Egypt’s Constitutional Court Half a Century of Transformations

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-constitutional-court-half-a-century-of-transformations/ In September 2021, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) marked its golden jubilee (the 50th. anniversary of its inception), as it was established under the 1971 Constitution to succeed the High Court, which had been...

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Sisi’s Brand of Islam

Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/85621 Sisi’s call for religious renewal falls within the regime’s attempt to centralize power in its hands, by creating a top-down version of state sponsored Islam, anchored in conservative social values. Read more at original link

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Women, Work and Covid in Egypt

Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Radwa Elsaman Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/women-work-and-covid-egypt The onset of the COVID-19 the pandemic has seen an increase in the burden of unpaid work in the home, which largely falls to women. This includes monitoring the health of elderly family members, childcare, home-schooling, and household chores. For women retaining...

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Maternal education to curb female genital mutilation: evidence from Egypt

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mesbah Sharaf and Ahmed Rashad Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2021/10/17/maternal-education-curb-female-genital-mutilation-evidence-egypt/ Education is widely considered a protective factor against risky health practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM). This column summarises evidence-based research that evaluates the causal impact...

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Brotherhood: Challenges of Reality & Options of Confrontation

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Almuneir Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/brotherhood-challenges-of-reality-options-of-confrontation/ With the outbreak of Covid-19 in Egypt and amid escalating calls for the release of detainees in Egyptian prisons, the crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) with the current Egyptian regime has re-emerged, given that among...

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Mixed news for Egypt’s economy

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/weekly-briefing-lebanons-power-grid-shuts-down#mabrouk Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, better known by its acronym, CAPMAS, invariably concentrates on the figures, regardless of their political connotations. The latest figures show that overall inflation in both...

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Burning ambition: Egypt’s return to regional leadership and how Europe should respond

Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://ecfr.eu/publication/burning-ambition-egypts-return-to-regional-leadership-and-how-europe-should-respond/ “Egypt is back” is the message Egyptian foreign policy officials wish to send to their counterparts across the globe. Shifting regional dynamics have prompted Egypt to adopt a more active foreign...

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The Transformative Politics and Memory of the Maspero Massacre

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Miray Philips Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-transformative-politics-and-memory-of-the-maspero-massacre/ When Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), died on September 21, 2021, the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement offering their...

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What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

Source: Bruce Riedal Author(s): Brookings Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/10/01/what-anwar-sadats-murder-40-years-ago-meant-for-the-middle-east/ Forty years ago, on October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamist terrorists in Cairo. I was then the Egypt analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and had just published an...

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Impact of Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Egypt’s National Security

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dr. Tarek Abboud Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/impact-of-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-on-egypts-national-security/ The Egyptian people, state, and institutions have recently been preoccupied with the developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) due to the significance of the Nile River to Egyptians. The Nile River is...

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Egypt between regional matches and post-Covid revival

Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/legitto-tra-partite-regionali-e-rilancio-post-covid-31820 In a context, the Middle East, where there is an apparent realignment of alliances and power relations between the main geopolitical players in the area, Egypt continues to focus on...

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