Sahar Aziz

Q&A – “Why Did Egyptian Democratization Fail?” Fourteen Experts Respond

2020 Abdelrahman Ayyash Amy Hawthorne Andrew Miller Bahey Eldin Hassan Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Ezzedine Choukri Fishere Hafsa Halawa Khalil Al Anani Michael Wahid Hanna Michele Dunne Nagwan Alashwal Paper Sahar Aziz Shadi Hamid Steven A. Cook William Quandt Zeinab Abul-Magd

January 28, 2020 20:02 pm

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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Edited by Amy Hawthorne and Andrew Miller; Zeinab Abul-Magd, Khalil Al-Anani, Nagwan Al Ashwal, Abdelrahman Ayyash, Sahar Aziz, Steven Cook, Michele Dunne, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Hafsa Halawa, Shadi Hamid, Michael Hanna, Bahey eldin Hassan, and William Quandt Original Link: ...

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Egypt’s Lost Academic Freedom

2019 Amy Austin Holmes Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Sahar Aziz Youth

January 24, 2019 15:41 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Amy Austin Holmes and Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78210 In his speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on January 10, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted the inherent connection between academic freedom and economic development. He called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to “unleash the creative energy...

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Expert Minorities Sahar Aziz

January 30, 2018 00:04 am

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Sahar F. Aziz is a Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law School where she is the Director of the Center on Security, Race, and Civil Rights. Professor Aziz’s scholarship focuses on the intersection of national security and civil rights law with a focus on the post-9/11 era. She incorporates critical

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De-securitizing counterterrorism in the Sinai Peninsula

2017 Egypt Paper Sahar Aziz Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Brookings Institution

April 30, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/de-securitizing-counterterrorism-in-the-sinai-peninsula/ Overview: On October 22, 2016, a senior Egyptian army officer was killed in broad daylight outside his home in a Cairo suburb.[1]The former head of security forces in North Sinai was allegedly murdered for demolishing homes and killing a...

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Postcard from Egypt during Christmas

2017 Egypt Minorities Paper Sahar Aziz The Brookings Institution

December 29, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/postcard-from-egypt-during-christmas/ After a divisive presidential election year with the purported threat of terrorism from the Middle East dominating the news cycle, spending Christmas in Egypt was refreshing. Completely contradicting the xenophobic stereotypes of Arabs as violent and...

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The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts

2016 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Sahar Aziz

October 12, 2016 06:27 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64840 Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution was stillborn. Although the military has long been a key political player, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime has promoted the...

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