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Egyptian Political Parties and the Civil Society Crisis

2016Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperRagab SaadThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 10, 2016 03:34 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egyptian-political-parties-and-the-civil-society-crisis/ In Egyptian politics, the stances of political movements and parties on human rights and citizenship vary according to their relationship with the incumbent regime. A quick review of the positions of the prominent...

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Students and Democratization in Egypt

2016Abdel-Fattah MadyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperWilson CentreYouth
May 06, 2016 03:47 am
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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Abdel-Fattah Mady Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/students-and-democratization-egypt Students at Egyptian universities have joined the public protest against Egypt’s recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to give up control of the Red Sea islands of Sanafir and Tiran. The students chanted “the people want the downfall of the regime,” a...

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Politics or piety? Why the Muslim Brotherhood engages in social service provision: A conversation

2016Amr DarragEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperSteven BrookeThe Brookings Institution
May 06, 2016 03:36 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Amr Darrag, Steven Brooke Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/politics-or-piety-why-the-muslim-brotherhood-engages-in-social-service-provision-a-conversation/ SUMMARY “Islamists on Islamism Today” is a new series within Brookings’s Rethinking Political Islamproject. In this series, we will hear directly from Islamist activists and...

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Working Paper- Women’s participation in Labor Market in Egypt: Constraints and Opportunities

2016Economic Research ForumEconomyHanan NazierPaperRacha RamadanWomen Affairs
May 01, 2016 05:53 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hanan Nazier, Racha Ramadan Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/Womens-participation-in-labor-market-in-egypt-constraints-and-opportunities/ Abstract: This research deals with female labor force participation and its determinants in the Egyptian society using the “Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey” (ELMPS) 2012.  More precisely, the paper...

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Working Paper- Inequality of Opportunity in Wages and Consumption in Egypt

2016Caroline KrafftDjavad Salehi-IsfahaniEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptJohn RoemerPaperRagui Assaad
May 01, 2016 03:44 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, John Roemer, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/inequality-of-opportunity-in-wages-and-consumption-in-egypt/ Abstract: We provide in this paper measures of inequality of opportunity of wages and consumption for Egypt at different points in time from 1988 to 2012. A standard way of...

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Working Paper- Returns to Schooling in Egypt

2016Abdurrahman AydemirCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptMeltem Dayioglu TayfurMurat KirdarPaperRagui Assaad
May 01, 2016 03:37 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Abdurrahman Aydemir, Meltem Dayioglu Tayfur, Murat Kirdar Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/returns-to-schooling-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper estimates the returns to schooling in Egypt using a policy reform that reduced primary school from 6 to 5 years. As a result of this reform, which was implemented in 1988, compulsory...

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Sisi Sours on the Media

2016CarnegieEgyptMediaMohamed ElmeshadPaper
April 29, 2016 03:34 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed ElMeshad Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/63493 On April 13, 2016, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a 93-minute “conversation with representatives of the general public” that was in essence a speech. After the one and only attempt by an attendee to contribute, Sisi thundered, “I did not give anyone permission to speak!”...

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Tiran, Sanafir, and the Island of Executive Power in Egypt

2016Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
April 21, 2016 03:38 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tiran-sanafir-and-the-island-of-executive-power-in-egypt/ From an outside perspective, the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabian control may seem relatively uneventful. The Straits of Tiran can easily be controlled or defended from Sinai given how...

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King Salman’s Visit to Cairo, and the Transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia

2016EgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaperShlomo BromThe Institute For National Security StudiesYoel Guzansky
April 19, 2016 03:38 am
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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoel Guzansky, Shlomo Brom Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/king-salmans-visit-to-cairo-and-the-transfer-of-tiran-and-sanafir-to-saudi-arabia/ During Saudi King Salman’s 5-day visit to Cairo, which began on April 7, 2016, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a series of agreements on a range of topics, reflecting...

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Youth unemployment and the ‘Egyptian right wing’

2016Amr AdlyEconomyMadamasrPaperYouth
April 13, 2016 05:56 am
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/04/13/opinion/economy/youth-unemployment-and-the-egyptian-right-wing/ I watch the TV program “Hona al-Asema” (Here’s the Capital), which airs on the privately owned CBC and is hosted by anchor Lamis al-Hadidy, on a regular basis. Not only because it offers a more professional level of analysis of the...

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Livin’ on the Edge: Irregular Migration in Egypt

2016Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyJan Claudius VölkelMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 12, 2016 05:53 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jan Claudius Völkel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/livin%E2%80%99-edge-irregular-migration-egypt Since the mid-2000s, Egypt has developed into a main transit country for irregular migrants, either to Libya or to Israel. Now, as the traditional paths have largely been closed, many migrants and refugees are blocked in Cairo and along...

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Egypt’s Unenviable Economy

2016EconomyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
April 07, 2016 05:56 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-unenviable-economy/ Egypt’s economy is saddled with an array of complicated and interrelated challenges. The government is burdened with the unenviable task of addressing and overcoming these challenges in a weak global context for emerging economies. Unemployment...

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