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Egypt’s Enormous Electricity Surplus – Achievement or Impasse?

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
August 19, 2020 14:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-enormous-electricity-surplus-achievement-or-impasse/ The Egyptian government boasts that it has achieved a surplus in power production amounting to about 25 megawatts over domestic consumption needs, as the current electricity production amounts to approximately 58 gigawatts, while...

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The Turkish Future of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

2020Abdelrahman AyyashDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperThe Century Foundation
August 17, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): ABDELRAHMAN AYYASH Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/turkish-future-egypts-muslim-brotherhood/ Since its founding in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood has been controversial. The group, which has active and public chapters in many countries around the world, has, over the decades, developed an immunity against annihilation...

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Egypt: Spate of ‘Morality’ Prosecutions of Women

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaperWomen Affairs
August 17, 2020 14:29 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/17/egypt-spate-morality-prosecutions-women Egyptian authorities have since late April 2020 carried out an abusive campaign targeting female social media influencers on charges that violate their rights to privacy, freedom of expression, and nondiscrimination, Human Rights Watch said today...

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Egypt’s TikTok Crackdown and “Family Values”

2020Basil El-DabhCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
August 14, 2020 13:43 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Basil El-Dabh Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-tiktok-crackdown-and-family-values/ This past month, the Economic Court in Cairo sentenced two women, Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham, to two years in prison and a fine of 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,750) each, on charges of “violating family values and...

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From Sinai to Libya: Exhaustion of Egyptian Army

2020Abdel Rahman Al-ShaerDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
August 14, 2020 13:39 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdel Rahman Al-Shaer Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/from-sinai-to-libya-exhaustion-of-egyptian-army/ There are many threats targeting the Egyptian national security, most notably the militants in the Sinai Peninsula, the continued Israeli threat, the ongoing conflict over the Nile water, and the imminent threat posed by the conflict in...

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The dimming prospects for GERD talks

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 11, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-lebanons-moment-reckoning During the long-drawn-out negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudan has traditionally been perceived as the most easy-going of the parties, as compared to Egypt and Ethiopia. However, apparently there are limits to even the...

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Egypt’s Doctors bet. EMS Weakness and Regime Tyranny

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesEl-Sayed RaafatHealthPaper
August 11, 2020 14:45 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): El-Sayed Raafat Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-doctors-bet-ems-weakness-and-regime-tyranny/ The coronavirus earthquake has strongly hit the whole world, where its ghost still haunts everyone on a daily basis. The COVID-19 has had many effects on the world so far, including exposure of the flaws and weaknesses of the health...

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Can a Red Zone Country Give a Green Light to Tourism in Sinai?

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptOfir WinterPaperSinaiThe Institute For National Security StudiesTomer FadlonYoram Schweitzer
August 10, 2020 14:47 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Tomer Fadlon, Yoram Schweitzer Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-and-coronavirus/ In early July 2020, Egypt opened its borders in an effort to renew international tourism and stimulate its economy, initially in three governorates, including South Sinai. Egypt is not excluding the entry of...

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Health, Politics, and Stability in the Middle East: A COVID-19 Update

2020Ali MokdadEgyptHealthMohammad Hassan KhalilMuhamed AlmalikyPaperWashington Institute
August 10, 2020 14:40 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Ali Mokdad, Mohammed Hassan Khalil, and Muhamed Almaliky Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/health-politics-and-stability-in-the-middle-east-a-covid-19-update Three regional health experts explain why countries that avoided the worst of the pandemic early on are now reeling from its spread. Read more at original...

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The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsJohn Mukum MbakuPaperThe Brookings Institution
August 05, 2020 13:57 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): John Mukum Mbaku Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/08/05/the-controversy-over-the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam/ Recently, the tensions among Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile have escalated, particularly after Ethiopia announced that it had started filling the GERD’s...

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Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction

2020EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperPomed
July 30, 2020 15:11 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Project on Middle East Democracy Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its foreign affairs appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes $1.3 billion in foreign military financing to Egypt, the same level of...

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