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Morsi’s Demise and the Black Box Problem

2019Badr ShafeiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMediaPaper
July 08, 2019 16:59 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/morsis-demise-and-the-black-box-problem/ The process of documenting the historical stages of any nation, state or even group is significant for several reasons, including preserving its memory and saving it from oblivion, and enlightening the future generations on these events so that they...

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New judicial heads first in series of appointments under new law granting Sisi power to select judicial leadership

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
July 07, 2019 16:42 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/07/07/feature/politics/new-judicial-heads-first-in-series-of-appointments-under-new-law-granting-sisi-power-to-select-judicial-leadership/ The heads of two top judicial bodies were sworn in by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, the first in a series of anticipated appointments following the constitutional...

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Egypt: Series of draconian laws ‘legalizes’ unprecedented repression six years since fall of Morsi

2019Amnesty InternationalCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMilitary AffairsPaper
July 03, 2019 19:01 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/07/egypt-series-of-draconian-laws-legalizes-unprecedented-repression-six-years-since-fall-of-morsi/ The Egyptian authorities are attempting to normalize human rights violations by passing a series of laws to “legalize” their escalating crackdown on freedom of expression...

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Challenges for Egypt’s Fragile Stability

2019Alessia MelcangiAtlantic CouncilCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaperYouth
July 03, 2019 17:15 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Alessia Melcangi and Giuseppe Dentice Original Link:  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/challenges-for-egypt-s-fragile-stability The death of Mohamed Morsi on June 17, the only president ever instated through democratic elections, arrived as a reckoning in post-revolutionary Egypt. It can be easy to read this dramatic event as the ideal...

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Short-Term Stability in Exchange for Long-Term Fragility

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
July 03, 2019 16:21 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link:  https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/short-term-stability-in-exchange-for-long-term-fragility/ It’s no secret that European Union leaders have increasingly focused their attention on the Middle East on one priority: stemming if not stopping migration from the region. Following the surge in asylum...

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Mohamed Morsi: Martyr or Traitor?

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsInternational Institute For Strategic StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsOfir WinterOrit PerlovPaper
July 01, 2019 17:10 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s):  Orit Perlov and Ofir Winter Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/mohamed-morsi-martyr-traitor/ Reactions in Egypt to the death of Mohamed Morsi, six years after his ouster as president, reflect ongoing social and political polarization, in Egypt in particular and the Middle East in general. While President Abdel...

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‘Hospitals are for the dying’: Medical negligence inside Egyptian prisons

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMadamasrPaper
June 27, 2019 16:48 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/30/feature/politics/hospitals-are-for-the-dying-medical-negligence-inside-egyptian-prisons/ Inside his prison cell, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s health has severely deteriorated. This past weekend, the 68-year-old former presidential candidate suffered two heart attacks in less than 24...

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The Reality of Church Construction in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIshak IbrahimJudicial AffairsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 27, 2019 16:39 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-reality-of-church-construction-in-egypt/ Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law established what was, on its face, a streamlined process for the construction of churches, and also provided for a committee to formalize churches which had been built illegally. But...

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Saudi-Emirati-Egyptian Alliance Steering US Middle East Policy

2019Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
June 26, 2019 16:45 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/saudi-emirati-egyptian-alliance-steering-us-middle-east-policy/ The landscape of regional politics in the Middle East is in many ways more fluid than ever before, brought on, in large measure, by disorganized policymaking in Washington. Former President Barack Obama started the...

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Arrests target political figures involved in new coalition to run in 2020 parliamentary elections

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
June 25, 2019 18:33 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr   Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/25/feature/politics/arrests-target-political-figures-involved-in-new-coalition-to-run-in-2020-parliamentary-elections/ Several political figures involved in discussions to form a new political alliance meant to stand in 2020 parliamentary elections were arrested beginning at dawn on Tuesday. At least eight...

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The Working Group on Egypt’s Letter to Secretary of State Pompeo

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsPaper
June 25, 2019 16:57 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): The Working Group on Egypt Original Link:  https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/25/working-group-egypts-letter-secretary-state-pompeo Dear Secretary Pompeo, We write to ask you to express concern publicly and privately about the abysmal conditions of political detainees in Egypt, as highlighted by the June 17 death of former president Mohammad Morsi. ...

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The tragedy of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperShadi Hamid
June 19, 2019 17:34 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link:  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/mohamed-morsi-and-end-egyptian-democracy/591982/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/06/19/the-tragedy-of-egypts-mohamed-morsi/ Mohamed Morsi’s life, especially his later life, was the product of a series of accidents. When I first met him, he was a senior but...

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