Omar Khalaf
Omar Khalaf is an Egyptian researcher, Master of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. https://en.eipss-eg.org/author/omar-samir-khalaf-en/
Learn MoreWhose Lives Matter? An Equivocal Approach to American Detainees
2020Allison McmanusEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 29, 2020 15:55 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Allison Mcmanus Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/whose-lives-matter-an-equivocal-approach-to-american-detainees/ On January 13, Mustafa Kassem died tragically of heart failure in a cold cell in Egypt’s Tora Prison. Kassem, a U.S. citizen and by all accounts an innocent man who spent six and a half years in...
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Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyExpertMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsSarah El BattoutySecurity and Counter-Terrorism
January 29, 2020 15:15 pm
Sarah El Battouty is a non-resident scholar at MEI. She is an award-winning architect with 18 years’ experience in the field of green and environmental building. Sarah is the founder of one of Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing companies, ECOnsult, which has carried out the most certified energy-saving projects in Egypt. Her design work spans from
Learn MoreQ&A – “Why Did Egyptian Democratization Fail?” Fourteen Experts Respond
2020Abdelrahman AyyashAmy HawthorneAndrew MillerBahey Eldin HassanCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEzzedine Choukri FishereHafsa HalawaKhalil Al AnaniMichael Wahid HannaMichele DunneNagwan AlashwalPaperSahar AzizShadi HamidSteven A. CookWilliam QuandtZeinab Abul-Magd
January 28, 2020 20:02 pm
Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Edited by Amy Hawthorne and Andrew Miller; Zeinab Abul-Magd, Khalil Al-Anani, Nagwan Al Ashwal, Abdelrahman Ayyash, Sahar Aziz, Steven Cook, Michele Dunne, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Hafsa Halawa, Shadi Hamid, Michael Hanna, Bahey eldin Hassan, and William Quandt Original Link: ...
Learn MoreSustainable development: An unavoidable path for Egypt’s future
January 28, 2020 15:17 pm
Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Sarah El Battouty Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sustainable-development-unavoidable-path-egypts-future Egypt has realized a significant number of changes in healthcare, education, and economic reform policy over the past decade. It is also increasingly looking toward policy for development that emphasizes cohesive problem solving, in...
Learn MoreNathan Toronto
In Libya, Egypt is in a sort of debtor’s prison. Given the trajectory of the Middle East and North Africa since the so-called Arab Spring a decade ago, not to mention the 1,158 kilometer border shared with Libya and arms flows from the country to Sinai, Egypt’s involvement in Libya was virtually a foregone conclusion.
Learn MoreCaught in a Debtor’s Prison
January 28, 2020 14:54 pm
Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan Toronto Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80901 In Libya, Egypt is in a sort of debtor’s prison. Given the trajectory of the Middle East and North Africa since the so-called Arab Spring a decade ago, not to mention the 1,158 kilometer border shared with Libya and arms flows from the country to Sinai, Egypt’s involvement in
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Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEugenio DacremaExpertIslamic Movements and InstitutionsItalian Institute for International Political Studies
January 27, 2020 19:30 pm
Eugenio Dacrema is an Associate Research Fellow for the MENA Centre at ISPI. Currently, he is a PhD student at the University of Trento. He completed his bachelors at the University of Pavia and his master degree at the University of Bologna in International Sciences with a specialisation in development economics. He studied Arabic for
Learn MoreEgypt’s Support of Khalifa Haftar: Forms and Motives
2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
January 24, 2020 22:16 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-support-of-khalifa-haftar-forms-and-motives/ Since Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in Egypt after the military coup that he led against the first elected civilian president, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, on July 3, 2013, he has been working to change the doctrine of the Egyptian army. After...
Learn MoreThe Long-Term Revolution: Protest Participation in the Arab World From 2011 to 2019
2020Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEugenio DacremaForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
January 24, 2020 19:37 pm
Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Eugenio Dacrema Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/long-term-revolution-protest-participation-arab-world-2011-2019-24895 Over the last eight years, contentious actions such as street protests and sit-ins have been a constant presence in news reports from the MENA region. While a...
Learn MoreDevelopment of the military situation in Sinai – Dec.
January 23, 2020 20:54 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/development-of-the-military-situation-in-sinai-dec/ In December 2019, there was a varied activity by the Islamic State’s local organization, known as Sinai Province, in the evicted areas of Rafah, where the militant organization managed to diversify its attacks during December while...
Learn MoreSynergy in North Africa: Furthering Cooperation
January 21, 2020 19:26 pm
Source: Chatham House Author(s): Dr. Mohammed Masbah and Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/synergy-north-africa-furthering-cooperation Discussions of North African integration have evoked ideas of a shared identity and a common destiny in the region. However, recent attempts to build regional blocs in North Africa have been unsuccessful. This paper...
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