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Egypt mosque attack: New level of horror in decades-long struggle to control Sinai

2017 Beverley Milton-Edwards Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Brookings Institution

November 27, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Beverley Milton-Edwards Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypt-mosque-attack-new-level-of-horror-in-decades-long-struggle-to-control-sinai/ The bomb-and-gun attack in Egypt’s north Sinai on Friday November 24 is now known to have killed more than 300 worshippers at a Sufi-affiliated mosque, making it the deadliest attack in modern...

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Egypt´s terrorist violence is a reminder of the new normal

2017 Paper Robert Muggah Security and Counter-Terrorism World Economic Forum

November 25, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: World Economic Forum Author(s): Robert Muggah Original Link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/egypt-s-terrorist-violence-is-a-reminder-of-the-new-normal/ Friday´s savage attack in Egypt is a reminder that the vast majority of terrorist-related killings occur in less well known cities far from the media glare. To be sure, the brutal murder of 305 practicing Sufis in Bir al-Abed...

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Background to the Sinai conflict

2017 Egypt International Institute For Strategic Studies Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai Unknown

November 24, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: International Institute For Strategic Studies (Iiss) Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.iiss.org/en/iiss%20voices/blogsections/iiss-voices-2017-adeb/november-1032/sinai-conflict-e473 More than 200 people have reportedly died in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, in an unprecedented attack on civilians. No group has yet claimed responsibility, but...

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A Walk on the Wild Side?

2017 Carnegie Culture, Education and Development Egypt Mayss Al-Alami Nathan J. Brown Paper

November 20, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Mayss Al-Alami Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74679 Tariq Shawqi was sworn in as Egypt’s education minister last February, joining the ranks of a group of technocrats in a cabinet not characterized by boldness. He has since challenged everything about the Egyptian education system—criticizing teachers, examinations, pedagogy...

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Refugees in Egypt: Violations and Challenges

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Minorities Mostafa Gawish Paper

November 19, 2017 19:59 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mostafa Gawish Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/refugees-egypt-violations-challenges/ Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has released a memo to the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, to alert Nigerians on the high rate of kidney trafficking in Egypt, according to Daily Post, a Nigerian newspaper, on October 17th. 2017. The memo was...

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Egypt | A year after the law’s approval by the Egyptian Parliament Rights groups: No alternative but to repeal new association law, revision pointless

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Unknown

November 19, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20505&lang=en Marking one year since the Egyptian Parliament’s November 2016 approval of Law 70/2017 regulating civic associations, issued by President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in May, the undersigned organizations reiterate their rejection of the law. For all practical purposes, the law...

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Electricity Facts 2017/2018: Price hikes continue

2017 Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Paper Unknown

November 13, 2017 03:45 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/electricity-facts-20172018-price-hikes-continue Snapshot: The Egyptian government has pushed ahead with increases to the price of electricity for all consumption brackets for the sixth year in a row, without taking into consideration the effect that record inflation rates have had...

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Corruption and Egypt’s Financial Position

2017 Abdelhafez Alsawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

November 09, 2017 17:56 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/corruption-egypts-financial-position/ Introduction The Algerian foreign minister’s statement a few days ago about the financial situation in Egypt has not come from a vacuum. The Algerian minister, at a conference with Algerian businessmen, said: “Egypt is a country that spends all time...

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The IMF Egyptian Assistance Program, One Year On

2017 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Nizan Feldman Ofir Winter Paper The Institute For National Security Studies

November 06, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Nizan Feldman, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/imf-egyptian-assistance-program-one-year/ The financial assistance program to Egypt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), approved in November 2016, has scored important achievements, even as it has presented Cairo with complicated economic and...

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Working Paper- How Do Trade Margins Respond to the Exchange Rate? The Case of Egypt

2017 Aliaa Abdallah Chahir Zaki Economy Egypt Maye Ehab Paper The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies

November 01, 2017 03:45 am

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Source: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Chahir Zaki, Maye Ehab, Aliaa Abdallah Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=631&Type=10 Abstract: Using monthly firm-level and sector-level data for the period 2005-2016, this study tries to examine the impact of devaluation on the increase in the quantity of exports, as well as the ability to export new...

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Working Paper- The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth and Employment in Egypt: A Sectoral Empirical Analysis

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Hanan Aboel Farag Mohamed Sayed Abed Paper

November 01, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hanan Aboel Farag, Mohamed Sayed Abed Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-impact-of-foreign-capital-inflows-on-economic-growth-and-employment-in-egypt-a-sectoral-empirical-analysis/ Abstract: This paper traces the effect of “Greenfield Investment” disaggregated into six sectors on the one hand and the effect of external debt on the other...

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Working Paper- Estimating Labor Demand Elasticities and Elasticities of Substitution in Egyptian Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Static Analysis

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Hanan Nazier Paper

November 01, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hanan Nazier Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/estimating-labor-demand-elasticities-and-elasticities-of-substitution-in-egyptian-manufacturing-sector-a-firm-level-static-analysis/ Abstract: This paper attempts to investigate crucial questions of labor demand related to how firms respond to changes in wages, how this responds to changes...

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