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A Fragile Egypt in a Changing World: Six Years After the Revolution

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Media Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown Women Affairs Youth

May 25, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Omnibus Spending Bill Reflects Changes to U.S. Assistance to Egypt

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May 11, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-omnibus-spending-bill-reflects-changes-to-u-s-assistance-to-egypt/ Snapshot: On May 5, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law, legislating funding levels for U.S. government programs, including the State and Foreign...

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TIMEP Brief: Press Freedom in Egypt

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May 03, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-press-freedom-in-egypt/ The Egyptian government uses policies ranging from harassment and imprisonment of individual journalists to media blackouts and channel closures to stifle freedom of the press. In 2016, Egypt had 25 journalists in prison and was ranked as the...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Leaked Video of Extrajudicial Killings Connected to Military

2017 Egypt Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

April 21, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-leaked-video-of-egyptian-military-servicemen-extrajudicial-killings-of-civilians/ This briefing was updated on April 26, 2017. Initial reports described the uniformed men in the video as members of the Egyptian Armed Forces, but later reports made it clear that...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Palm Sunday Bombings

2017 Egypt Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

April 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-palm-sunday-bombings/ Snapshot: Twin bombs at Coptic Orthodox cathedrals in Alexandria and Tanta exploded on Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017, killing 47 and injuring up to 113. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed the attack, which occurred less than five months after...

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The Dueling Narratives of the Islamic State and the Egyptian State

2017 Egypt Jake Greene Nancy Okail Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

April 19, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nancy Okail, Jake Greene Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-dueling-narratives-of-the-islamic-state-and-the-egyptian-state/ When President Donald Trump welcomed Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi at the White House earlier this month, Trump applauded Sisi’s efforts to fight terrorism in Egypt as Sisi boasted about...

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Understanding Egyptian Policy Toward Libya

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Mieczysław Boduszyński Military Affairs Mohamed Arafa Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 28, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mieczyslaw Boduszynski, Mohamed Arafa Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/understanding-egyptian-policy-toward-libya/ Egypt’s policy toward Libya has been driven by legitimate security concerns, economic ties, a desire for stability in its western neighbor, and the political and ideological goals of Egyptian President...

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How the Egyptian Government Endorses Torture

2017 Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sherif Azer The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 22, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Sherif Azer Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-the-egyptian-government-endorses-torture/ Egypt’s problems with torture are well documented. Inhumane practices that cause humiliation, severe psychological damage, and even death have become systematic inside Egyptian police stations, detention centers, and prisons. The...

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FDI Isn’t Enough for Egypt

2017 Economy Foreign Relations Osama Diab Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 13, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Osama Diab Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/fdi-isnt-enough-for-egypt/ Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), an event hyped by the Egyptian government and business community in an effort to restore trust in Egypt’s economy and bring in much-needed foreign cash. Since...

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Mubarak’s Acquittal and the State of Transitional Justice in Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Judicial Affairs May El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 10, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/mubaraks-acquittal-and-the-state-of-transitional-justice-in-egypt/ In a final verdict on March 2, Egypt’s Court of Cassation acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak of ordering the killing of protesters during the January 25 Revolution in 2011. Mubarak had been added as a...

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Expert Q&A on Egypt’s Bread Protests

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March 09, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/uncategorized/expert-qa-on-egypts-bread-protests/ On Tuesday March 7, protests broke out across Egypt in response to a rumored proposal from Egypt’s supply minister, Ali Meselhi, a Mubarak-era figure that was appointed in a cabinet reshuffle this February. Meselhi’s proposal would have...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Killings in Arish: Rising Sectarianism in Sinai

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

March 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-killings-in-arish-rising-sectarianism-in-sinai/ INTRODUCTION In the last four weeks, seven Christians have been killed in the city of Arish in North Sinai, changing the nature of violence in Sinai that has recently found a home in and around Arish, North Sinai’s...

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