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Indefinite Pretrial Detention in Egypt: Rotation and Detention Pending Multiple Cases

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMai El-SadanyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyYasmin Omar
February 09, 2021 15:00 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/indefinite-pretrial-detention-in-egypt-rotation-and-detention-pending-multiple-cases/ In recent years, Egyptian authorities have increasingly turned pretrial detention from an exceptional legal measure to a punitive tool used regularly against human rights...

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Women on the Frontline: The Anti-Sexual Violence Movement in Egypt Ten Years After the Revolution

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHabiba AbdelaalPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
February 08, 2021 15:07 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/women-on-the-frontline-the-anti-sexual-violence-movement-in-egypt-ten-years-after-the-revolution/ Ten years after the revolution, Egyptian women are still raising their voices against sexual assaults and harassment, especially over social media platforms. This...

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The Egyptian Opposition and the New US administration

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMamdouh AlmuneirPaper
February 08, 2021 15:02 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Almuneir Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-egyptian-opposition-and-the-new-us-administration/ With the victory of US President John Biden in the latest US presidential election, a number of the Egyptian regime’s opponents felt relieved, hoping that Biden’s success would revive the Egyptian opposition again, while others...

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Organizing in Egypt: Legislative Fact Sheet

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 04, 2021 15:18 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/organizing-in-egypt-legislative-fact-sheet/ Since the January 25 Revolution, a number of decrees and laws have been passed in Egypt that significantly affect and implicate the key rights at the heart of organizing on the ground and online...

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Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthPaperRobert P. Beschel Jr.The Brookings Institution
January 28, 2021 16:18 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Robert P. Beschel Jr. Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/policy-and-institutional-responses-to-covid-19-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-egypt/ The Egyptian government implemented a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures to control the spread of COVID-19 starting in March 2020. The highest levels of the central government were...

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The unlikely success of Egypt’s 2011 revolution: A revived women’s movement

2021Atlantic CouncilCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperSara KhorshidWomen Affairs
January 27, 2021 15:18 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Sara Khorshid Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-unlikely-success-of-egypts-2011-revolution-a-revived-womens-movement/ There was a time when the women’s cause was not a priority for many Egyptians concerned about the country’s woes. Prior to the 2011 uprising, it was common to believe that all Egyptians outside the ruling...

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Egypt’s New Parliament: Reopening Political Life, But Only So Far

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
January 26, 2021 15:07 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/egypts-new-parliament-reopening-political-life-only-so-far Giving the legislature a makeover is Cairo’s latest bid to ease public frustrations, but will a token opposition be enough to keep socioeconomic tensions from boiling over? Read more at original link

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Egypt and the West: Ten Years of Misunderstandings

2021Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesKoert DebeufPaper
January 25, 2021 16:10 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Koert Debeuf Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-and-west-ten-years-misunderstandings-29017 One month after the Egyptian revolution succeeded and ousted long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011, I was in Cairo with a delegation of the European Parliament. From the reactions of many...

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After the Egyptian Spring: Mainstream Islamism and the Move to Radical Movements

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaperSherin Gharib
January 25, 2021 15:58 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Sherin Gharib Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/after-egyptian-spring-mainstream-islamism-and-move-radical-movements-29016 Ten years after the Arab Spring, Egypt has become more authoritarian than ever. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who came to power through a military coup in June 2013...

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EGYPT: “WHAT DO I CARE IF YOU DIE?”: NEGLIGENCE AND DENIAL OF HEALTH CARE IN EGYPTIAN PRISONS

2021Amnesty InternationalDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthHuman RightsPaper
January 25, 2021 15:44 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/3538/2021/en/ Inhumane detention conditions have long plagued Egypt’s prisons, adversely affecting prisoners’ enjoyment of their right to health. Prisoners’ health and lives are further endangered by the failure of prison authorities – either through neglect or deliberate...

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Egypt 2011-2021: What Went Wrong?

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMaged MandourPaper
January 25, 2021 15:37 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-2011-2021-what-went-wrong-29015 It has been a decade since the mass protests that called for the overthrow of the regime in 2011. These protests triggered a process of deep structural change, in a manner that the protestors did not anticipate...

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Egypt’s “Populocracy”

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsNathan TorontoPaper
January 25, 2021 15:35 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Nathan W. Toronto Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypts-populocracy-29014 If the protests that began in Egypt on January 25, 2011, resulted in a coup-volution,[1] then what has developed since can only be called a populocracy.[2] The military exploited a genuine popular movement in 2011 to...

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