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The April, 2017 Attacks on Egyptian Churches: ISIL Victimizes an Egyptian Religious Community

2017 Doha Institute Egypt Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

April 13, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Doha Institute- Arab Centre For Research And Policy Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/PoliticalStudies/Pages/The_April_2017_Attacks_on_Egyptian_Churches_ISIL_Victimizes_an_Egyptian_Religious_Community.aspx Introduction A series of coordinated terrorist attacks struck Coptic Orthodox churches across Egypt on April 9, celebrated as Palm Sunday...

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The Ultras Ahlawy Football, Violence, and the Quest for Justice

2017 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Karim Medhat Ennarah Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Century Foundation

April 11, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Karim Medhat Ennarah Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/the-ultras-ahlawy/ Snapshot: The “Ultra” fans of Egyptian football emerged from the world of sport in 2011 to play an important role in the revolution. Then, in Port Said in February 2012, tragedy struck: seventy-two football fans were killed in a melee and stampede. The flawed

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Media and War of Rumors during Morsi Tenure

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Media Osama Alrashidi Paper

April 05, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Osama Alrashidi Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/media-and-war-of-rumors-during-morsi-tenure/ Summary This study investigates and analyzes the narratives adopted by the Egyptian media from the date President Mohammed Morsi assumed power by the end of June 2012, until the military coup took place in July 2013. The study also attempts to...

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Egypt is Trump country

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution

April 04, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/04/04/egypt-is-trump-country/ In one of his first acts in office, President Donald Trump phoned his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The symbolism was telling: Sissi wasn’t just another Arab autocrat but one of the region’s most repressive. The Trump-Sissi mutual...

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Egypt | Circles of Hell from Tahrir to Zagazig: When will the Normalization of Sexual Violence against Women End?

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown Women Affairs

April 04, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19885&lang=en The mob-sexual assault of a university student in the early hours of Friday 31 March 2017 in the Qawmia area of the city of Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, tragically corroborates the persistence and prevalence of sexual violence against women in the Egyptian public...

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How Sisi Is Destabilising Egypt

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 02, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/02/how-sisi-is-destabilising-egypt-pub-68518 Since 2013, Egypt’s new authoritarian government has systematically widened its repression of the opposition to targets beyond the Islamist spectrum. Voices of dissent have been targeted, including businessmen whose refusal to provide...

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Understanding Egyptian Policy Toward Libya

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Mieczysław Boduszyński Military Affairs Mohamed Arafa Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 28, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mieczyslaw Boduszynski, Mohamed Arafa Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/understanding-egyptian-policy-toward-libya/ Egypt’s policy toward Libya has been driven by legitimate security concerns, economic ties, a desire for stability in its western neighbor, and the political and ideological goals of Egyptian President...

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Policy Brief- Mubarak Freed, Egypt Shrugs

2017 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Judicial Affairs Oren Kessler Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 24, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-mubarak-freed-egypt-shrugs/ Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday from a military hospital in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, six years after massive crowds ousted him in the seminal episode of the Arab Spring. The former president’s release, which just a few years ago...

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Egypt: The Struggles of the Sisi Regime

2017 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

March 24, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-struggles-of-the-sisi-regime/ Snapshot: More than three years after General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi rose to power in Egypt, the Egyptian regime still faces acute problems. Some of these problems are fundamental and have plagued Egypt for many years, and some have worsened in recent years in...

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India and Egypt: Economic Reconstruction and Stabilization

2017 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Paper Sameena Hameed

March 23, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Sameena Hameed Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/india-and-egypt-economic-reconstruction-and-stabilization Though the Egyptian economy during the Mubarak regime registered one of the highest growth rates in decades in the years before the Arab uprising, the fault lines were deep.[1]Over time, rising inequality, endemic corruption and other...

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How the Egyptian Government Endorses Torture

2017 Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sherif Azer The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 22, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Sherif Azer Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-the-egyptian-government-endorses-torture/ Egypt’s problems with torture are well documented. Inhumane practices that cause humiliation, severe psychological damage, and even death have become systematic inside Egyptian police stations, detention centers, and prisons. The...

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Policy Brief- A Temporary Thaw in Egyptian-PA Relations

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Grant Rumley Paper

March 22, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Grant Rumley Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/grant-rumley-a-temporary-thaw-in-egyptian-pa-relations/ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted his Palestinian Authority counterpart Mahmoud Abbas this week in Cairo for the first official summit between the two leaders in nearly a year. The two-day summit was...

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