Source: Carnegie Author(s): NATHAN J. BROWN Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/87535 A general has been placed in Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, perhaps subjugating the institution. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): NATHAN J. BROWN Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/07/12/battle-over-family-law-in-egypt-shows-only-personal-can-be-political-and-then-only-so-far-pub-87488 In Egypt over the past few years, the space for public discussion—much less contestation—about political issues has become as narrow as at any time over the past half century. Much discussion in...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Frederic Wehrey ; Nathan J. Brown ; Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/07/islamic-institutions-in-arab-states-mapping-dynamics-of-control-co-option-and-contention-pub-84647 The complex relations between the state and Islamic institutions in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco shed light on evolving...
Learn MoreSource: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Nathan Brown and Amr Hamzawy Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/role-egypts-armed-forces-military-empire-27403 Since 2011, the Egyptian armed forces have played an unusual political role, at the center of Egyptian governance on a very wide range of matters. The set of crises imposed by the COVID-19...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Amr Hamzawy and Nathan Brown Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/07/23/how-much-will-pandemic-change-egyptian-governance-and-for-how-long-pub-82353 In Egypt, coronavirus response efforts were led by the prime minister and other technocrats. What does this change mean for Egypt—and how long will it last? Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown and Mark Berlin Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/05/28/steering-wide-egyptian-state-ideology-or-administration-pub-81924 Egypt has a yawning generation gap and a regime that wants to reach youth. A new academy may help, but Egypt’s past is littered with similar, failed attempts. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): FREDERIC WEHREY, NATHAN J. BROWN, BADER AL-SAIF, INTISSAR FAKIR, ANOUAR BOUKHARS, MAYSAA SHUJA AL-DEEN Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/04/16/islamic-authority-and-arab-states-in-time-of-pandemic-pub-81563 To contain the coronavirus, Arab governments are mobilizing official Islamic institutions. The most pressing goal is to shut down sites of...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/81379 Egypt’s religious institutions are taking serious, but also uncertain, steps to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80301 In Egypt today there is little room for politics on issues in which the regime has staked out clear positions or that are deemed to be connected to security. But there is still room for vigorous debate over matters that might seem mundane, but are still consequential for Egyptians,
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/78461 Egypt’s current constitution was born to be amended, as some of its architects made clear when they wrote it five years ago. One of its most significant features, a limitation on presidential terms that appeared to be deeply entrenched, was quite obviously in the cross-hairs as
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown and and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77928 After publicly squabbling over divorce law and religious language, Egypt’s presidency and its leading Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, have moved their clash to a much more arcane level. Today, they disagree over how much society is threatened by debating the authenticity...
Learn MoreNathan Brown is an American scholar of Middle Eastern law and politics at George Washington University. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs and the former director of its Institute for Middle East Studies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_J._Brown_(political_scientist)
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