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Supporting Women’s Livelihoods in Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges

2019Caroline KrafftCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEgyptEmma KettleHuman RightsPaperWomen Affairs
October 31, 2019 18:54 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Caroline Krafft and Emma Kettle Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/supporting-womens-livelihoods-in-egypt-opportunities-and-challenges/ In a nutshell: Egyptian women, especially rural women, have low economic participation by standard measures. Standard measures under-estimate the economic engagement of rural women. Married women work a...

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EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS OF YOUTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS IN EGYPT

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptMaye EhabPaperYouth
October 31, 2019 18:34 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Maye Ehab Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/employment-transitions-of-youth-and-mental-health-implications-in-egypt/ Youth in Egypt suffer from high rates of unemployment and inactivity. They are also heavily affected by the widespread use of informal employment. This paper addresses the effects of employment transitions on the health of...

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Obstacles to Renewing Religious Discourse in Egypt: Reasons and Results

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsIshak IbrahimIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 31, 2019 18:06 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/obstacles-to-renewing-religious-discourse-in-egypt-reasons-and-results/ In recent years, the Egyptian regime has promoted a new “vision” of Islam, both locally and internationally, to combat terrorism and religious extremism. President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi not only...

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Egypt’s Challenge of Stateness After the Arab Spring

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKhader SawaedPaper
October 29, 2019 18:05 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Khader Sawaed Original Link:  https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenge-of-stateness-after-the-arab-spring/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined The revolution of January 25, 2011 in Egypt, which constituted one of the many upheavals of the Arab Spring, resulted...

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Egypt: GERD and the Predicament of Int’l Mediator

2019Al-Mahboub Abu-AliCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaper
October 29, 2019 17:34 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Al-Mahmoub Abu-Ali Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-gerd-and-the-predicament-of-intl-mediator/ The Egyptian presidency said in a statement on its Facebook page on October 5, after failure of Khartoum negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), that it was looking forward to an active role by the United States in...

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Egypt After the 2011 Revolution: Divisions in Postprotest Pathways

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHafsa HalawaHuman RightsPaper
October 24, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/10/24/egypt-after-2011-revolution-divisions-in-postprotest-pathways-pub-80141 Much has been written about Egypt’s revolution in 2011. Given that the military retook power only two years later in June 2013, the widespread view is that this revolution failed utterly. However, the protests of 2011 and 2013 left...

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Egypt’s latest protests are an alarm bell for Sisi

2019Alessia MelcangiAtlantic CouncilCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGiuseppe DenticePaper
October 21, 2019 17:45 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Alessia Melcangi and Giuseppe Dentice Original Link:  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypts-latest-protests-are-an-alarm-bell-for-sisi/ Egypt seems to be getting back to normal after a number of demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that began on September 20. This may be the consequence of the zero-tolerance approach...

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Egypt New Capital Museum: Objectives and Risks

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHussein DuqeilPaper
October 21, 2019 17:28 pm
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Source:  Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s):  Hussein Duqeil Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-new-capital-museum-objectives-and-risks/ A museum is a revealing mirror that reflects the civilization and history of peoples and countries. Through museums, generations learn about the stages and periods of their country’s history. A museum is also an educational, cultural and...

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Photo Essay: Aswan, an Egyptian Border Region in Waiting Mode

2019CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperSherif Mohy El Deen
October 16, 2019 17:14 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Sherif Mohyeldeen Original Link:  https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80060 The Egyptian governorate of Aswan is situated along the Nile River and borders Sudan. Its capital, Aswan city, is the southernmost urban agglomeration in Egypt and has the distinction of having remained stable during the uprising of 2011, when much of the rest of the country was plunged into...

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The Protests in Egypt: A Wake-Up Call?

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsDoron EllaEgyptOfir WinterPaperThe Institute For National Security Studies
October 07, 2019 17:02 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Doron Ella Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-protests-in-egypt-a-wake-up-call/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined Over recent weeks, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was confronted was with his gravest public crisis since taking...

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Egypt: Largest wave of mass arrests since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaper
October 02, 2019 14:18 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/egypt-largest-wave-of-mass-arrests-since-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-came-to-power/ Over the past 12 days, Egyptian authorities have launched the biggest crackdown under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule rounding up more than 2,300 people – at least 111 of them...

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Egypt: why protests against al-Sisi

2019Alessia MelcangiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
September 30, 2019 14:06 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link:  https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-perche-si-protesta-contro-al-sisi-24050 From his voluntary Spanish exile he had launched the appeal to gather a million people in protest, “the million man march”, Muhammad ‘Ali , the entrepreneur and businessman who in...

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