Meliha Benli Altunışık
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (METU) https://www.ispionline.it/en/bio/meliha-benli-altunisik
Learn MoreCyber Violence and Women in Egypt
2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
March 31, 2022 13:53 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/cyber-violence-and-women-in-egypt/ While increasing access to the internet aims to pave the way for a more equitable and inclusive world, the weaponization of the internet and other technologies against women has grown commonplace. The internet and social media...
Learn MoreTurkey and Egypt: The Challenges of Normalisation
2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMeliha Benli AltunışıkPaper
March 30, 2022 14:26 pm
Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Meliha Benli Altunışık Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/turkey-and-egypt-challenges-normalisation-34277 Turkey has launched a normalisation initiative with several countries with which it has had problematic relations for the last decade. Egypt has been one of them. The relations between the two...
Learn MoreThe Russia-Ukraine war might finally bring about a rise in Egypt’s bread prices
2022Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKhaled DawoudMiddle East InstitutePaper
March 28, 2022 14:45 pm
Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/russia-ukraine-war-might-finally-bring-about-rise-egypts-bread-prices At a small mosque in Cairo’s middle-class neighborhood of Agouza, the traditional Friday prayer sermon was not about how Muslims should behave, or proper religious practices. Instead, it was about bread, known in the local...
Learn MoreWhat the Russian War in Ukraine Means for the Middle East
March 24, 2022 14:33 pm
Source: Carnegie Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/03/24/what-russian-war-in-ukraine-means-for-middle-east-pub-86711 The Russian war in Ukraine has presented the Egyptian government with two major, immediate challenges. Read more at original link
Learn MoreEgypt: What has Gov. done to face the phenomenon of suicide?
March 24, 2022 13:58 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-what-has-gov-done-to-face-the-phenomenon-of-suicide/ In many cases, the government’s organs deny the gravity of the phenomenon of suicide, and accuse opposition parties of exaggeration in their talk about it, to deliberately embarrass the community – a logic that seems blind to the...
Learn MoreA Homeland Lives Within Us, But We Cannot Live in It: Egyptian Organizing and Activism from Exile
2022Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMohamed MandourPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
March 23, 2022 13:53 pm
Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed Mandour Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/a-homeland-lives-within-us-but-we-cannot-live-in-it-egyptian-organizing-and-activism-from-exile/ Last June marked the first anniversary of the death of queer activist Sarah Hegazi, in exile in Canada. The days following her death witnessed vigils in cities across...
Learn MoreMohamed Mandour
Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsExpertForeign RelationsMohamed Mandour
March 23, 2022 13:50 pm
Mohamed Mandour is TIMEP’s Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellow, with his area of focus on Egyptians in the diaspora, the challenges they face, and the opportunities for organizing in exile. He last served as an Atlas Corps Research Fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED). He also previously worked as a researcher at the
Learn MoreAbout the phenomenon of suicide in Egypt
March 15, 2022 15:40 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/about-the-phenomenon-of-suicide-in-egypt/ The suicidal behavior is frequently associated with conflict, disaster, violence, abuse, or loss and isolation, with reports about increasing suicide rates among vulnerable groups that may experience discrimination such as refugees and migrants...
Learn MoreEgypt and Israel: Renewable Energies for Peace
2022Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsOfir WinterPaperThe Institute For National Security Studies
March 14, 2022 14:24 pm
Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-egypt-climate-change/ Egypt’s intense preparations for the international climate conference that it will host in Sharm el-Sheikh were evident at the World Youth Forum that met there this past January. Many of the conference sessions were devoted to the climate...
Learn MoreEgypt’s Faltering Hope of Production and Export of Gold
2022Ahmed ZikrallahDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaper
March 14, 2022 13:59 pm
Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-faltering-hope-of-production-and-export-of-gold/ Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Dr. Ali Moselhi’s announcement to replace the traditional gold stamp with a new laser stamping within a one-year transitional period, has raised many questions, given that this announcement came a...
Learn MoreWar in Ukraine: A food crisis in the MENA region?
2022Abla Abdel-LatifDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
March 10, 2022 15:39 pm
Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Abla Abdel Latif Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/war-ukraine-food-crisis-mena-region-34063 The MED This Week newsletter provides expert analysis and informed insights on the most significant developments in the MENA region, bringing together unique opinions on the topic and reliable foresight on...
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