He is an Egyptian translator and journalist. He studied English literature at Cairo University, where he got his B.A. in 1986. He has started his career since 1987, and recently, he has worked as Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East Observer. https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-sudan-impasse-under-gerd-declaration-of-principles/
Learn MoreSource: Washington Institute Author(s): Angie Omar Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-road-to-egypts-6th-of-october Egypt, with all its variety, novelty, and antiquity, also happens to have a sophisticated Uber service. On a quick Uber trip from Cairo’s Abdeen neighborhood to the 6th of October city in Giza governorate, I had the chance to ride with a...
Learn MoreSource: Washington Institute Author(s): Bilal Wahab Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-will-it-take-to-repair-middle-eastern-economies The Middle East is among the world’s richest regions in natural resources, but despite the Persian Gulf ’s ostentatious oil wealth, as a whole, the region teeters on the economic precipice. East Asia, South Asia, and...
Learn MoreBilal Wahab is the Nathan and Esther K. Wagner fellow at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on governance in the Iraqi Kurdish region and in Iraq as a whole. He has taught at the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani, where he established the Center for Development and Natural Resources, a research program on
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/freedom-for-the-black-gown-egypts-crackdown-on-lawyers-and-the-rule-of-law/ In 2016, Egyptian human rights lawyers launched “Freedom for the Black Gown,” a campaign dedicated to highlighting the ongoing crackdown that had expanded to include the legal community. The...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/demarcation-of-maritime-borders-and-egyptian-strategic-interests/ In the wake of the agreement signed between Turkey and Libya last November on demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries, several questions were raised about maritime border demarcation in the Eastern...
Learn Morehttps://atlascorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Headshot-Nourhan-Fahmy_small.jpg Nourhan has worked as a journalist in several Egypt-based news outlets including Daily News Egypt, Aswat Masriya, and Mada Masr, focusing on legal and judicial developments in her writing. She also worked as a researcher and archivist at the Law & Society Research Unit at the...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Nourhan Fahmy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/how-the-egyptian-state-codifies-media-censorship/ With a raid on one of Egypt’s only independent news media outlets and the arrest of four additional journalists in just two weeks, rights groups and press freedom advocates sounded the alarm yet again regarding the...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Mawlana Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-jihadist-movements-during-january-revolution/ The jihadist stream returned to prominence in the Egyptian scene after its members were released from prison after the January Revolution (2011), who resumed operations following escalation of crackdowns in the wake of the military coup in...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-army-economic-institutions-and-road-to-full-domination/ After Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s military coup on July 3, 2013, the leaders of the ruling military institution adopted a new approach to management of the economic file within the Egyptian State, whereby the army has turned from being...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rami Galal and Mona Said Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/towards-greater-gender-diversity-in-the-workplace-in-egypt/ One of the main challenges facing the Egyptian economy is that it is not making the best use of half of the population, as the rate women’s participation in the labor force is among the lowest in the world. Worse yet...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Reham Rizk and Ali Rashed Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/trends-and-patterns-of-womens-enterpreneurship-in-egypt/ This paper conducts a detailed analysis of the trends and patterns of women’s role in household non-agricultural enterprises in Egypt. The paper uses the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS)...
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