Egypt’s President Sisi makes a comeback on the world stage with a three-stop European tour

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypts-president-sisi-makes-comeback-world-stage-three-stop-european-tour Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s recent, six-day European tour, which took him to Germany, Serbia, and France (July 17-22), aimed to boost his image and status as a central player on the world stage despite...

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Sisi’s call for dialogue cautiously welcomed by Egypt’s opposition

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sisis-call-dialogue-cautiously-welcomed-egypts-opposition As a journalist and former president of the Egyptian opposition Dostour Party, which was established by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei in 2012, I suffered 19 months of imprisonment without trial between September 2019 and...

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A sharp rise in inflation forces Egyptians to cut expenses

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sharp-rise-inflation-forces-egyptians-cut-expenses While the holy month of Ramadan is known for increased food consumption in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries, Elham Mohamed, 40, a government employee, said it was very difficult for her just to make ends meet this year.  “I had...

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The Russia-Ukraine war might finally bring about a rise in Egypt’s bread prices

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/russia-ukraine-war-might-finally-bring-about-rise-egypts-bread-prices At a small mosque in Cairo’s middle-class neighborhood of Agouza, the traditional Friday prayer sermon was not about how Muslims should behave, or proper religious practices. Instead, it was about bread, known in the local...

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The stakes behind the story: How Egypt’s media covered the Khashoggi case

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s):  Khaled Dawoud Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/stakes-behind-story-how-egypts-media-covered-khashoggi-case For nearly 10 days after news broke of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s  “disappearance” after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, state-owned Egyptian newspapers, as well as most private ones, chose to play it safe and avoid...

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Khaled Dawoud

Khaled Dawoud is currently Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly, an English language weekly. He is also the official spokesman of social-liberal Al-Dostour Party, established a year ago by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei in the wake of Egypt’s 25 January Revolution. Dawoud is an opinion writer at Al-Tahrir newspaper and Masrawy news website,

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Egypt’s Parties Face Marginalization Once Again

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/60824 As Egypt gears up for its first parliamentary elections since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, secular political parties—especially the small, pro-democracy ones that emerged following the 2011 Revolution—are unlikely to play a significant role. The new election law...

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