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The withdrawal of companies: Economy of Egypt 2017

2018 Ahmed Zikrallah Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Paper

January 07, 2018 20:11 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/the-withdrawal-of-companies/ Overview: Observers thought that the withdrawal of investment companies from Egypt during the year 2017 was one of the consequences of floating the pound at the end of last year, which resulted in the departure of many foreign banks and companies and ceasing...

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Egypt 2017: Foreign political crisis

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Khaled Fouad Paper

December 31, 2017 14:46 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author (s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-2017-foreign-political-crisis/ This report deals with the most important foreign affairs conflicts of the Egyptian regime during 2017, looking at each conflict from two views. The first is a discussion of the most important stages that the foreign affairs conflicts passed through from...

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MENA men under pressure

2017 Chatham House Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Paper Shereen El Feki

December 30, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Dr Shereen El Feki Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/mena-men-under-pressure In the heady days of 2011, Tahrir Square was a showcase for the best and the worst of Egyptian manhood. I saw protesters fighting and falling for the dreams of ‘freedom’, ‘justice’ and ‘dignity’ writ large in the graffiti that wallpapered their downtown...

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Needed Adjustments Unlikely in U.S. Aid to Egypt

2017 Amr Kotb Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 22, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Kotb Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/needed-adjustments-unlikely-in-u-s-aid-to-egypt/ On December 21, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through January 19, 2018, avoiding a partial government shutdown set to begin at midnight the next day. As high-level budget negotiations on Capitol...

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Democracy Is Not the Cure for Terrorism

2017 Council On Foreign Relations Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Steven A. Cook

December 21, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/democracy-not-cure-terrorism This article was originally published here in the Atlantic on Thursday, December 21, 2017. A few weeks ago, terrorists laid siege to a mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd that lies just off the east-west road spanning the northern Sinai Peninsula. They killed...

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Looking into the latest acquisition of Egyptian media companies by general intelligence

2017 Egypt Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/12/21/feature/politics/looking-into-the-latest-acquisition-of-egyptian-media-companies-by-general-intelligence/ Eagle Capital, a company unknown to the public, recently acquired businessman Ahmed Abu Hashima’s stake in Egyptians’ Media Holding, which owns several media companies in Egypt, according to a...

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Rivalry for Religious Dominance in Egypt

2017 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Karim El Taki Paper

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Karim El Taki Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75093 On November 15, Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) presented a list of 50 ulema exclusively appointed to issue fatwas on television. Though the SCMR has since said it could expand the list in the future, this move by the independent albeit pro-regime body is unprecedented...

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The Rawda Mosque massacre In the absence of witnesses

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

December 19, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/rawda-mosque-massacre/ Introduction On Friday, November 24, 2017, the village of Al-Rawda, east of Bir al-Abed town, 40 kilometers from Al-Arish in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate, witnessed an extremely horrible massacre, where about 312 worshipers were killed during Friday prayers, in the...

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Actually, Egypt Is a Terrible Ally

2017 Andrew Miller Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Richard Sokolsky

December 18, 2017 03:41 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Richard Sokolsky, Andrew Miller Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/12/18/actually-egypt-is-terrible-ally-pub-75050 When Vice President Mike Pence visits Egypt on Wednesday, he will follow in the footsteps of countless American officials who have stopped in Cairo to laud the “strategic partnership” between the United States and Egypt. This has...

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Seven Years On: Why Egypt Failed to Become a Democracy

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper

December 12, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/12/12/seven-years-on-why-egypt-failed-to-become-democracy-pub-75037 Next January, it will be seven years since the popular uprising that ended the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, unleashing an unprecedented wave of political turmoil in Egypt’s recent history. And as the country...

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Egypt Charts Its Own Course, Regardless of Patronage

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

December 12, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-charts-its-own-course-regardless-of-patronage/ As the Middle East seems ever more embroiled in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and as world powers continue to jockey for influence, Egypt has often been portrayed in various analyses as beholden to its...

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What’s Human is Right

2017 Carnegie Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper

December 08, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74941 Some Egyptian visitors to Washington asked me recently what could be done to avoid persistent “miscommunication” between Egyptians and Americans about human rights. I replied that this was not a question of miscommunication, but rather of a genuine and longstanding difference. Americans and...

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