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Egyptian Women: The Gap Between the Haves and the Have Nots

2019EconomyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMoushira KhattabPaperWilson CentreWomen Affairs
March 06, 2019 18:42 pm
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Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Moushira Khattab Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/egyptian-women-the-gap-between-the-haves-and-the-have-nots It’s hard to talk about the status of Egyptian women in any sector without addressing the gap between the haves and the have nots. While some women continue to make headlines, others are stuck in the doldrums of living below the...

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Phishing attacks using third-party applications against Egyptian civil society organizations

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsPaper
March 06, 2019 16:27 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2019/03/phishing-attacks-using-third-party-applications-against-egyptian-civil-society-organizations/ A new Amnesty International investigation has found a wave of digital attacks that likely originated from government-backed bodies starting from early January 2019 and...

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Egypt: al-Sisi increasingly powerful, increasingly weak oppositions

2019Civil SocietyEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesJudicial AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 01, 2019 18:44 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-al-sisi-sempre-piu-potente-opposizioni-sempre-piu-deboli-22358 2019 will be a very important year for Egypt facing old problems and new political challenges. After the clear electoral success of March 2018, which gave Abdel Fattah...

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TIMEP Brief: Case 173: Egypt’s Foreign Funding Case

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
February 28, 2019 18:40 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-case-173-egypts-foreign-funding-case/ On December 20, 2018, the defendants in Case 173, popularly known as Egypt’s foreign funding case, were acquitted in a widely anticipated retrial. The case dates to 2011, when security personnel raided the headquarters of...

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Perceptions of Service Access in a Context of Marginalization: The Case of Young People in Informal Greater Cairo

2019Ahmed AliCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHuman RightsMaia SieverdingPaperRania RoushdyRasha HassanYouth
February 28, 2019 15:53 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s):  Maia Sieverding, Rania Roushdy, Rasha Hassan and Ahmed Ali Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/perceptions-of-service-access-in-a-context-of-marginalization-the-case-of-young-people-in-informal-greater-cairo/ In Egypt it is estimated that the majority of the country’s 40 million urban residents, which include 11 million young people, live...

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HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: REVIEW OF 2018

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaMilitary AffairsMinoritiesPaperSinaiWomen Affairs
February 26, 2019 16:48 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1299162019ENGLISH.pdf The scope of Egypt’s human rights crisis expanded, as the authorities arrested opponents, critics, satirists, current and former human rights and labour rights activists, journalists, presidential candidates and sexual harassment survivors. The...

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How Principled is US Realism in the Middle East?

2019Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaper
February 22, 2019 16:10 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/how-principled-is-us-realism-in-the-middle-east/ “One of the most complex set of challenges we face, and have for many years, is in the Middle East. Our approach is based on principled realism—not discredited theories that have failed for decades to yield progress.” With these...

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Copts, Church, and State: Egypt’s Christians Frustrated with Lack of Protection

2019Candace LukasikCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 15, 2019 16:50 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Candace Lukasik Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/copts-church-and-state-egypts-christians-frustrated-with-lack-of-protection/ Under the leadership of Coptic Pope Tawadros II, the official message of the Coptic Orthodox Church has been that Copts under Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi are living under...

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Egypt: Set Independent Torture Inquiry

2019EgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsPaper
February 14, 2019 18:35 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/egypt-set-independent-torture-inquiry The Egyptian authorities’ failure to end or impartially investigate torture and mistreatment in detention facilities reinforces an urgent need for an independent international inquiry, Human Rights Watch said today. As a party to the United Nations...

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TIMEP Brief: Uber and Careem Law

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 12, 2019 18:13 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-uber-and-careem-law/ The Law Regulating Road Transport Services Using Information Technology (popularly known as the Uber and Careem Law, after two of the companies most affected by it) regulates ride-sharing companies in Egypt such as Uber and Careem and...

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Egypt Timeline: Since the Arab Uprising

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDarine El HageEgyptHuman RightsInstitute of PeacePaper
February 12, 2019 16:22 pm
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Source: United States Institute of Peace Author(s): Darine El Hage Original Link: https://www.usip.org/publications/2019/02/egypt-timeline-arab-uprising Since 2011, Egypt has witnessed protests, political turnovers, sporadic violence, and waves of repression. A younger generation of activists energized long-stagnant politics in countrywide demonstrations that ousted President Hosni Mubarak...

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Superficial Gains, but No Lasting Success in Sinai 2018

2019Amer MohamadEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 07, 2019 17:23 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amer Mohamad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/superficial-gains-but-no-lasting-success-in-sinai-2018/ On February 9 last year, the Egyptian military spokesman announced the launch of “Comprehensive Military Operation Sinai 2018.” The operation, which involved the army, navy, air force, border patrol, and police...

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