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Monday Briefing: The reverberations of the US election in the Middle East

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
November 09, 2020 15:25 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-reverberations-us-election-middle-east It isn’t much of a secret that Egypt’s government probably would have preferred President Donald Trump to remain in the White House for another four years. Relations under former President Barack Obama were stiltingly formal and not helped...

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Rethinking Egypt’s Economy

2020Abla Abdel-LatifDeborah LehrEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk PaperSamer AtallahSarah El BattoutySherif KamelYasser Elnaggar
October 07, 2020 14:59 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk, Samer Atallah, Sherif Kamel, Sarah El Battouty, Deborah Lehr, Yasser Elnaggar, Abla Abdel-Latif Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/rethinking-egypts-economy Egypt is not alone in having been knocked into a pit by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will have to dig itself out on its own. However, if Egypt is...

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Election 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for US Policy in the Middle East

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
September 08, 2020 14:17 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2020-09/Egypt.pdf The Middle East is going through one of the most unstable periods in its recent history. This instability goes well beyond the current triple crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic contraction, and the collapse of energy prices. Each...

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Gridlock as GERD talks continue

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 24, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-constitutional-committee-talks-highlight-syrias-spiraling-covid-crisis This week sees the latest of an apparently interminable set of meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This round is part of an initiative sponsored by the...

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The dimming prospects for GERD talks

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 11, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-lebanons-moment-reckoning During the long-drawn-out negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudan has traditionally been perceived as the most easy-going of the parties, as compared to Egypt and Ethiopia. However, apparently there are limits to even the...

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Monday Briefing: GERD talks continue, but political will is still lacking

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
July 27, 2020 14:08 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-gerd-talks-continue-political-will-still-lacking It’s never a good sign when negotiators differ on the desired outcomes of negotiations. Last week, hours after an African Union (AU) sponsored summit on the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)...

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Red lines and rising tensions in Libya

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk PaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 20, 2020 14:06 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-red-lines-and-rising-tensions-libya On July 18, Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) moved its fighters and 200 vehicles eastwards from Misrata along the Mediterranean coast toward the town of Tawergha, about a third of the way to Sirte. Egyptian...

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Egypt’s sizeable informal economy complicates its pandemic response

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHealthMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
June 23, 2020 14:10 pm
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Source:  Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link:  https://www.mei.edu/blog/egypts-sizeable-informal-economy-complicates-its-pandemic-response Trying to gauge the effects of the pandemic on Egypt’s economy is like watching a pipe slowly drip water on the ceiling. You have no way of knowing how bad it’s going to be, but you can tell it’s bad news and getting worse by the day. Read

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Egypt’s potential perfect storm: Pandemic, recession, returnees, and remittance losses

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptHealthMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
May 18, 2020 14:11 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/egypts-potential-perfect-storm-pandemic-recession-returnees-and-remittance-losses Last December looked particularly rosy for Egypt’s minister of manpower, Mohamed Saafan. Egypt’s unemployment rate, which had been steadily falling since 2016, was at 7.8 percent, the lowest level in 30 years...

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New austerity measures could hit Egypt’s most vulnerable hard

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
May 11, 2020 14:07 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link:  https://www.mei.edu/blog/new-austerity-measures-could-hit-egypts-most-vulnerable-hard Amid socially and economically frustrating conditions due to the pandemic, Egyptians may soon have another trial to weather: more austerity measures. For a people who are already struggling with the effects of the last round of...

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Egypt’s Suez Canal: A ray of light amid the economic gloom

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
May 04, 2020 14:00 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/egypts-suez-canal-ray-light-amid-economic-gloom-0 As the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic began to seep in, it was clear that Egypt’s economy, like that of much of the world, would take one serious hit after another Read more at original link

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Egypt’s Parliament meets to discuss emergency legislation and economic relief

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHealthJudicial AffairsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
April 20, 2020 14:33 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link:  https://www.mei.edu/blog/egypts-parliament-meets-discuss-emergency-legislation-and-economic-relief Egypt’s parliamentarians are going to be trying something new; they’re going to have to sit at least six feet apart, something that doesn’t come naturally to them. The government isn’t taking any chances — MPs’ access to...

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