Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed Zaky Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/egypt-must-strengthen-budget-institutions-to-curb-mounting-budget-deficit/ Abstract: • Since the January 2011 popular revolution, the budget deficit in Egypt has worsened. • A new strategy announced by the government to contain the budget deficit and control public debt includes many measures...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19920&lang=en The undersigned organizations express their deep condemnation of the escalating police campaign targeting dozens of activists through prosecution and detention that took place last month, the last episode of which was breaking into the house of the ex-wife of leftist...
Learn MoreSource: The Century Foundation Author(s): Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/politics-egyptian-fine-art/ Snapshot: Egyptian artists have a long history of political engagement. Even in the mid-twentieth century, when they mostly relied on state funding, they made critiques of the ruling regimes, and created one of the few spaces where independent political...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-omnibus-spending-bill-reflects-changes-to-u-s-assistance-to-egypt/ Snapshot: On May 5, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law, legislating funding levels for U.S. government programs, including the State and Foreign...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/05/11/opinion/u/the-imf-is-neither-the-problem-nor-the-solution/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank were established post-Second World War, in 1944, to prevent a recurrence of the Great Depression and establish balances in the international economic system. The IMF aimed to remedy deficits in...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michael Young Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/69854 Mohannad Sabry is an Egyptian journalist and author who lived in Cairo until 2015, before he left in self-imposed exile after facing mounting threats. In 2011 he was named a finalist for the Livingston Award for International Reporting, and he was nominated for an Emmy Award
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/68791 Since July 2013, Egyptian politics has seemed grimly predictable, with authoritarianism reestablishing itself firmly in the country, challenged only at the margins, or through terrorism and insurgency. Most of the lively politics of the immediate post-2011 period has all but ceased. Indeed...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sherif Mohy El Deen Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/69886 On April 9, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a decree imposing a three-month state of emergency for the entire country. This move came the same day bombings at the St. George’s Church in Tanta and the St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria claimed around 45 lives
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-press-freedom-in-egypt/ The Egyptian government uses policies ranging from harassment and imprisonment of individual journalists to media blackouts and channel closures to stifle freedom of the press. In 2016, Egypt had 25 journalists in prison and was ranked as the...
Learn MoreSource: The Century Foundation Author(s): Jonathan Guyer Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/speech-bubbles/ Snapshot: In print and online, Egyptian cartoonists have created sites of political dissent in defiance of a state-sponsored crackdown on opposition movements, public protest, and free speech. Based on analyses of cartoons and interviews with the artists, this chapter argues...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Irène Selwaness, Rania Roushdy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-arab-spring-and-the-employability-of-youth-early-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper investigates the school-to-work transition of young people from subsequent graduation cohorts between 2005 and 2012 in Egypt. The analysis compares the early employment outcomes of...
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