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Egypt: The Struggles of the Sisi Regime

2017 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

March 24, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-struggles-of-the-sisi-regime/ Snapshot: More than three years after General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi rose to power in Egypt, the Egyptian regime still faces acute problems. Some of these problems are fundamental and have plagued Egypt for many years, and some have worsened in recent years in...

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Explaining Absence: The Failure of Egypt’s Liberals

2017 Democracy and Politics Michael Wahid Hanna Paper The Century Foundation

March 21, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Michael Wahid Hanna Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/explaining-absence/ Snapshot: Explanations for the absence of liberalism in contemporary Egypt continue to rely on simplistic analyses that present the Arab world as doomed by age-old traditions and rigid texts. With a detailed discussion of Egypt’s dynamic history, this chapter presents...

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Legislating Authoritarianism: Egypt’s New Era of Repression

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Judicial Affairs Paper

March 16, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/03/16/legislating-authoritarianism-egypt-s-new-era-of-repression-pub-68285 Snapshot: Egypt’s new authoritarian regime is rapidly closing the public space—cracking down on autonomous civil society and independent political parties, asphyxiating the practice of pluralist politics, and thwarting...

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Mubarak’s Acquittal and the State of Transitional Justice in Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Judicial Affairs May El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 10, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/mubaraks-acquittal-and-the-state-of-transitional-justice-in-egypt/ In a final verdict on March 2, Egypt’s Court of Cassation acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak of ordering the killing of protesters during the January 25 Revolution in 2011. Mubarak had been added as a...

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New Neighborhood Power Informal Popular Committees and Changing Local Governance in Egypt

2017 Civil Society Clija Harders Democracy and Politics Dina Wahab Egypt Paper The Century Foundation

February 14, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Clija Harders, Dina Wahab Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/new-neighborhood-power/ Snapshot: After the uprising of 2011, new forms of political participation emerged, among them the popular committees (lijan sha’abiyah). Initially convened mainly to ensure security at the neighborhood level, the committees came to life after the withdrawal...

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Sixth Anniversary of the January 25 Revolution

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Michael Barak Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

January 30, 2017 03:47 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/sixth-anniversary-january-25-revolution January 25 marked six years since Egypt’s popular revolution, ousting former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The date sparked widespread discussion on social networking sites (SNS), in which hundreds of...

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The Tragedy of Egypt’s Stolen Revolution

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 25, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/01/25/tragedy-of-egypt-s-stolen-revolution-pub-67809 Six years after its democratic revolution in January 25, 2011, Egypt’s political realities are back to square one. Once again, a military officer has been installed in the presidential palace after an election that lacked any measure...

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Women and Quotas in Egypt’s Parliament

2017 Democracy and Politics Erin Fracolli Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

January 05, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Erin Fracolli Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/Women-and-quotas-in-egypts-parliament/ Maya Morsi, the head of Egypt’s state-affiliated National Council for Women (NCW), announced last week that the NCW had completed the first phase of a program to increase women’s participation in local council elections, reaching over...

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From Great Expectations to Bitter Disappointment: Egypt’s Youth, After Three Years of al-Sisi’s Presidency

2016 Democracy and Politics Mira Tzoreff Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Youth

December 30, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Mira Tzoreff Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/great-expectations-bitter-disappointment-egypt%E2%80%99s-youth-after-three-years-al-sisis-presidency Five years have passed since hundreds of thousands of youth first flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square with the unequivocal and uncompromising demand: “Irhal!” (Get...

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What Egypt’s Court Ruling on Protest Law Means

2016 David Risley Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Middle East Institute Paper

December 14, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): David Risley Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-egypt-s-court-ruling-protest-law-means Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (S.C.C.) recently ruled that a central element of the country’s controversial Protest Law relating to police power to ban public demonstrations is unconstitutional. Article 73 of the constitution states in...

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Working Paper- Investment Climate and Firms’ Exports in Egypt: When Politics Matter

2016 Chahir Zaki Democracy and Politics Economic Research Forum Economy Nora Aboushady Paper

December 01, 2016 05:55 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Nora Aboushady, Chahir Zaki Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/investment-climate-and-firms-exports-in-egypt-when-politics-matter/ Abstract: The objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between exports performance and components of the investment climate. This paper contribution is twofold: first, the paper fills the gap in the...

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Egypt’s Anti Protest Law: Legalising Authoritarianism

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

November 24, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/24/egypt-s-anti-protest-law-legalising-authoritarianism-pub-66274 Since the summer of 2013, following the military coup led by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the ruling regime in Egypt has managed to handcuff the public space, surround it with restrictions. This has been in a stark contrast...

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