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Egypt’s Short and Long-Term Challenges

2015Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMiddle East InstitutePaperPaul SalemSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
May 27, 2015 03:33 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Paul Salem Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-short-and-long-term-challenges In the year since being elected to the presidency, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has consolidated a ruling coalition, restored economic growth, and brought back considerable stability to the country after four years of turmoil. But this has come with a harsh crackdown...

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Reforming Religious Discourse in Egypt

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHassan MneimnehIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMediaMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 14, 2015 03:34 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hassan Mneimneh Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/reforming-religious-discourse-egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has earned numerous accolades, domestic and international, for his repeated calls for religious discourse away from extremism. Sisi has expressed the conviction that the proclivity to radicalism and conflict is not...

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Egypt: Between Chaos, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

2015Amr El-ShokabiDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 13, 2015 03:46 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amr El-Shokabi Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/node/20431 The literature on democratic transitions from the last 50 years has emphasized the process of transforming an authoritarian state into a democracy. Much has been written about negotiations between ancien regimes and democratic forces, particularly the bridges that must be made between elements...

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Egypt’s Deregulated Property Market: A Crisis of Affordability

2015EconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaperYahia Shawkat
May 05, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Yahia Shawkat Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-deregulated-property-market-crisis-affordability What Egyptians call the azmit al-iskan—the housing crisis—is exemplified by the 1986 movie, Karakon fi-l-Shari‘a, or Prison in the Street. The film depicts a typical middle class family that, evicted from its condemned home, must resort to...

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Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery: Social Transformation through Art

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentMaria GoliaMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 27, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/cairo%E2%80%99s-townhouse-gallery-social-transformation-through-art As the urban historian Lewis Mumford pointed out, “When a city has reached the megapolitan stage, it is plainly on the downward path: it needs a terrific exertion of social force to overcome the inertia, to alter the direction of...

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Rebuilding the U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relationship

2015Anthony C. ZinniEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstitutePaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
April 16, 2015 03:38 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Anthony C. Zinni Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/rebuilding-us-egyptian-strategic-relationship President Obama’s decision to lift the freeze on delivery of military aid to Egypt was the right thing to do to shore up a key strategic alliance in a region where risks to U.S. security are multiplying rapidly. The United States needs Egypt’s...

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Egypt’s Energy Potential

2015EconomyMichael HochbergMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 07, 2015 05:55 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Michael Hochberg Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt%E2%80%99s-energy-potential Egypt is not out of the dark, but there is reason to be hopeful. The nation’s energy market reforms and consistent debt repayments have won the attention and approval of international energy companies and investors in the form of significant investment in the...

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A Delayed Transition: Egypt’s Suspended Elections

2015Ahmed MorsyDemocracy and PoliticsMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 07, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Ahmed Morsy Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/delayed-transition-egypt%E2%80%99s-suspended-elections In March, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court suspended the country’s long-awaited parliamentary elections,[1] originally scheduled to begin March 21. The decision came as a result of a March 1 ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC)...

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The Egypt Economic Development Conference: Success or Failure?

2015Ahmed Farouk GhoneimEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaper
March 26, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt-economic-development-conference-success-or-failure Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah first conceived of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) as a means of supporting Egypt and its new government after the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi in June 2013. The plan was to...

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The Egyptian Family House: Fostering Religious Unity

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJayson CasperMiddle East InstituteMinoritiesPaper
March 24, 2015 03:34 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jayson Casper Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egyptian-family-house-fostering-religious-unity Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has not been shy about the need to reform religious discourse and relations.[1] He is concerned about how the image of Islam has been marred by Muslims themselves, and how extremist thought has torn the fabric...

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Great Expectations: The Egypt Economic Conference

2015EconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaperSamer Atallah
March 11, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Samer Atallah Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/great-expectations-egypt-economic-conference On March 13, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will inaugurate the Egypt Economic Development Conference in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The main objective of the conference is to put Egypt back on the world investment map. Sisi’s...

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Egypt’s Economy: Hanging in the Balance

2015EconomyMiddle East InstitutePaperYasmin El-Rifae
March 04, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Yasmin El-Rifae Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt%E2%80%99s-economy-hanging-balance As 2014 drew to a close, the Egyptian economy was making international headlines. The Financial Times called Egypt the world’s best destination for stock market investment.[1] Meanwhile, the Egyptian press documented a flurry of visits by delegations of...

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