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Women’s Struggle for Citizenship: Civil Society and Constitution Making after the Arab Uprisings

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics International Peace Institute José Vericat Paper Women Affairs

October 31, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): José Vericat Original Link: https://www.ipinst.org/2017/10/Womens-struggle-for-citizenship-after-the-arab-uprisings Executive Summary The Arab uprisings were, more than anything else, citizen revolts. They sprang from an irrepressible urge to transform relations between an authoritarian ruler and his subjects into a partnership between the...

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Social Stigma Enables Egypt’s Attack on LGBT Community

2017 Culture, Education and Development Human Rights Muhammed Fadel Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 30, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Muhammed Fadel Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/social-stigma-enables-egypts-attack-on-lgbt-community/ The world has made major progress in LGBT rights in the last few years. Same-sex marriage is now allowed in several countries and the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed an independent expert on protection...

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How a State of Emergency Became Egypt’s New Normal

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics May El-Sadany Military Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, May El-Sadany Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/10/30/how-state-of-emergency-became-egypt-s-new-normal-pub-73587 For the first time in six months, Egyptians lived for a few days outside of a state of emergency this month. And the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that ordinary courts — not military ones —...

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An Eye on the Debt: First report on the IMF loan program As of April 2017

2017 Abdelhamid Mekawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Paper Salma Hussein

October 30, 2017 03:45 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Salma Hussein, Abdelhamid Mekawy Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/an_eye_on_the_debt_.pdf Introduction This is the first report on the implementation of the economic adjustment program, agreed upon by the Egyptian government and the International Monetary Fund as a condition for Egypt’s receipt of...

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Failed recovery: How Switzerland released the funds of a famous Egyptian crony

2017 Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Olivier Longchamp Osama Diab Paper

October 30, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Osama Diab, Olivier Longchamp Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/pe_agypten_10-17_def.pdf Executive Summary On February 11, 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned. A key factor in the Egyptian revolution, which brought him down, was the huge volumes of money amassed by him, his entourage, and...

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Transitional justice policy in authoritarian contexts: The case of Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Noha Aboueldahab Paper The Brookings Institution

October 19, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Noha Aboueldahab Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/transitional-justice-policy-in-authoritarian-contexts-the-case-of-egypt/ Transitional justice has increasingly struggled to provide realistic remedies for societies reeling from conflict or decades of authoritarian rule.[1] The transitional justice field traditionally presumes that...

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Millions of Rural Working Women in Egypt at Risk from Climate Change

2017 Amal Kandeel Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Paper Women Affairs

October 19, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/millions-rural-working-women-egypt-risk-climate-change The impacts of climate change on Egypt’s agriculture are likely to be substantial, and will affect the millions of Egyptian women reliant on this economic activity for their livelihoods. The agricultural sector employs a large percentage...

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Nubians, the Egyptian State, and the Right of Return

2017 Egypt Human Rights Minorities Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 19, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/nubians-the-egyptian-state-and-the-right-of-return/ Smiling faces playing tambourines on the deck of a sailboat in the southern city of Aswan are a staple of Egyptian official tourism promotion videos. Aswanis, and Nubians in general, are renowned for kindness and...

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Sisi’s Expanding Authority

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Maged Mandour Paper

October 04, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/73227 In advance of Egypt’s presidential election, scheduled to take place between February and May 2018, Egyptian MP Ismail Nasreddine put forth a proposal to amend Article 140 of the Egyptian Constitution to extend the presidential term from four to six years, postponing the election until...

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The Right to Citizenship in Egypt’s Age of Terror

2017 Human Rights Judicial Affairs May El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 02, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-right-to-citizenship-in-egypts-age-of-terror/ Shortly after President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi suggested at a side meeting of the United Nations General Assembly that the state of human rights in Egypt should not be judged from a Western perspective, Egypt’s cabinet gathered...

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Egypt between 2 Boxes: Elections and ammunition

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Khaled Fouad Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 01, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-between-2-boxes-elections-and-ammunition/ While Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections are approaching, there is a key question that needs to be answered before going into any details related to the upcoming elections, namely: To what extent can the ballot boxes win the ammunition boxes? In...

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1095 Days of al-Sisi’s Presidency: The Upcoming Egyptian Presidential Elections on SNS

2017 Democracy and Politics Media Michael Barak Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

September 30, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/1095-days-al-sisi%E2%80%99s-presidency-upcoming-egyptian-presidential-elections-sns Against the backdrop of preparations for the Egyptian presidential elections scheduled for April 2018, social networking sites (SNS) in Egypt have been, for several months...

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