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Questioning Egypt’s Golden Era

2016 Amr Kotb Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

May 23, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Kotb Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/questioning-egypts-golden-era/ Mohamed Hassanein Heikal’s death in February marked another loss in the ever-shrinking cast of artists, actors, writers, singers, and journalists who awaken a feeling of nostalgia for many Egyptians. The 1950s and 60s in Egypt made up a period...

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Who Enforces Egypt’s Laws?

2016 Adel Ramadan Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

May 16, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Adel Ramadan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/who-enforces-egypts-laws/ On May 1, Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MOI) personnel stormed the headquarters of the country’s Syndicate of Journalists and arrested two reporters in an unprecedented move. A sense of anger prevailed among journalists as the union’s general...

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Transitional Justice in Egypt: A Challenge and an Opportunity

2016 Catherine Turner Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

May 14, 2016 03:47 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Catherine Turner Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/transitional-justice-in-egypt-a-challenge-and-an-opportunity/ In 2011, Egypt was rocked by the events that unfolded in Tahrir Square. The world watched as protesters gathered to demand that Hosni Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt since 1981, should go. The protests continued...

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Egyptian Political Parties and the Civil Society Crisis

2016 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Ragab Saad The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

May 10, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egyptian-political-parties-and-the-civil-society-crisis/ In Egyptian politics, the stances of political movements and parties on human rights and citizenship vary according to their relationship with the incumbent regime. A quick review of the positions of the prominent...

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Tiran, Sanafir, and the Island of Executive Power in Egypt

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

April 21, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tiran-sanafir-and-the-island-of-executive-power-in-egypt/ From an outside perspective, the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabian control may seem relatively uneventful. The Straits of Tiran can easily be controlled or defended from Sinai given how...

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Egypt’s Unenviable Economy

2016 Economy Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

April 07, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-unenviable-economy/ Egypt’s economy is saddled with an array of complicated and interrelated challenges. The government is burdened with the unenviable task of addressing and overcoming these challenges in a weak global context for emerging economies. Unemployment...

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The real source of Egypt’s dollar crisis is scarcity. Devaluation isn’t enough.

2016 Economy Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

March 21, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-real-source-of-egypts-dollar-crisis-is-scarcity-devaluation-isnt-enough/ The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) finally bit the bullet and facilitated a substantial devaluation of the Egyptian pound. The official price of the dollar has risen 14 percent this week from 7.83...

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In Egypt, Journalism is a Crime

2016 Egypt Human Rights Media Paper Ragab Saad The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 16, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/in-egypt-journalism-is-a-crime/ In his September 2015 interview with CNN, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi boasted that Egypt is seeing “unprecedented media freedom.” However, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that Egypt had the worst deterioration of...

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The Struggle in the Egyptian Medical Syndicate

2016 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Hani Hodaib Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 02, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Hani Hodaib Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/struggle-in-egyptian-medical-syndicate/ Editor’s Note: On January 28 of this year, an incident at Matariya Teaching Hospital sparked a conflict between the Egyptian Medical Syndicate and the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior that is still ongoing. Doctors—complaining of police...

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Unmet Demands, Tenuous Stability

2016 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

January 25, 2016 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/unmet-needs-tenuous-stability/ After five years of protests, struggle, and change in government cabinets, parliaments, and presidents, Egypt is nowhere near where many had hoped when Egyptians took to the streets on January 25, 2011. Given the tumultuous environment in the Middle...

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The Egyptian Parliament’s First Task

2016 Democracy and Politics May El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 09, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/the-egyptian-parliaments-first-task/ As Egypt’s House of Representatives prepares to sit for its first session, among the first tasks it will face is the review of the decrees and laws issued by Presidents Adly Mansour and Abdel-Fattah El Sisi since the approval of the

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Sexuality Education: Egypt’s Missed Opportunity

2015 Culture, Education and Development Dalia Abd El-Hameed Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 18, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Dalia Abd El-Hameed Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/sexuality-education-egypts-missed-opportunity/ After more than three decades of national family planning programs, an almost 30-year-old national AIDS program, and two decades of combating female circumcision, a quick look at Egypt’s latest statistics might give you...

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