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Zaha Hassan

Carnegie Democracy and Politics Expert Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Zaha Hassan

June 24, 2019 16:56 pm

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Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focus is on Palestine-Israel peace, the use of international legal mechanisms by political movements, and U.S. foreign policy in the region. Previously, she was the coordinator and senior legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during

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Triangle of Egypt, Hamas, and Israel Relations

2019 Dr. Adnan Abu Amer Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

June 24, 2019 16:14 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dr. Adnan Abu Amer Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/triangle-of-egypt-hamas-and-israel-relations/ Several months after the Egypt-brokered humanitarian understandings between Hamas and Israel, there is growing talk in Israel that the Egyptian mediation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza serves Israel’s strategic objectives in the Gaza...

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Now That Morsi Is Gone, Sisi Should Ease His Crackdown

2019 Barak Barfi Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper Washington Institute

June 21, 2019 17:23 pm

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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Barak Barfi Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/now-that-morsi-is-gone-sisi-should-ease-his-crackdown Mohamed Morsi’s death in a Cairo courthouse is an ignominious end for a man who briefly led the Arab world’s most populous country. Though in many ways little more than a figurehead, he nevertheless symbolized the...

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Lina Attalah

Civil Society Expert Foreign Relations Lina Attalah Media

June 21, 2019 17:23 pm

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Lina Attalah is an Egyptian media figure and journalist. Attalah was the editor of the Egypt Independent before it was shut down, and later cofounded Mada Masr, an independent media platform, where she is the editor in chief. In addition to Egypt and the recent uprisings, her areas of interest include migration, border communities, technology,

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TIMEP Brief: Bankruptcy Law

2019 Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

June 20, 2019 17:57 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/egypts-bankruptcy-law/ The Bankruptcy Law eliminates prison sentences for individuals who declare bankruptcy, except in cases of fraudulent behavior, though it increases the penalties for those individuals convicted of bankruptcy fraud. The law also creates mechanisms that...

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Strengthening Egypt’s Refugee Programs

2019 Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Noha Sebaiee Paper Wilson Centre

June 20, 2019 17:49 pm

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Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Noha Sebaiee Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/strengthening-egypts-refugee-programs-0 Over the past two years the number of registered refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt has increased by 21 percent. Today, Egypt is among the highest destination countries in Africa receiving documented and undocumented immigrants. Many are African...

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Noha Sebaiee

Civil Society Expert Foreign Relations Human Rights Noha Sebaiee Women Affairs

June 20, 2019 17:43 pm

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Noha Sebaiee is a field coordinator at Caritas, where she leads 20 caseworkers in education reform and refugee integration efforts. She is passionate about youth empowerment and manages educational workshops that help students gain necessary skills not readily available in Egyptian universities. She is a 2019 Bush Presidential Center We Lead Scholar, which intends to give

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The tragedy of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi

2019 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Shadi Hamid

June 19, 2019 17:34 pm

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/mohamed-morsi-and-end-egyptian-democracy/591982/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/06/19/the-tragedy-of-egypts-mohamed-morsi/ Mohamed Morsi’s life, especially his later life, was the product of a series of accidents. When I first met him, he was a senior but...

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EGYPT: GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS UNDER PRESIDENT AL-SISI -AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSION FOR THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW, 34TH SESSION OF THE UPR WORKING GROUP, NOVEMBER 2019

2019 Amnesty International Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

June 19, 2019 17:00 pm

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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1202532019ENGLISH.pdf This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt in November 2019. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Egypt in its previous UPR, including in relation to freedom of...

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Bilal Almasry

Bilal Almasry Expert Foreign Relations

June 19, 2019 16:05 pm

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Bilal al-Masri is an Egyptian diplomat who has served as ambassador to Angola, Sao Tome, Principe and Niger. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/view/bilal-almasry

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Morsi’s Death Is yet Another Sombre Milestone in Egypt’s Transition

2019 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Italian Institute for International Political Studies Lucia Ardovini Media Paper

June 18, 2019 17:40 pm

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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Lucia Ardovini Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/morsis-death-yet-another-sombre-milestone-egypts-transition-23329 Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, collapsed and died on June 17th after addressing a state court during his trial for espionage charges. The ex-president...

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Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies

2019 Atlantic Council Culture, Education and Development David Wemer Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper

June 18, 2019 17:27 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): David A. Wemer Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/mohammed-morsi-egypt-s-first-democratically-elected-president-dies Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, died after an appearance in a Cairo courtroom on June 17. Morsi was in a hearing facing espionage charges, reportedly stemming from alleged...

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