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Judge overseeing polling station recounts troubling incidents in constitutional referendum

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
May 01, 2019 14:16 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/05/01/feature/politics/judge-overseeing-polling-station-recounts-troubling-incidents-in-constitutional-referendum/ In its final statement on the 2019 constitutional referendum, the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on April 23 that voters had approved the proposed amendments by 88.8 percent, with a 44.3...

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Are politically connected firms turtles or gazelles? Evidence from the Egyptian uprising

2019Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHany Abdel-LatifHassan AlyPaper
April 30, 2019 19:57 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hany Abdel-Latif and Hassan Aly Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/20720/ Using an original firm-level database and utilizing the incidence of the Egyptian uprising of 2011, this paper provides an empirical investigation of the effects of firms political connections on employment growth in Egypt. Our unique dataset covers 4008 firms...

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The Social Justice Blind Spots in the New Arab Constitutions

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Century FoundationZaid Al-Ali
April 30, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Zaid Al-Ali Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/social-justice-blind-spots-new-arab-constitutions/ The Arab uprisings that began at the end of 2010 were motivated by a number of concerns, not least of which were unacceptably low standards of living and growing inequality in much of the region. The millions of people who participated in the...

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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’s New Constitutional Amendments: Moving Toward Totalitarianism

2019Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaper
April 30, 2019 14:26 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-new-constitutional-amendments-moving-toward-totalitarianism/ The votes are in, the results have been tallied, and the outcome—never in doubt—is clear: government-proposed changes to Egypt’s 2014 constitution, rushed through parliament to ensure possibly the virtual rule for...

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Egypt: Protecting Healthcare Workers in Workplace

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMohamed ElsherifPaper
April 29, 2019 15:44 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mohamed Elsherif Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-protecting-healthcare-workers-in-workplace/ Violence against healthcare workers is a worldwide problem that is affecting most countries including Egypt (McPhaul & Lipscomb, 2004). During the last decade, the problem became more obvious as part of the general deterioration of...

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Ethiopian Renaissance Dam & Its Implications on Egypt

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaperShady Ibrahim
April 29, 2019 15:04 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Shady Ibrahim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/ethiopian-renaissance-dam-its-implications-on-egypt/ The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) constitutes a real crisis for the Egyptian regime, where Ethiopia several times blamed Egypt for the failure of negotiations conducted between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on the dam. Also, the...

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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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Egypt’s Invisible Executions

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMaged MandourMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
April 25, 2019 16:14 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78998 On the February 20, Egyptian authorities carried out the executions of nine defendants accused of assassinating Egyptian General Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, prompting international accusations that their trials were unfair and that torture was used to extract confessions. The Egyptian government...

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Voting in the dark: Ramming the constitutional amendments through

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperRana Mamdouh
April 24, 2019 15:40 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/24/feature/politics/voting-in-the-dark-ramming-the-constitutional-amendments-through/ The National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on Tuesday that the referendum on a set of major constitutional amendments, which allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in office until 2030, passed by 88.8 percent...

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Authoritarian Math

2019CarnegieCassia BardosCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMichele DunnePaper
April 24, 2019 14:22 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/78980 Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s project of one-man rule, extend his current term in office, enshrine military dominance over...

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Creating a Constituency for Secularism: Questions for Lama Abu-Odeh

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsLama Abu-OdehPaperThe Century Foundation
April 23, 2019 18:28 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lama Abu-Odeh Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/creating-constituency-secularism-questions-lama-abu-odeh/ Thanassis Cambanis: There’s a trend that’s really taken hold in analyses of Middle Eastern politics and culture, exemplified by the writers Talal Asad and the late Saba Mahmood, which holds that the only way to critically investigate...

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