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New Egyptian Legislation Aims to Reduce Al-Azhar’s Authority

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperSarah FeuerWashington Institute
August 24, 2020 15:24 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Sarah Feuer Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-egyptian-legislation-aims-to-reduce-al-azhars-authority The latest twist in the long battle for control over Egypt’s religious realm could have profound implications for the state’s ability to regulate—and thus reform—Islamic discourse. Read more at original link

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Gridlock as GERD talks continue

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 24, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-constitutional-committee-talks-highlight-syrias-spiraling-covid-crisis This week sees the latest of an apparently interminable set of meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This round is part of an initiative sponsored by the...

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Perfect Crime and Absent Justice: 7 Years after Rabaa Massacre

2020Asmaa ShukrCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaper
August 20, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Asmaa Shokr Author(s): Egyptian Institute for Studies Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/perfect-crime-and-absent-justice-7-years-after-rabaa-massacre/ Although seven years have passed since the Rabaa massacre took place on August 14, 2013, however, perpetrators of this brutal massacre have not yet been held accountable. The move to disperse the Rabaa sit-in by the Egyptian police...

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Normalization Is Making Cairo Uncomfortable

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
August 20, 2020 14:16 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/normalization-is-making-cairo-uncomfortable The UAE’s deal with Israel may render Egypt a junior partner in future peace diplomacy, aggravating its existing frustration over years of financial dependence on the small Gulf state and a string of foreign policy...

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Egypt’s Enormous Electricity Surplus – Achievement or Impasse?

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
August 19, 2020 14:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-enormous-electricity-surplus-achievement-or-impasse/ The Egyptian government boasts that it has achieved a surplus in power production amounting to about 25 megawatts over domestic consumption needs, as the current electricity production amounts to approximately 58 gigawatts, while...

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The Turkish Future of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

2020Abdelrahman AyyashDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperThe Century Foundation
August 17, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): ABDELRAHMAN AYYASH Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/turkish-future-egypts-muslim-brotherhood/ Since its founding in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood has been controversial. The group, which has active and public chapters in many countries around the world, has, over the decades, developed an immunity against annihilation...

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Egypt: Spate of ‘Morality’ Prosecutions of Women

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaperWomen Affairs
August 17, 2020 14:29 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/17/egypt-spate-morality-prosecutions-women Egyptian authorities have since late April 2020 carried out an abusive campaign targeting female social media influencers on charges that violate their rights to privacy, freedom of expression, and nondiscrimination, Human Rights Watch said today...

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Egypt’s TikTok Crackdown and “Family Values”

2020Basil El-DabhCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
August 14, 2020 13:43 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Basil El-Dabh Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-tiktok-crackdown-and-family-values/ This past month, the Economic Court in Cairo sentenced two women, Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham, to two years in prison and a fine of 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,750) each, on charges of “violating family values and...

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From Sinai to Libya: Exhaustion of Egyptian Army

2020Abdel Rahman Al-ShaerDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
August 14, 2020 13:39 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdel Rahman Al-Shaer Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/from-sinai-to-libya-exhaustion-of-egyptian-army/ There are many threats targeting the Egyptian national security, most notably the militants in the Sinai Peninsula, the continued Israeli threat, the ongoing conflict over the Nile water, and the imminent threat posed by the conflict in...

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The dimming prospects for GERD talks

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 11, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-lebanons-moment-reckoning During the long-drawn-out negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudan has traditionally been perceived as the most easy-going of the parties, as compared to Egypt and Ethiopia. However, apparently there are limits to even the...

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Egypt’s Doctors bet. EMS Weakness and Regime Tyranny

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesEl-Sayed RaafatHealthPaper
August 11, 2020 14:45 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): El-Sayed Raafat Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-doctors-bet-ems-weakness-and-regime-tyranny/ The coronavirus earthquake has strongly hit the whole world, where its ghost still haunts everyone on a daily basis. The COVID-19 has had many effects on the world so far, including exposure of the flaws and weaknesses of the health...

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