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Satellite Imagery Shows Building Demolition in Northern Sinai

2018 Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

June 05, 2018 15:14 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/satellite-imagery/2018/05/22/satellite-imagery-shows-building-demolition-northern-0 The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the...

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Human Rights Issues: Enforced Disappearance – Egypt

2018 Alaa Abdelmonsef Civil Society Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

June 04, 2018 20:07 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Alaa Abdelmonsef Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-issues-enforced-disappearance-egypt/ Introduction Over the past few years, the term “enforced disappearance” has emerged on the surface of volatile and accelerating political events. The Egyptians were not familiar with such violation which deprives a person of law protection...

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Egypt: Activists Arrested in Dawn Raids Release Everyone Unfairly Detained

2018 Democracy and Politics Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper

June 01, 2018 19:59 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/31/egypt-activists-arrested-dawn-raids (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security forces have carried out a wave of arrests of critics of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in dawn raids since early May 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges against them appear to be solely based on their...

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The Middle East’s New Battle Lines

2018 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Security and Counter-Terrorism Yasser El-Shimy

June 01, 2018 19:53 pm

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Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2018/05/18/middle-east-s-new-battle-lines-pub-76402 Riyadh and its Gulf allies view Cairo as a pivotal security partner. With the largest – and, arguably, most effective – standing military in the Arab world, Egypt has offered to become the ultimate bulwark of Gulf Arab national security. At...

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Selling hope without reward: youth unemployment in Egypt

2018 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Harry Pettit Paper

June 01, 2018 19:44 pm

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Harry Pettit Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2018/05/29/selling-hope-without-reward-youth-unemployment-egypt/ Many young educated Egyptians face difficulties locating secure employment that matches their skill levels and provides a solid foundation for marriage. This column argues that current initiatives intended to tackle the problem are...

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The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I

2018 Badr Shafei Civil Society Democracy and Politics Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper

May 28, 2018 16:10 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-brotherhood-from-revolution-to-coup-i/ The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I On the 90th anniversary of the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, seven years after the January Revolution; after the Brotherhood came to power and then was sent to prisons and detention centers –...

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Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

2018 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

May 25, 2018 17:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/22/egypt-army-intensifies-sinai-home-demolitions (Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there...

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Islamic State After Syria: A Dangerous New Stronghold in the Sinai

Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Scott N. Romaniuk Security and Counter-Terrorism The Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis Tobias J. Burgers

May 25, 2018 16:57 pm

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Source: The James Town Foundation For Global Research And Analysis Author(s): Tobias J. Burgers, Scott N. Romaniuk Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/islamic-state-after-syria-a-dangerous-new-stronghold-in-the-sinai/ Having once held domain over some eight million people and controlled territory reaching nearly to Baghdad, Islamic State (IS) has undergone a monumental decline. Where...

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Egypt’s sustainable development threatened by Ethiopian dam

2018 Amal Kandeel Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Paper

May 25, 2018 16:50 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egypt-s-stability-threatened-ethiopian-dam-defies-international-norms It is a travesty of unspeakable proportions that in the 21st century the construction of a mega-hydropower-generation project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—whose reservoir can store almost all the annual flow...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Pomed

May 25, 2018 16:45 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-totalitarian-turn/ Following his sham re-election in March 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is deepening his crackdown on dissent. Citizens involved in peaceful pro-democracy activism, research, or government criticism on social media have been detained under shadowy National Security Case 621/2018...

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Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians

2018 Ahmed Zikrallah Economy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

May 24, 2018 15:36 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/economics-investing-in-gold-for-egyptians/ Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians Investment in gold is a safe haven for protecting the wealth value, especially during times of global financial crises, for several reasons, including: 1- The limited quantities of gold: The total...

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Egypt’s Population: Boom or Bust?

Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Omer Karasapan Paper Sajjad Shah The Brookings Institution Youth

May 24, 2018 15:24 pm

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Source: Brookings Author(s): Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/05/22/egypts-population-boom-then-bust/ Egypt’s worrying population boom fails to generate the same headline attention as terrorist attacks, the impact of economic reforms on the poor, the country’s hyper-constrained politics, or accusations of human rights...

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