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Authoritarian Math

2019CarnegieCassia BardosCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMichele DunnePaper
April 24, 2019 14:22 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/78980 Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s project of one-man rule, extend his current term in office, enshrine military dominance over...

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Creating a Constituency for Secularism: Questions for Lama Abu-Odeh

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsLama Abu-OdehPaperThe Century Foundation
April 23, 2019 18:28 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lama Abu-Odeh Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/creating-constituency-secularism-questions-lama-abu-odeh/ Thanassis Cambanis: There’s a trend that’s really taken hold in analyses of Middle Eastern politics and culture, exemplified by the writers Talal Asad and the late Saba Mahmood, which holds that the only way to critically investigate...

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Challenges to Stability in Egypt

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHoover InstitutionHuman RightsLisa BlaydesPaper
April 22, 2019 16:23 pm
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Source: Hoover Institute Author(s): Lisa Blaydes Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/challenges-stability-egypt The last ten years have seen forms of political disruption within Egypt that were virtually unimaginable a decade ago—from the 2011 protest uprisings; the 2012 election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency; the 2013 coup...

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Operations Against Hasm Continue but Security Forces Still Face Challenges

2019EgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsMuhammad MansourPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
April 22, 2019 14:41 pm
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Source: Jamestown Author(s): Muhammad Mansour Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/operations-against-hasm-continue-but-security-forces-still-face-challenges/ Egyptian security forces killed seven alleged Hasm militants in a shootout that left one police officer wounded in Giza province, according to a statement made by the Ministry of Interior on March 7. [1] This latest incident...

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Ballot-box politics: What has pushed Egypt’s opposition to vote ‘no’?

2019Barcelona Centre For International AffairsCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 22, 2019 14:33 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/22/feature/politics/ballot-box-politics-what-has-pushed-egypts-opposition-to-vote-no/ Thirty-three-year-old human rights lawyer Mahienour El-Massry could not make up her mind about what to do in the referendum on the new constitutional amendments. She was torn between boycotting and voting “no.” Then...

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Egypt: Constitutional Amendments Entrench Repression

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsPaper
April 20, 2019 16:11 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/20/egypt-constitutional-amendments-entrench-repression The Egyptian government should withdraw proposed constitutional amendments that will consolidate authoritarian rule, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. The amendments will...

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Not a ‘President’. Not an ‘ally’.

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign Policy Research InstituteForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperThomas O. Melia
April 18, 2019 15:27 pm
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Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute Author(s): Thomas O.Melia Original Link: https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/04/not-a-president-not-an-ally/ Words matter. Choose them carefully. At PEN America, our mission is to champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of words to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers of all kinds, including screenwriters, poets, novelists...

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Q&A – Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments Erode Judicial Independence

2019Ahmed RizkEgyptJudicial AffairsMahmoud FaroukMohamed El-AnsaryPaperPomed
April 17, 2019 15:15 pm
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Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Mohamed Al Ansary, Mahmoud Farouk, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/qa-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-how-egypts-constitutional-amendments-erode-judicial-independence/ On February 3, 2019, 155 members of Egypt’s pro-regime parliament, by some accounts working in coordination with security agencies and the...

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TIMEP Brief: 2019 Constitutional Amendments

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
April 17, 2019 14:18 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-2019-constitutional-amendments/ Background: On April 16, 2019, 531 members of Egypt’s House of Representatives voted to approve a set of constitutional amendments to the country’s 2014 constitution. The amendments will next be voted on in a...

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WHY EL-SISI’S DECISION TO RAISE EGYPT’S MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT SUCH A GOOD ONE!

2019Amirah El-HaddadCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstitutePaper
April 15, 2019 15:44 pm
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/why-el-sisis-decision-to-raise-egypts-minimum-wage-is-not-such-a-good-one/ Egypt’s President El-Sisi recently announced a 67 percent raise in the minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds (115.74 US-Dollar) per month from 1,200 (69.27 US-Dollar). He also promised...

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Egypt: Taking stock of Sissi’s visit

2019EgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
April 15, 2019 14:10 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-new-arab-uprisings-echo-earlier-revolts Now that the dust has settled after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Washington and meeting with President Donald Trump, it may be possible to examine any possible takeaways. There were a spate of Egypt-related...

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How Al-Azhar’s grand imam survived the constitutional amendments

2019Asmahan SolimanCivil SocietyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 11, 2019 14:12 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/11/feature/politics/how-the-grand-imam-of-al-azhar-survived-the-constitutional-amendments/ As part of the raft of controversial amendments to Egypt’s Constitution slated to be put to a public referendum later this month, a proposed article would have featured a less independent Al-Azhar — Egypt’s highest...

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