Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michael Young Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74863 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: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/terror-groups/islamic-state-in-egypt/ Other Names: None Location: The Islamic State in Egypt’s activity has been concentrated in Cairo and Giza. The group has also claimed attacks in the governorates of Qalyubia, Alexandria, Daqhalia, Damietta, and Gharbia. Characteristics: The Islamic...
Learn MoreSource: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Adam Hoffman Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/attack-al-rawdah-mosque The bloody attack on the al-Rawdah Mosque in Northern Sinai, which killed 305 people, is now considered the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt’s modern history… Read more at original link.
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/74878 On November 4, Sharm El Sheikh hosted the World Youth Forum, the sixth in a series of conferences Egypt has held since October 2016 intended to assure the national and international community that it is working tirelessly to build bridges of trust with Egyptian youth. For
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim, Mohammed Medhat Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/closed_on_security_grounds_web.pdf Introduction In August 2016, the House of Representatives adopted Law 80/2016 on the construction of churches to fulfill the terms of Article 235 of the 2014 Constitution, which required the House to issue a...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Shukr Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-regime-targeting-opponents-abroad/ The Egyptian opponents abroad could play a great and effective role in saving their country if they took advantage of their current situation of living without being subjected to the regime’s oppression. Various anti-coup factions should be united...
Learn MoreSource: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/war-terrorism-sinai-watershed/ The November 24, 2017 attack on al-Rawda mosque in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, apparently by Wilayat Sinai, a proxy of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Egypt, was the most deadly terrorist attack Egypt has ever...
Learn MoreSource: Brookings Institute Author(s): Beverley Milton-Edwards Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypt-mosque-attack-new-level-of-horror-in-decades-long-struggle-to-control-sinai/ The bomb-and-gun attack in Egypt’s north Sinai on Friday November 24 is now known to have killed more than 300 worshippers at a Sufi-affiliated mosque, making it the deadliest attack in modern...
Learn MoreSource: International Institute For Strategic Studies (Iiss) Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.iiss.org/en/iiss%20voices/blogsections/iiss-voices-2017-adeb/november-1032/sinai-conflict-e473 More than 200 people have reportedly died in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, in an unprecedented attack on civilians. No group has yet claimed responsibility, but...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Mayss Al-Alami Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74679 Tariq Shawqi was sworn in as Egypt’s education minister last February, joining the ranks of a group of technocrats in a cabinet not characterized by boldness. He has since challenged everything about the Egyptian education system—criticizing teachers, examinations, pedagogy...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mostafa Gawish Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/refugees-egypt-violations-challenges/ Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has released a memo to the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, to alert Nigerians on the high rate of kidney trafficking in Egypt, according to Daily Post, a Nigerian newspaper, on October 17th. 2017. The memo was...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/electricity-facts-20172018-price-hikes-continue Snapshot: The Egyptian government has pushed ahead with increases to the price of electricity for all consumption brackets for the sixth year in a row, without taking into consideration the effect that record inflation rates have had...
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