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Democracy Is Not the Cure for Terrorism

2017 Council On Foreign Relations Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Steven A. Cook

December 21, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/democracy-not-cure-terrorism This article was originally published here in the Atlantic on Thursday, December 21, 2017. A few weeks ago, terrorists laid siege to a mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd that lies just off the east-west road spanning the northern Sinai Peninsula. They killed...

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Looking into the latest acquisition of Egyptian media companies by general intelligence

2017 Egypt Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/12/21/feature/politics/looking-into-the-latest-acquisition-of-egyptian-media-companies-by-general-intelligence/ Eagle Capital, a company unknown to the public, recently acquired businessman Ahmed Abu Hashima’s stake in Egyptians’ Media Holding, which owns several media companies in Egypt, according to a...

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Rivalry for Religious Dominance in Egypt

2017 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Karim El Taki Paper

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Karim El Taki Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75093 On November 15, Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) presented a list of 50 ulema exclusively appointed to issue fatwas on television. Though the SCMR has since said it could expand the list in the future, this move by the independent albeit pro-regime body is unprecedented...

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Egypt | With the blatant rigging of the upcoming 2018 presidential elections underway, Rights groups propose ten guarantees for free and fair elections

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Unknown

December 20, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20618&lang=en The undersigned organizations condemn the repressive and unjust actions taken against all individuals who have announced their intention to run in the presidential elections scheduled to begin in February 2018, and propose ten guarantees to ensure free and fair elections...

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The Rawda Mosque massacre In the absence of witnesses

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

December 19, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/rawda-mosque-massacre/ Introduction On Friday, November 24, 2017, the village of Al-Rawda, east of Bir al-Abed town, 40 kilometers from Al-Arish in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate, witnessed an extremely horrible massacre, where about 312 worshipers were killed during Friday prayers, in the...

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Egyptian allegations against Turkey

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Paper Unknown

December 14, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-allegations-turkey/ Egyptian allegations against Turkey On November 22, 2017, Egypt’s Prosecutor General Counsellor Nabil Ahmed Sadiq ordered that 29 Egyptians be held in custody for 15 days pending investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on charges of espionage in favor of...

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Seven Years On: Why Egypt Failed to Become a Democracy

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper

December 12, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/12/12/seven-years-on-why-egypt-failed-to-become-democracy-pub-75037 Next January, it will be seven years since the popular uprising that ended the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, unleashing an unprecedented wave of political turmoil in Egypt’s recent history. And as the country...

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Egypt Charts Its Own Course, Regardless of Patronage

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

December 12, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-charts-its-own-course-regardless-of-patronage/ As the Middle East seems ever more embroiled in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and as world powers continue to jockey for influence, Egypt has often been portrayed in various analyses as beholden to its...

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What’s Human is Right

2017 Carnegie Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper

December 08, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74941 Some Egyptian visitors to Washington asked me recently what could be done to avoid persistent “miscommunication” between Egyptians and Americans about human rights. I replied that this was not a question of miscommunication, but rather of a genuine and longstanding difference. Americans and...

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Information on Ghalyoun Pond project: Egyptian military and domination of the country’s wealth

2017 Ahmed Zikrallah Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

December 07, 2017 20:06 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author (s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/information-ghalyoun-pond-project/ Egyptian military and domination of the country’s wealth – Ghalyoun Pond project for Aquaculture: Preliminary information: Berkat Ghalyoun (Ghalyoun Pond) is a sandy area on Egypt’s International Coastal Road, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It lies on...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attack at Rawda Mosque

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

December 07, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-report-attack-at-rawda-mosque/ INTRODUCTION Download PDF During Friday prayers on November 24, a group of armed assailants attacked worshipers at Belal Mosque in the village of Rawda in North Sinai, killing 311 civilians, among them 27 children, and injuring 128. Egypt’s...

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Egypt: Human Rights, Seven Years After the Revolution

2017 Carnegie Egypt Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper

December 06, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/12/06/egypt-human-rights-seven-years-after-revolution-pub-74923 Co-chairmen and members of the Commission, thank you for inviting me to testify. You have heard from the other witnesses about the shocking and unprecedented human rights abuses in Egypt since the 2013 military coup. I will offer...

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