Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/qa-with-ahmed-ezzat-on-egypt/ Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, lawyers work to support those organizing on-the-ground; to mobilize the legal community; and to bring about systemic change. In Lawyering for Change, TIMEP’s Legal Unit conducts a...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-health-insurance-legislative-institutional-structure/ Before the 2013 coup, various laws had affiliated all medical treatment authorities, councils, and institutions to the Ministry of Health ; stressing dominance and mandate of the ministry over all medical and therapeutic terms of...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/gerd-crisis-military-capabilities-and-likely-confrontation/ The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis is currently going through a critical stage, as political negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are stumbling due to Ethiopian intransigence and failure to take...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omar Khalaf Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-trains-crises-problems-priorities-and-alternatives/ Over the past decades, hardly a year goes by in Egypt without occurrence of a tragic accident on Egypt’s railways. Since the 1980s, the Egyptian government has addressed railways, means of mass transport and their related bodies as...
Learn MoreDr. Radwa Elsaman is currently a Visiting Scholar at Boston University School of Law, while on leave from her tenured position at Cairo University in Egypt. Prior to that, she was a visiting professor at the Central European University in Budapest and a fellow of the American Association of University Women in Washington DC. Dr.
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2021/03/29/no-sticks-just-carrots-negative-income-tax-egypt/ Egypt’s government has provided cash assistance to vulnerable workers during the Covid-19 crisis. As this column explains, there is an opportunity to transform this temporary policy into a rules-based fiscal stimulus or automatic...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egyptian-lawyers-a-story-of-resistance/ It’s no secret that being a lawyer isn’t a walk in the park—the stress, long hours, ever-changing laws, and serious responsibility makes it a hard choice. Today in Egypt, it’s also a risky choice—one that in recent years has led...
Learn MoreA Moroccan researcher, PhD in Public International Law and Political Science; Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences Sale, Morocco; November 2015.
Learn MoreMohamed Gad is a journalist who specializes in economic reporting at Al-Shorouk newspaper. He also contributes to the publications of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights.
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/limits-dimensions-of-egyptian-turkish-rapprochement/ Contrary to popular belief, Egypt and Turkey -together- have been keen to maintain a relatively moderate degree of warm relations over the past seven years, which enabled bilateral ties to develop positively. Despite expulsion of the Turkish...
Learn MoreSource: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/an-old-ongoing-struggle-domesticating-religious-institutions-in-egypt/ The relationship between religion and the state is controversial and problematic in the Arab world, particularly with the absence of clear demarcations that could define it. Historically, attempts by the state...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal and Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/shift-of-egypts-attitude-towards-the-libyan-issue/ The late quarter of 2020 and the early quarter of 2021 witnessed many changes in Egyptian attitude towards the Libyan issue due to Libyan internal reasons -both military and political- on the one hand, and to regional and...
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