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Ramadan Soap Operas Contradict Sisi’s Outreach to Israel

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinMediaPaperWashington Institute
June 07, 2019 17:46 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/ramadan-soap-operas-contradict-sisis-outreach-to-israel Despite Egypt’s warming relations with the Israeli government, the country’s airwaves and movie theaters are still rife with bellicose and anti-Semitic content. In the past five years, Egyptian-Israeli relations...

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Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral

2019EgyptForeign RelationsFreedom HouseHuman RightsMediaPaperSarah Repucci
June 04, 2019 16:18 pm
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Source: Freedom House Author(s): Sarah Repucci Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-media/freedom-media-2019 The fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and part of the assault has come from an unexpected source. Elected leaders in many democracies, who should be press freedom’s staunchest defenders, have made...

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TIMEP Brief: Press Freedom in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 24, 2019 14:53 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-briefs/timep-brief-press-freedom-in-egypt/ Egypt today is among the world’s worst offenders against press freedom. While Egypt’s current constitution enshrines a free press, bans censorship, and ensures press independence, these rights are not protected in practice. The...

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Egypt: Politics intrudes on daily life in an unexpected way

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMediaMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
May 20, 2019 15:52 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-iraq-back-eye-storm Last month’s referendum on constitutional amendments in Egypt passed with a huge majority (almost 90%) and little fanfare. Despite the far-reaching ramifications of the amendments and their direct implications for the country’s democratic development...

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Innovative Arab Media and the New Outlines of Citizenship

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsLina AttalahMediaPaperThe Century Foundation
May 07, 2019 17:23 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lina Attalah Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/innovative-arab-media-new-outlines-citizenship/ Trying to work in free and critical media in Egypt in the last few years has at times been a lonely endeavor. Even at its best moments, reporting and writing for Mada Masr, the Cairo-based independent media outlet I cofounded in 2013, can feel...

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TIMEP Brief: Egypt’s 2019 Constitutional Referendum

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
April 30, 2019 14:34 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/egypts-2019-constitutional-referendum/ Following parliamentary approval of a broad package of constitutional amendments that expand the authority of the executive branch and military at the expense of the independence of the judicial and legislative branches, Egyptians voted...

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Egypt passes wide-ranging constitutional amendments

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
April 29, 2019 14:37 pm
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Source: Middle East Insitiute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-conflict-far-over-syria There was never really any doubt that Egypt’s new constitutional amendments would pass. On April 23rd, Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) announced that the referendum on a set of major constitutional amendments had passed by 88.8 percent...

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Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review – EGYPT

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
March 29, 2019 17:19 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP and The Law Society of England & Wales Original Link: https://timep.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/UPR-Egypt.pdf As part of a commitment to producing knowledge and analysis on the policies implicating the rule of law in the Middle East, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) and the Law Society

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Post Egypt’s Jan. Revolution: Is the bad language still ’bad’?

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMediaNada ZainAlabidinPaper
March 27, 2019 14:51 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nada ZainAlabidin Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/post-egypts-jan-revolution-is-the-bad-language-still-bad/ – So, you are really trying to work on understanding the idea of using ‘Ahha’ in the community? -Yes, I do -Ahha![1] In 2015, za2ed18 website published a short video on YouTube titled “How do Egyptians insult?[2]”, the...

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Transitional Justice in Egypt: Scopes of Application

2019Asmaa KhairyCivil SocietyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaper
March 26, 2019 14:57 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Khairy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/transitional-justice-in-egypt-scopes-of-application/ For about two years, a civil-military conflict has been going on in Egypt. It started with the army ousting the civilian elected president Dr. Mohamed Morsi. The conflict resulted in a death toll over 3500 persons, and around 41,000...

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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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Egyptian Authorities are Denigrating the Revolution

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMai El-SadanyMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyYasmin Omar
January 24, 2019 18:02 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/commentary/analysis/egyptian-authorities-are-denigrating-the-revolution/ Earlier this month, Judge Muhammad Shereen Fahmy of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma to 15 years in prison and a fine of six million Egyptian pounds in a retrial of...

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