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Egypt Back Under Emergency Law

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sherif Mohy El Deen

May 05, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sherif Mohy El Deen Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/69886 On April 9, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a decree imposing a three-month state of emergency for the entire country. This move came the same day bombings at the St. George’s Church in Tanta and the St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria claimed around 45 lives

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Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi’s Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Jonathan Guyer Media Paper The Century Foundation

May 02, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Jonathan Guyer Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/speech-bubbles/ Snapshot: In print and online, Egyptian cartoonists have created sites of political dissent in defiance of a state-sponsored crackdown on opposition movements, public protest, and free speech. Based on analyses of cartoons and interviews with the artists, this chapter argues...

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Working Paper- The Arab Spring and the Employability of Youth: Early Evidence From Egypt

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Irène Selwaness Paper Rania Roushdy Youth

May 01, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Irène Selwaness, Rania Roushdy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-arab-spring-and-the-employability-of-youth-early-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper investigates the school-to-work transition of young people from subsequent graduation cohorts between 2005 and 2012 in Egypt. The analysis compares the early employment outcomes of...

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Working Paper- Is Internal Migration A Way to Cope With Climate Change? Evidence From Egypt

2017 Adel Ben Youssef Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mohamed El Hedi Arouri Nguyen Viet Cuong Paper

May 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed El Hedi Arouri, Adel Ben Youssef, Nguyen Viet Cuong Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-internal-migration-a-way-to-cope-with-climate-change-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: In this study, we examine the effect of extreme weather events on migration among governorates in Egypt using migration gravity models and data from the 1996...

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De-securitizing counterterrorism in the Sinai Peninsula

2017 Egypt Paper Sahar Aziz Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Brookings Institution

April 30, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/de-securitizing-counterterrorism-in-the-sinai-peninsula/ Overview: On October 22, 2016, a senior Egyptian army officer was killed in broad daylight outside his home in a Cairo suburb.[1]The former head of security forces in North Sinai was allegedly murdered for demolishing homes and killing a...

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Why Aren’t More Muslim Brothers Turning to Violence?

2017 Chatham House Georges Fahmi Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

April 27, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Dr Georges Fahmi Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/why-aren-t-more-muslim-brothers-turning-violence After the 2013 military intervention against the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, many voices warned that the Brotherhood would shift its tactics to include the use of violence. However, only a minority within the Brotherhood has...

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The United States’ Assistance for Egypt

2017 Carnegie Economy Foreign Relations Michele Dunne Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 25, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/25/united-states-assistance-for-egypt-pub-68756 Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Leahy, Subcommittee members, thank you for this opportunity to address the subcommittee. The problem for United States’ assistance to Egypt is precisely this: how can the United States best support an important...

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Could the latest blunder by Egypt’s Sissi be the nail in his coffin?

2016 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Paper Sarah Yerkes The Brookings Institution

April 25, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/25/could-the-latest-blunder-by-egypts-sissi-be-the-nail-in-his-coffin/ Today, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is witnessing the most vocal and angry objection to his rule since he took power via a military coup in 2013. Across Cairo and beyond, Egyptians are gathering and...

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The Dueling Narratives of the Islamic State and the Egyptian State

2017 Egypt Jake Greene Nancy Okail Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

April 19, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nancy Okail, Jake Greene Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-dueling-narratives-of-the-islamic-state-and-the-egyptian-state/ When President Donald Trump welcomed Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi at the White House earlier this month, Trump applauded Sisi’s efforts to fight terrorism in Egypt as Sisi boasted about...

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How Will Sisi Respond to Attacks on Egypt’s Christians?

2017 Andre Colling International Peace Institute Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 17, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2017/04/sisi-response-to-attacks-on-egypt-christians/ Militants attacked two Coptic Christian churches in northern Egypt on April 9, killing over 40 people and wounding dozens more. In reaction to the blasts, which were claimed by the Islamic State, President Fatah el-Sisi deployed...

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Egypt’s Human Rights Movement Repression, Resistance, and Co-optation

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Human Rights Khaled Mansour Paper The Century Foundation

April 17, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Khaled Mansour Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/egypts-human-rights-movement/ Snapshot: Since the mid-1980s, the number of Egyptian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on human rights has grown rapidly. But despite the proliferation of organizations, the human rights movement in Egypt has never been very effective, and is now...

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Egypt Is in a State of Emergency. Here’s What That Means for its Government.

2017 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 13, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/13/egypt-is-in-state-of-emergency.-here-s-what-that-means-for-its-government-pub-68663 After Palm Sunday bombings killed close to four dozen churchgoers in two Egyptian cities, President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and the Egyptian cabinet declared a nationwide state of emergency, which was...

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