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Jihadiist Situation in Egypt after Jan. Revolution

2018 Ahmed Mawlana Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

November 30, 2018 15:13 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Mawlana Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/jihadiist-situation-in-egypt-after-jan-revolution/ While the first episode of this study discussed the jihadist movement prior to the January Revolution (2011), this second episode addresses the jihadist situation in Egypt since the January Revolution up to the military coup on 3 July 2013...

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Ahmed Mawlana

Ahmed Mawlana Egyptian Institute For Studies Expert Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs

November 30, 2018 15:09 pm

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Ahmed Farid Mawlana, an Egyptian researcher and writer, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is also member of the Salafi Front’s Political Bureau, Egypt. https://en.eipss-eg.org/author/ahmed-mawlana-en/

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New Egyptian proposal for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation that could send Palestinians to polls awaits Abbas approval

2018 Ahmad Shehada Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Thaier Oun

November 28, 2018 16:56 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Ahmad Shehada and Thaier Oun Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/28/feature/politics/new-egyptian-proposal-for-fatah-hamas-reconciliation-that-could-send-palestinians-to-polls-awaits-abbas-approv Egyptian mediation brought tensions between Hamas and Israel down to a suspicious simmer after Gaza was nearly plunged into war at the beginning of November...

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Hafsa Halawa

Economy Expert Hafsa Halawa

November 28, 2018 16:25 pm

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Hafsa Halawa is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. She is a British-Egyptian political analyst, human rights advocate, and development specialist focused on democratic transition across Arab states. Halawa received her LLB with honors from the University of Exeter and her LLM with honors in corporate

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Devaluation: Is it Contractionary or Expansionary to Economic Sectors? The Case of Egypt

2018 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mohamed Bouaddi Nada Shokry Paper

November 28, 2018 16:07 pm

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Nada Shokry and Mohamed Bouaddi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/devaluation-is-it-contractionary-or-expansionary-to-economic-sectors-the-case-of-egypt-2/ This paper investigates the effect of changes in exchange rate on sectoral GDP in Egypt in the period between 1982 and 2014. For this purpose, the study uses a MIDAS regression...

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Sisi Builds a Green Zone for Egypt

2018 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Michele Dunne Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 27, 2018 17:30 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/11/27/sisi-builds-green-zone-for-egypt-pub-77803 Egypt’s new administrative capital, currently under construction—and tentatively named Wedian, which means “desert valleys”— represents concretely where President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been trying to take his country...

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Egypt’s offshore energy finds

2018 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

November 26, 2018 16:20 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-russians-launch-air-strikes-after-alleged-gas-attack The discovery of the Zohr offshore gas field in the Mediterranean in 2015, by the Italian energy company Eni, heralded some very good, and much needed, news for Egypt. At an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet, it is the...

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Looking for the root causes of the potato crisis

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Hadeer El-Mahdawyand Madamasr Nada Arafat Paper

November 22, 2018 16:31 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy and Nada Arafat Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/22/feature/economy/looking-for-the-root-causes-of-the-potato-crisis/ Approach a vegetable vendor in Cairo in recent months looking for potatoes, and you’ll likely be in for a surprise. For one kilogram of potatoes, a staple food item for many Egyptians, you might pay as much as LE14...

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US midterm elections: Bad news for Sisi?

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Sharif Abdel Kouddous

November 15, 2018 16:41 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Sharif Abdel Kouddous Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/15/feature/politics/us-midterm-elections-bad-news-for-sisi/ The Democratic Party chalked up victories across the United States in the midterm elections on November 6, gaining control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years. The Democrats needed to gain 23 seats to seize...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Elisa Epstein Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 15:29 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-congress-should-not-be-fooled-egypts-platitudes US policymakers shouldn’t be fooled by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent call to review Egypt’s draconian 2017 NGO law, which effectively criminalized non-governmental groups and set the path for “unprecedented”...

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Gaza flare-up threatens Egyptian-led negotiations

2018 Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 13, 2018 16:11 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/gaza-flare-threatens-egyptian-led-negotiations-weekly-briefing Almost a year of tentative truce-building by Egypt and the UN was given a sharp kick in the teeth on Sunday when an Israeli covert operation in the Gaza Strip went wrong, leading to an exchange of gunfire between Israeli...

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“Arab Shield 1”: The birth of an Arab NATO?

2018 Cinzia Bianco Egypt Foreign Relations Giorgio Cafiero Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 13, 2018 16:01 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Giorgio Cafiero and Cinzia Bianco Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/arab-shield-1-birth-arab-nato As naval, air, and ground units from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) conduct war games in western Egypt this month, joined by observers from Morocco and Lebanon, many speculate that this could...

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