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Egypt: Struct. Imbalance in EFA Mechanisms

2019Amgad HamdiCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
September 23, 2019 19:16 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s):  Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-struct-imbalance-in-efa-mechanisms/ There are many problems facing the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), particularly those related to the mechanisms of choosing its boards. Although the mechanism adopted by FIFA is to choose boards through election, the Egyptian government keeps...

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How Far Will Sisi’s Government Go to Crush Protests?

2019Amr MagdiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
September 23, 2019 19:06 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Amr Magdi Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/23/how-far-will-sisis-government-go-crush-protests Time and again, Egyptian security forces have responded to peaceful protests with harsh oppression. Rare public protests this weekend were met with tear gas, the firing of live bullets, and mass arrests. Lawyers in Cairo talk of hundreds of...

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Beijing calling: Assessing China’s growing footprint in North Africa

2019Adel Abdel GhafarAnna JacobsCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Brookings Institution
September 23, 2019 19:03 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/beijing-calling-assessing-chinas-growing-footprint-in-north-africa/ As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East, and as Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa. China has been strategically...

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Anna Jacobs

Anna JacobsCivil SocietyEconomyExpertForeign RelationsHuman Rights
September 23, 2019 19:03 pm
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I am currently the senior research assistant at the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. My research interests are Middle East politics, with a focus on the Maghreb, political economy, media and press freedom, migration, refugee communities, civil-society state relations, and human rights. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia in May 2010

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Ridvan Bari Urcosta

Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyExpertForeign RelationsRidvan Bari Urcosta
September 23, 2019 18:38 pm
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Ridvan Bari Urcosta is a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations at Warsaw University, where he specializes in Russian Foreign Policy and particularly Russian Grand Strategy. He regularly cooperates with the European Council Foreign Relations.  He has served as assistant to the Head of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People since 2014, and

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Anti-Corruption Protests Roiling Egypt Add to Regional Insecurity

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMichele DunnePaper
September 23, 2019 14:12 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link:  https://www.axios.com/anticorruption-protests-roil-egypt-regional-insecurity-4bef19d9-25cc-4aa8-9c77-1a21081e1f21.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/09/23/anti-corruption-protests-roiling-egypt-add-to-regional-insecurity-pub-79899...

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Shoot, post and share: The viral accusations against Sisi and the military that led to Friday’s protests

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMadamasrMediaOmar SaidPaperRana Mamdouh
September 21, 2019 18:53 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Omar Said and Rana Mamdouh Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/21/feature/politics/shoot-post-and-share-the-viral-accusations-against-sisi-and-the-military-that-led-to-fridays-protests/ Something big — that we do not yet fully understand — is happening in the halls of power. Maybe we know some of it, and will get to know more with time. Perhaps we won’t...

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Cairo’s Struggle to Contain North Sinai Militancy

2019EgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJemimah HudsonMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
September 20, 2019 18:46 pm
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation for Global Research and Analysis Author(s): Jemimah Hudson Original Link:  https://jamestown.org/program/cairos-struggle-to-contain-north-sinai-militancy/ On July 18, militants executed four individuals in the town of Bir al-Abd, in North Sinai, for alleged cooperation with the Egyptian security services. One day later, at least two people, including a civilian...

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Egypt’s cement industry disrupted by entry of military as major new market player

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMadamasrOmaima IsmailPaper
September 18, 2019 18:29 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omaima Ismail   Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/18/feature/economy/egypts-cement-industry-disrupted-by-entry-of-military-as-major-new-market-player/ Egypt’s cement market was disrupted last year with the entry of the Armed Forces as a major new player in the industry.  In August 2018, the Arish Cement Company, which is...

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