All Posts – Page 56 – Middle East Policy Platform

Why Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan should ditch a rushed, Washington-brokered Nile Treaty

2020 Addisu Lashitew Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Paper The Brookings Institution

February 18, 2020 19:09 pm

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Source: Brookings Author(s): Addisu Lashitew Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/02/18/why-ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-should-ditch-a-rushed-washington-brokered-nile-treaty/ The ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a point of contention among Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan in recent years. The GERD is now 70 percent complete and its reservoir...

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The Secrets behind Breaking Noses of Egyptian Statues!

2020 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Hussein Duqeil Paper

February 17, 2020 19:00 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-secrets-behind-breaking-noses-of-egyptian-statues/ Visitors of Egyptian antiquities often notice that there are deformities in many statues and sculptures, which arouses questions in their minds about the causes of these deformities, when they occurred, and who was behind this?...

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Deborah Lehr

Culture, Education and Development Deborah Lehr Economy Expert

February 12, 2020 20:18 pm

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Deborah Lehr serves as the Chairman of the Antiquities Coalition. She is also the founding Chairman of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University. In that capacity, she launched the International Coalition to raise the profile of the looting of antiquities in Egypt, resulting in a private-public partnership with the Egyptian government. In

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William Quandt

Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Expert Foreign Relations William Quandt

February 12, 2020 20:00 pm

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Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Virginia and author of numerous books on the Middle East and North Africa.

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Ezzedine Choukri Fishere

Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Expert Ezzedine Choukri Fishere

February 12, 2020 19:52 pm

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Ezzedine is a senior lecturer at Dartmouth College, novelist, and former diplomat. Follow Ezzedine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FishereEzzedine

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Nagwan Alashwal

Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Expert Nagwan Alashwal

February 12, 2020 18:54 pm

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Nagwan is a PhD researcher at European University Institute, Italy. Follow Nagwan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElashwalNagwan

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Personal Status of Copts: Crisis Made by State and Church

2020 Egypt Ishak Ibrahim Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 12, 2020 18:43 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/personal-status-of-copts-crisis-made-by-state-and-church/ Recently in a rare ruling, an Egyptian court, in a case brought by a Christian woman demanding the equal distribution of inheritance between herself and her male siblings, ruled that Christians...

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Egypt Behind Bars

2020 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Maged Mandour Paper

February 11, 2020 20:31 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/81045 Egypt’s penal system, defined by severe punishment and pre-trial abuses, impacts the state’s legitimacy, the rise of radicalization, and prospects for a transition. Read more at original link

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Egyptian Situation after 9th Anniversary of Jan. Revolution

2020 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

February 11, 2020 20:26 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Policy Analysis Unit Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-situation-after-9th-anniversary-of-jan-revolution/ The ninth anniversary of the January 2011 revolution has come after several months of relative movement of the Egyptian situation, but this time in a different way in the midst of calls for new demonstrations, something which...

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Green financing in Egypt

2020 Culture, Education and Development Deborah Lehr Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Paper

February 11, 2020 20:18 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Deborah Lehr Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/green-financing-egypt The green movement has been slow to catch on in Egypt, but the January announcement by the Egyptian government that it is finalizing plans to launch the country’s first green bonds could provide the financial incentives to further promote sustainable...

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Global tech and domestic tactics: Egypt’s multifaceted regime of information controls

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Joey Shea Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 31, 2020 20:39 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Joey Shea Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/global-tech-and-domestic-tactics-egypts-multifaceted-regime-of-information-controls/ Egyptian security agencies have effectively combined sophisticated technology purchased internationally with their own home-grown surveillance and censorship tactics to produce a...

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Libyan Dilemma and Egyptian National Security

2020 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Omar Khalaf Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 31, 2020 20:18 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omar Khalaf Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/libyan-dilemma-and-egyptian-national-security/ The recent mobilization of the political regime in Egypt against international interventions in Libya in favor of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and its regional allies comes in the wake of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum of...

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