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The Egyptian Family House: Fostering Religious Unity

2015 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Jayson Casper Middle East Institute Minorities Paper

March 24, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jayson Casper Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egyptian-family-house-fostering-religious-unity Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has not been shy about the need to reform religious discourse and relations.[1] He is concerned about how the image of Islam has been marred by Muslims themselves, and how extremist thought has torn the fabric...

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How Egyptian Mainstream Media Cover the War on Terror

2015 Egypt Kareem Farid Media Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 23, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Kareem Farid Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-egyptian-mainstream-media-cover-the-war-on-terror/ Around seven o’clock p.m. on January 29, 2015, social media websites reported that a terrorist attack had hit three North Sinai cities of Rafah, al-Arish, and Sheikh Zuweid. Questions regarding the attacks—the apparent...

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Missed Opportunity: The Politics of Police Reform in Egypt and Tunisia

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Yezid Sayigh

March 17, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/03/17/missed-opportunity-politics-of-police-reform-in-egypt-and-tunisia-pub-59391 Snapshot: Police forces and security agencies genuinely accountable to democratically elected civilian authorities have not emerged in either Egypt or Tunisia four years after popular uprisings forced the countries’...

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What Egypt Should Realistically Expect from the Economic Development Conference

2015 Economy Egypt Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 13, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/what-egypt-should-realistically-expect-from-the-economic-development-conference/ Egypt’s Economic Development Conference (EEDC), launches this weekend in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Its stakes, in Egypt at least, seem to be getting higher by the minute. The...

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Economic Reforms in Egypt Are Not Enough

2015 Economy Egypt Neil Bhatiya Paper The Century Foundation

March 12, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/economic-reforms-in-egypt-are-not-enough/ This Friday sees the opening of a much-publicized economic and trade conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), personally hosted by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, is meant to “highlight the...

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Great Expectations: The Egypt Economic Conference

2015 Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Paper Samer Atallah

March 11, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Samer Atallah Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/great-expectations-egypt-economic-conference On March 13, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will inaugurate the Egypt Economic Development Conference in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The main objective of the conference is to put Egypt back on the world investment map. Sisi’s...

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Common Sense and Courage on Egypt

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 04, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/common-sense-and-courage-egypt Senator John McCain is a rare voice both of common sense and–because common sense on Egypt is so rare–of courage when it comes to U.S. relations with that key Arab country. Last week he issued this statement about human rights in Egypt… Read...

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Policing Football in Times of Exception

2015 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Karim Medhat Ennarah Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 24, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Karim Medhat Ennarah Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/policing-football-in-times-of-exception/ On February 8, 2015, at least 19 fans died while waiting to enter the Air Defense Stadium for the match between Zamalek and ENPPI – it was the first Egyptian league game to allow spectators, albeit a small number, after...

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The Rise of Solar Energy in Egypt

2015 Economy Egypt Louise Sarant Middle East Institute Paper

February 18, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Louise Sarant Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/rise-solar-energy-egypt At the Bahariya Oasis 235 miles southwest of Cairo, the mountains of the Western Desert are interrupted by vast circular patterns of greenery. On one of these large farms, in striking contrast to the ancient, wind-shaped sandstone in the background, solar panels...

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The Menace of Collective Punishment and Lack of Due Diligence in Egypt

2015 Adel Ramadan Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 11, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Adel Ramadan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-menace-of-collective-punishment-and-lack-of-due-diligence-in-egypt/ “As long as murder is committed collectively, punishment is imposed collectively,” Judge Mohammed Nagy Shehata said in a television interview on February 2, 2015 – the day the Giza Criminal Court issued...

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Deaths of Egyptian Soccer Fans Raises Questions

2015 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Neil Bhatiya Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Thanassis Cambanis The Century Foundation

February 11, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya, Thanassis Cambanis Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/deaths-of-egyptian-soccer-fans-raises-questions/ This past weekend, rioting broke out at soccer match in Cairo, Egypt, in which violence between soccer fans and the Egyptian police led to twenty-five deaths. In a conversation with TCF fellow Thanassis Cambanis, I asked...

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Egypt and the falling standards of accountability

2015 Democracy and Politics Egypt H. A. Hellyer Paper The Brookings Institution

February 09, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): H. A. Hellyer Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2015/02/09/egypt-and-the-falling-standards-of-accountability/ February 1, 2012. At least 72 football fans killed, more than 500 injured. A stadium in Port Said, Egypt. Three years, one week later: February 8, 2015. At least 30 football fans killed, more than 70 injured. June 30 Stadium...

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