Source: Wilson Center Author(s): David Ottaway Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/hosni-mubaraks-dramatic-rise-and-fall-power Hosni Mubarak, who died Tuesday, February 25 at 91, came to power under dramatic circumstances and was overthrown in equally dramatic ones. In between, he ruled Egypt for thirty years with a steady hand, only to leave behind myriad problems...
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/02/25/hosni-mubaraks-risk-averse-reign-brought-egypt-to-calamity/ On my first day as an Obama administration deputy assistant secretary of state in November 2009, I sat down with my boss Jeff Feltman and his principal deputy Ron Schlicher for a meeting. “What are your...
Learn MoreSource: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice and Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/legitto-tra-crisi-libica-e-questione-mediorientale-25147 After the protests that broke out in September 2019 in the main Egyptian cities in protest against the rampant corruption within the Egyptian power system, the internal...
Learn MoreSource: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-puzzling-dilemma-escalating-challenges-and-obstructed-mobilization/ When Egypt’s historic revolution erupted in 2011, stunning the world with its magnitude, peacefulness, organization, and solidarity, the popular demands chanted by the Egyptian people were...
Learn MoreDr. Sahar Khamis is an expert on Arab and Muslim media, and the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University. She is a former Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. She is the co-author of the books: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace (Palgrave
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Benedikt Barthelmess, Jean Langlois Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/how-can-egypt-capitalize-its-start-boom There has been a largely overlooked yet significant trend in entrepreneurship in Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country. Much of this has been concentrated in the country’s two main economic centers, Cairo and Alexandria...
Learn MoreBenedikt is an economist who is currently teaching at Sciences Po, Paris. He is a former visiting researcher at the Cairo-based Centre d’études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales (CEDEJ).
Learn MoreMohammed Aly Sergie is the head of media relations and thought leadership at Siemens in the Middle East. He was previously an editor at Bloomberg News where he shaped coverage of energy and commodities in the region and was the company’s sole reporter in Qatar. Prior to Bloomberg, he was a senior writer/editor at the
Learn MoreJonathan Masters leads writers and editors who produce wide-ranging content for CFR.org, including Backgrounders, visual stories, and events. He also writes on foreign policy and national security and his work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, and Bloomberg. Masters has a BA in political science from Emory University and an MA in social theory from the
Learn MoreSource: Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Jonathan Masters and Mohammed Aly Sergie Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/arab-league Founded as a loose confederation of states in 1945, the Arab League has struggled to overcome dysfunction and disunity among its members. Read more at original link
Learn MoreAddisu Lashitew is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He has previously held postdoctoral researcher positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Simon Fraser University (Canada). Lashitew’s research interest spans various topics in development economics, including firm growth and productivity, resource...
Learn MoreSource: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde01/1357/2020/en/ This report documents the state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa during 2019. It is composed of a regional overview and 19 country entries, subdivided by key human rights themes. Mass protests shook the region and authorities responded with...
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