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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (2)

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsNoura El HafianePaper
August 23, 2021 14:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-2/ The previous part of the study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the authorities in Egypt despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution itself...

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Egypt maintains diplomatic efforts on Gaza

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 23, 2021 14:20 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-new-threats-and-far-more-dangerous-environment-afghanistan#mabrouk On Aug. 18, the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS), Abbas Kamel, became the first Egyptian official to visit Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett since the latter’s new government was sworn...

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Will Egypt Live with GERD as a Bitter Reality?

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
August 19, 2021 14:30 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/will-egypt-live-with-gerd-as-a-bitter-reality/ On July 19, Ethiopia announced that it had completed the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This unilateral step had been rejected by the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, which insisted on a binding...

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UN Session on GERD Dispute Strains Egypt-Russia Relations

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
August 17, 2021 14:27 pm
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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/un-session-gerd-dispute-strains-egypt-russia-relations Moscow is keen on courting Ethiopia, and Cairo is beginning to realize its partner’s limitations, yet the two governments will nevertheless continue cooperating on hot-button issues like weapons procurement. Read...

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Israel and Egypt top growth expectations in MENA: A tale of two divergent strategies

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKaren E. YoungMiddle East InstitutePaper
August 17, 2021 14:23 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Karen E. Young Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/israel-and-egypt-top-growth-expectations-mena-tale-two-divergent-strategies The two countries in the Middle East with the highest growth expectations for 2022 are Israel and Egypt. Fitch Solutions estimates that MENA-wide GDP will grow by 3.6% in 2021, after a contraction of 4% in 2020...

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Russia and the GERD: An uneasy balancing act

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstitutePaperSamuel Ramani
August 16, 2021 14:08 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Samuel Ramani Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/russia-and-gerd-uneasy-balancing-act Since late June, Russia has expanded its diplomatic involvement in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. On June 23, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...

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Egypt scrambles to ramp up vaccination drive

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 09, 2021 15:45 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-despite-strains-abraham-accords-have-proved-resilient-whats-next#mabrouk On Aug. 8, Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced that 261,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine had arrived, the first of 25 million. The one-dose vaccine will be allocated to those wishing...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (1)

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsNoura El HafianePaper
August 09, 2021 14:44 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-1/ Since the 3 July 2013 coup d’etat, Egypt has been witnessing serious human rights violations and repression of basic freedoms, where Egyptians who reject the hegemony of military rule have been exposed to countless killings, torture...

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Egypt: Poverty and Imbalances of Income and Wealth Distribution

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaperWessam Fauad
August 05, 2021 14:11 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-poverty-and-imbalances-of-income-and-wealth-distribution/ Among the most prominent indicators cited by international think tanks regarding the state of inequality[1], are the data disseminated by the World Inequality Database (WID). In 2019, according to WID, 1% of the highest-income...

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Security Council & Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute: Limits of the Role

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesEssam AbdelshafyForeign RelationsPaper
August 04, 2021 14:07 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Essam Abdelshafy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/security-council-egypt-ethiopia-dam-dispute-limits-of-the-role/ The UN Security Council is one of the main organs on which the United Nations has relied since its foundation in 1945, as it is entrusted with the tasks of maintaining international peace and security. The Security Council...

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Egypt: GERD Crisis after Security Council.. Alternatives & Options

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMahmoud GamalPaper
July 28, 2021 13:54 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-gerd-crisis-after-security-council-alternatives-options/ Throughout the past period, particularly after the political negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) came to a dead end between Ethiopia, the only beneficiary of the GERD construction, on the one hand, and Egypt...

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