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Organizational Split and Radicalization Within Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

2019Annette RankoEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMohammad YaghiPaperWashington Institute
March 04, 2019 16:58 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Annette Ranko and Mohammad Yaghi Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/organizational-split-and-radicalization-within-egypts-muslim-brotherhood Internal structural changes and ideological rifts have given rise to new strategies for legitimizing violence. On February 20, Egypt executed nine Muslim Brotherhood members...

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Development of the military situation in Sinai – Jan.

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHaitham GhoniemMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
March 04, 2019 16:38 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/development-of-the-military-situation-in-sinai-jan/ While no more official military communiques on Operation Sinai-2018 have been issued by the military spokesman, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on 8 January 2019 announced (in an interview with a State-owned satellite channel) that...

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Egypt: al-Sisi increasingly powerful, increasingly weak oppositions

2019Civil SocietyEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesJudicial AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 01, 2019 18:44 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-al-sisi-sempre-piu-potente-opposizioni-sempre-piu-deboli-22358 2019 will be a very important year for Egypt facing old problems and new political challenges. After the clear electoral success of March 2018, which gave Abdel Fattah...

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Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt

2019Boris NajmanCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptNesma AliPaper
February 28, 2019 21:44 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Nesma Ali and Boris Najman Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/cronyism-firms-productivity-and-informal-competition-in-egypt/ This paper investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level effect of cronyism on formal-firms’ productivity in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Based on the World...

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Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

2019Caroline KrafftColette SalemiCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRagui AssaadYouth
February 28, 2019 16:02 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft and Colette Salemi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/socioeconomic-status-and-the-changing-nature-of-school-to-work-transitions-in-egypt-jordan-and-tunisia/ This paper examines the evolution of initial labor market outcomes across cohorts of school leavers by education and socioeconomic status in Egypt, Jordan...

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Perceptions of Service Access in a Context of Marginalization: The Case of Young People in Informal Greater Cairo

2019Ahmed AliCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHuman RightsMaia SieverdingPaperRania RoushdyRasha HassanYouth
February 28, 2019 15:53 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s):  Maia Sieverding, Rania Roushdy, Rasha Hassan and Ahmed Ali Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/perceptions-of-service-access-in-a-context-of-marginalization-the-case-of-young-people-in-informal-greater-cairo/ In Egypt it is estimated that the majority of the country’s 40 million urban residents, which include 11 million young people, live...

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Worse Than Mubarak

2019Amy HawthorneAndrew MillerCarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsMilitary AffairsPaper
February 27, 2019 18:39 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Andrew Miller and Amy Hawthorne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/02/27/worse-than-mubarak-pub-78470 Consumed by domestic politics, exhausted by the Middle East, and complacent about the stability of Arab allies, Washington has stopped paying close attention to Egypt. But something alarming is happening in the most populous Arab country and a key...

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How to Confront Constitutional Amendments in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsKhaled FouadPaper
February 27, 2019 15:15 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/how-to-confront-constitutional-amendments-in-egypt/ This study seeks exploration of the common ground that may unite the different Egyptian political forces and build a unified national stance, restore the spirit of joint action between these forces, and overcome differences on controversial...

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Correcting the ‘Corrective Revolution’

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptJudicial AffairsNathan J. BrownPaper
February 27, 2019 14:52 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/78461 Egypt’s current constitution was born to be amended, as some of its architects made clear when they wrote it five years ago. One of its most significant features, a limitation on presidential terms that appeared to be deeply entrenched, was quite obviously in the cross-hairs as

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Doubling Down on Dictatorship

2019Civil SocietyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
February 25, 2019 16:48 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/doubling-down-on-dictatorship/ In one of the least surprising political developments in Egypt since 2013, President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi’s allies are moving to amend Egypt’s constitution so that he can continue to rule the country until 2034. Since deposing...

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