Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
February 12, 2020 19:52 pm
Ezzedine is a senior lecturer at Dartmouth College, novelist, and former diplomat. Follow Ezzedine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FishereEzzedine
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February 12, 2020 18:54 pm
Nagwan is a PhD researcher at European University Institute, Italy. Follow Nagwan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElashwalNagwan
Learn MorePersonal Status of Copts: Crisis Made by State and Church
February 12, 2020 18:43 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/personal-status-of-copts-crisis-made-by-state-and-church/ Recently in a rare ruling, an Egyptian court, in a case brought by a Christian woman demanding the equal distribution of inheritance between herself and her male siblings, ruled that Christians...
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/81045 Egypt’s penal system, defined by severe punishment and pre-trial abuses, impacts the state’s legitimacy, the rise of radicalization, and prospects for a transition. Read more at original link
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February 11, 2020 20:18 pm
Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Deborah Lehr Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/green-financing-egypt The green movement has been slow to catch on in Egypt, but the January announcement by the Egyptian government that it is finalizing plans to launch the country’s first green bonds could provide the financial incentives to further promote sustainable...
Learn MoreGlobal tech and domestic tactics: Egypt’s multifaceted regime of information controls
January 31, 2020 20:39 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Joey Shea Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/global-tech-and-domestic-tactics-egypts-multifaceted-regime-of-information-controls/ Egyptian security agencies have effectively combined sophisticated technology purchased internationally with their own home-grown surveillance and censorship tactics to produce a...
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2020EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsOmar KhalafPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
January 31, 2020 20:18 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omar Khalaf Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/libyan-dilemma-and-egyptian-national-security/ The recent mobilization of the political regime in Egypt against international interventions in Libya in favor of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and its regional allies comes in the wake of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum of...
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Omar Khalaf is an Egyptian researcher, Master of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. https://en.eipss-eg.org/author/omar-samir-khalaf-en/
Learn MoreWhose Lives Matter? An Equivocal Approach to American Detainees
2020Allison McmanusEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
January 29, 2020 15:55 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Allison Mcmanus Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/whose-lives-matter-an-equivocal-approach-to-american-detainees/ On January 13, Mustafa Kassem died tragically of heart failure in a cold cell in Egypt’s Tora Prison. Kassem, a U.S. citizen and by all accounts an innocent man who spent six and a half years in...
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Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyExpertMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsSarah El BattoutySecurity and Counter-Terrorism
January 29, 2020 15:15 pm
Sarah El Battouty is a non-resident scholar at MEI. She is an award-winning architect with 18 years’ experience in the field of green and environmental building. Sarah is the founder of one of Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing companies, ECOnsult, which has carried out the most certified energy-saving projects in Egypt. Her design work spans from
Learn MoreQ&A – “Why Did Egyptian Democratization Fail?” Fourteen Experts Respond
2020Abdelrahman AyyashAmy HawthorneAndrew MillerBahey Eldin HassanCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEzzedine Choukri FishereHafsa HalawaKhalil Al AnaniMichael Wahid HannaMichele DunneNagwan AlashwalPaperSahar AzizShadi HamidSteven A. CookWilliam QuandtZeinab Abul-Magd
January 28, 2020 20:02 pm
Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Edited by Amy Hawthorne and Andrew Miller; Zeinab Abul-Magd, Khalil Al-Anani, Nagwan Al Ashwal, Abdelrahman Ayyash, Sahar Aziz, Steven Cook, Michele Dunne, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Hafsa Halawa, Shadi Hamid, Michael Hanna, Bahey eldin Hassan, and William Quandt Original Link: ...
Learn MoreSustainable development: An unavoidable path for Egypt’s future
January 28, 2020 15:17 pm
Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Sarah El Battouty Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sustainable-development-unavoidable-path-egypts-future Egypt has realized a significant number of changes in healthcare, education, and economic reform policy over the past decade. It is also increasingly looking toward policy for development that emphasizes cohesive problem solving, in...
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