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Jun 23, 2014

Hawthorne on US Interests in Egypt

By Amy Hawthorne

Foreign Policy‘s The Cable quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne on US lawmakers’ call for an overhaul of US aid to Egypt, particularly in light of the sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists:

North Africa

In the News

Jun 23, 2014

El Dahshan on Egypt’s Economy

By Mohamed El Dahshan

Al Ahram quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed El Dahshan on the Egyptian economy: 

North Africa

In the News

Jun 23, 2014

Hawthorne on Press Freedom in Egypt

By Amy Hawthorne

Global Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne on the three Al Jazeera journalists who were sentenced to jail for at least seven years in Egypt:

North Africa

In the News

Jun 22, 2014

Hawthorne on US-Egypt Relations

By Amy Hawthorne

Christian Science Monitor quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne on Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the issue of US aid to Egypt:

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 21, 2014

Domestic Violence: A Cultural Ailment

By Sarah El-Rashidi

Domestic violence is a widespread phenomenon in Egypt which, despite its prevalence, is largely misconstrued. 60 percent of Egyptian women conceded to being victims of domestic violence according to a 2012 Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) report, and a lack of women’s rights was arguably one of the driving factors behind high female participation […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 19, 2014

The Bright Spot in the Egyptian Economy

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

The Egyptian economy has been slumping for the past three years. Since January 2011 economic growth has come down substantially, unemployment has been steadily rising, inflation has remained high, the fiscal deficit has expanded, and the foreign exchange reserves of the country have fallen by more than half. Clearly this is a grim picture that […]

Economy & Business North Africa

MENASource

Jun 18, 2014

Egypt’s Protest Law: An Ongoing Battle

By Khaled Dawoud

Several political parties and youth movements said on Tuesday they would renew a campaign aimed at amending Egypt’s repressive protest law. The decision comes in the wake of a Cairo court issuing a surprisingly harsh fifteen-year sentence in absentia against activist and blogger, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, and twenty-four others for protesting in November against the military […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

Meet Egypt’s New Cabinet Under Sisi

By EgyptSource

The first cabinet under Egypt’s new President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in on Tuesday morning, headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. The new government is made up of thirty-four ministers. Twenty-one ministers are holdovers from the previous cabinet under the interim government, one of whom has been reassigned to a different ministry. Only thirteen new […]

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MENASource

Jun 16, 2014

Photo Essay: Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment

By Jonathan Rashad

Egyptian activists and local NGOs called for a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo on Saturday June 14, 2014, following the recent mass sexual assault in Cairo’s Tahrir square. 

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 16, 2014

The Week in Egypt [June 16, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

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