Democracy and Politics – Page 42 – Middle East Policy Platform

Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law

2018 Ahmed Rizk Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Mahmoud Farouk Minorities Paper Pomed

December 12, 2018 16:42 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk, Amy Hawthorne, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/report-prayers-unanswered-assessing-the-impact-of-egypts-2016-church-construction-law/ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent of the population and face pervasive discrimination...

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Power Politics or Principle?

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

December 12, 2018 16:32 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown and and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77928 After publicly squabbling over divorce law and religious language, Egypt’s presidency and its leading Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, have moved their clash to a much more arcane level. Today, they disagree over how much society is threatened by debating the authenticity...

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UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper

December 12, 2018 13:53 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/un-act-on-reprisals-by-egypt/?lang=en The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked people who engaged with the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, six human rights organizations said today. The UN...

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Elisa Epstein

Civil Society Democracy and Politics Elisa Epstein Expert Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch

December 03, 2018 15:28 pm

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Elisa Epstein is the Coordinator for the Washington Advocacy team at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she was a Research Assistant at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy and interned with the Pentagon’s Office of Middle East Policy and the American Refugee Committee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Near

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Sisi Builds a Green Zone for Egypt

2018 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Michele Dunne Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 27, 2018 17:30 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/11/27/sisi-builds-green-zone-for-egypt-pub-77803 Egypt’s new administrative capital, currently under construction—and tentatively named Wedian, which means “desert valleys”— represents concretely where President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been trying to take his country...

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Egypt: Mass Arrests of Lawyers, Activists

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 18, 2018 15:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/18/egypt-mass-arrests-lawyers-activists (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) forces have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, lawyers, and political activists since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those arrested...

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US midterm elections: Bad news for Sisi?

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Sharif Abdel Kouddous

November 15, 2018 16:41 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Sharif Abdel Kouddous Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/15/feature/politics/us-midterm-elections-bad-news-for-sisi/ The Democratic Party chalked up victories across the United States in the midterm elections on November 6, gaining control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years. The Democrats needed to gain 23 seats to seize...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Elisa Epstein Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 15:29 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-congress-should-not-be-fooled-egypts-platitudes US policymakers shouldn’t be fooled by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent call to review Egypt’s draconian 2017 NGO law, which effectively criminalized non-governmental groups and set the path for “unprecedented”...

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On Jamal Khashoggi, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Saudi Arabia

2018 Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

October 19, 2018 13:58 pm

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/10/19/on-jamal-khashoggi-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-saudi-arabia/ In recent days, stories have appeared highlighting Jamal Khashoggi’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and arguing, as one put it, that “in truth, Khashoggi never had much time for western-style...

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How Egyptian diplomacy navigated the summer of 2013

2018 Democracy and Politics Donya Ezzat Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Madamasr

September 30, 2018 16:10 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Donya Ezzat Translated by Salma Khalifa Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/how-egyptian-diplomacy-navigated-the-summer-of-2013/ Successes in reversing any disapproval from foreign governments regarding the political changes in Egypt were made. For a number of Egyptian and foreign diplomats working in Egypt, the greatest achievement...

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Is Sisi’s Dismissal of Administrative Control Authority Head Mohamed Irfan Legal?

2018 Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper Rana Mamdouh

August 31, 2018 02:16 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh, Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/is-sisis-dismissal-of-administrative-control-authority-head-mohamed-irfan-legal/ General Sherif Seif Eddin Hussein Khalil was sworn in on Thursday as the new head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), replacing Major General Mohamed Irfan, according...

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New Arab World Order

2018 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Marc Lynch Paper

August 22, 2018 13:18 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/08/16/new-arab-world-order-pub-77056 In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets. Popular uprisings from Tunis to Cairo promised to topple autocracies and usher in democratic reforms. For a moment, it looked as if the old Middle Eastern order was coming to an end and a...

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