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What Egypt is Losing by Silencing Journalists During the Pandemic

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthHuman RightsMahmoud FaroukMediaPaperPomed
June 29, 2020 14:01 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk Original Link: https://pomed.org/what-egypt-is-losing-by-silencing-journalists-during-the-pandemic/ As the coronavirus continues to spread in Egypt, the regime is stepping up efforts not to combat the pandemic, but to silence the country’s few remaining independent media voices. In recent weeks, security forces have...

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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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Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law

2018Ahmed RizkAmy HawthorneCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsMahmoud FaroukMinoritiesPaperPomed
December 12, 2018 16:42 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk, Amy Hawthorne, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/report-prayers-unanswered-assessing-the-impact-of-egypts-2016-church-construction-law/ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent of the population and face pervasive discrimination...

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Snapshot – The Wrong Target: Egypt Imprisons Nonviolent Student Activist For Terrorism

2018Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsMahmoud FaroukPaperPomed
May 07, 2018 18:17 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-snapshot-the-wrong-target-egypt-imprisons-nonviolent-student-activist-for-terrorism/ SUMMARY On October 15, Andrew Nasif, an Egyptian university student and leftist opposition party member, became the first Coptic Christian to be sent to prison under the country’s draconian anti-terrorism law. The court ruled that...

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Mahmoud Farouk

ExpertMahmoud FaroukYouth
January 29, 2018 21:47 pm
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Mahmoud Farouk, a Lawyer and advocate for Individual and Economic Freedoms, Mahmoud is presently attending Syracuse University College of Law, and will obtain his LL.M. in May 2017. Mahmoud is the Founder and Executive Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies (ECPPS), Egyptian Think tank based in Cairo that advocates for individual and

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False Promises to Egyptian Youth

2017CarnegieEgyptMahmoud FaroukPaperYouth
November 30, 2017 03:47 am
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Source: 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

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