• Under Threat: Egypt’s Systematic Campaign against NGOs March 1, 2015