Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Khalid Abu-Ismail Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2018/10/01/galal-amin-egyptian-middle-class/ A sense of ‘defeat’ among the Egyptian middle class was the main motivation for the uprising of 25 January 2011. In a tribute to economics professor Galal Amin, who passed away last month, this column explores what his analysis would suggest lay...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mohamed Hamama Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/one-resignation-after-another-why-are-doctors-disappearing-from-government-hospitals/ Recent months have seen a spike in the number of Health Ministry doctors requesting unpaid leave or resigning from their positions, leading some to speculate that it will not...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Donya Ezzat Translated by Salma Khalifa Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/how-egyptian-diplomacy-navigated-the-summer-of-2013/ Successes in reversing any disapproval from foreign governments regarding the political changes in Egypt were made. For a number of Egyptian and foreign diplomats working in Egypt, the greatest achievement...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/27/feature/politics/egypt-backs-out-of-verbal-agreement-on-4-7-year-timeframe-to-fill-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-reservoir/ The irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author(s): Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypt-leads-the-pack-in-internet-censorship-across-the-middle-east Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet can pose a threat to authoritarian leaders around the world who seek to...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/16/egypt-campaign-crush-artistic-freedom The Egyptian authorities have arrested over a dozen people in a crackdown against artists, apparently prosecuting them for exercising their freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The government also has issued new decrees to severely curtail freedom of expression...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/will-monaco-exhibition-return-tourism-to-egypt/ IOn Friday, 6 July, 2018, “The Golden Treasures of Pharaohs” Exhibition was inaugurated in the Principality of Monaco by the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled el-Anani and Prince Albert II of Monaco. The exhibition was held under the...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author(s): Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/sale-prison-canteen-%E2%80%9Caqrab%E2%80%9D-prison Whether in “Aqrab” or Tora Farm, Qanater or Minya prison, there is a need to investigate and address the deepening marketization of prison life: how prisoners’ most basic needs—those that the prison authorities are required to provide by...
Learn MoreSource: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Anthony Dworkin Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_egypts_judicial_theatre_of_injustice As European governments look to Egypt as a partner, the country’s human rights record continues to suffer with an escalating use of executions More than five years after Egyptian security forces violently broke up a Muslim...
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original Link: https://cihrs.org/aiding-repression-in-egypt/?lang=en Human Rights First and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in Egypt under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The new report, Aiding...
Learn MoreSource: MadaMasr Author(s): Ahmad Shehada Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/09/20/feature/politics/palestinian-authority-readies-new-round-of-sanctions-on-gaza-as-egyptian-mediation-breaks-down/ The fraught relationship between Hamas and Fatah is set to face another obstacle, as Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas prepares to apply a new round of punitive measures...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-security-economic-developments-in-sinai/ The seventh month of the Egyptian Army’s comprehensive military operation “Sinai 2018” is characterized by the return of the old guard to the scene. Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has recently appointed Maj. General Mohamed Abdul Fadel Shousha as...
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