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The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I

2018Badr ShafeiCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaper
May 28, 2018 16:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-brotherhood-from-revolution-to-coup-i/ The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I On the 90th anniversary of the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, seven years after the January Revolution; after the Brotherhood came to power and then was sent to prisons and detention centers –...

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Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
May 25, 2018 17:06 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/22/egypt-army-intensifies-sinai-home-demolitions (Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 25, 2018 16:45 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-totalitarian-turn/ Following his sham re-election in March 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is deepening his crackdown on dissent. Citizens involved in peaceful pro-democracy activism, research, or government criticism on social media have been detained under shadowy National Security Case 621/2018...

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Egypt’s Population: Boom or Bust?

Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptOmer KarasapanPaperSajjad ShahThe Brookings InstitutionYouth
May 24, 2018 15:24 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/05/22/egypts-population-boom-then-bust/ Egypt’s worrying population boom fails to generate the same headline attention as terrorist attacks, the impact of economic reforms on the poor, the country’s hyper-constrained politics, or accusations of human rights...

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Egypt | Detention of Amal Fathy is state retribution for exercising the right to free speech

2018Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperWomen Affairs
May 14, 2018 20:17 pm
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-detention-of-amal-fathy-is-state-retribution-for-exercising-the-right-to-free-speech/?lang=en The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Amal Fathy on May 11th and call for her immediate release. Egyptian state security forces arrested Fathy, a member of the April 6th...

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The Battle for Sinai: The Inside Story of Egypt’s Political Violence

2018Al Jazeera Centre For StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsJudicial Affairs
May 14, 2018 20:13 pm
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Source: Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/04/battle-sinai-story-egypts-political-violence-180401105807265.html In the wake of the killing of more 300 Muslim worshippers by allegedly Jihadist militants during al-Rawdah massacre in November 2017, President Sisi launched a new military campaign, “Comprehensive...

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Situation of Egypt’s Workers on Labor Day Occasion

2018Abdelhafez AlsawyCivil SocietyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaper
May 09, 2018 14:18 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/situation-of-egypts-workers-on-labor-day-occasion/ Situation of Egypt’s Workers on Labor Day Occasion In light of the political tyranny that Egypt has experienced since the military coup of July 3, 2013, it is difficult to talk about a role for the labor movement, either in defending...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Campaign against Civil Society

2017Civil SocietyCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperPomed
May 07, 2018 18:31 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-campaign-against-civil-society/ Democracy Workers Put on Trial In the notorious “Case 173,” a court convicted 43 American, Egyptian and other staff of 5 U.S. and German NGOs in 2013 of operating illegally and using foreign funds to “foment unrest.” The trial was marred by flagrant inaccuracies and loose evidentiary...

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Coal: the poor’s disaster & the rich’s wealth

2018Ahmed ZikrallahCivil SocietyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaper
April 27, 2018 19:29 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Ahmad Zikarallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/coal-the-poors-disaster-the-richs-wealth/ The use of coal is one of the most important issues that have recently been controversial. Despite the existence of several caveats concerning the use of coal in power generation or in cement factories due to its environmental damage – as carbon...

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Do Egyptians Regret Hosni Mubarak Today?

2018CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMichael YoungPaper
April 27, 2018 18:28 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author: Michael Young Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/75912 The short answer has to be a resounding “yes,” but not for the conventional reasons of oppression and human rights violations. Outside the sub-segment of society that cares for the survival of civil society, human rights, and the democratic process, a majority of the population views such notions

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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Marks Milestone, Approaches Completion

Atlantic CouncilCivil SocietyEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsJ. Peter PhamPaper
April 27, 2018 18:12 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author: J. Peter Pham Orignal Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-marks-milestone-approaches-completion The April 2 anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011 passed largely unremarked amid the cascade of momentous news coming recently from Ethiopia...

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In Egypt, Voter Turnout Falls Short

Atlantic CouncilCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElissa MillerMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
April 27, 2018 17:32 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author: Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-egypt-voter-turnout-falls-short Evidenced by low voter turnout in the presidential election, Egypt’s optimism after the 2011 revolution that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak has been replaced by apathy amid the rule of a new strongman, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In Egypt’s...

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