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In the News

Sep 11, 2017

El Sirgany in CNN: Newly Unearthed Ancient Tomb with Mummies Unveiled in Egypt

By Sarah El Sirgany

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North Africa

In the News

Sep 8, 2017

Elissa Miller in Lawfare: European Interference in Libya Could Derail U.N. Efforts

By Elissa Miller

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Libya

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Sep 8, 2017

Miller in Lawfare: European Interference in Libya Could Derail U.N. Efforts

By Elissa Miller

Libya

MENASource

Sep 1, 2017

Sisi and Trump’s good relations don’t define US policy

By Hatem Maher

When President Donald Trump won the US presidential election late last year, Egyptian media coverage praising his stunning rise to power suggested that Egypt was embarking on a new era of much improved relations with its long-time ally. Trump and his Egypt counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi exchanged words of praise on many occasions, and the media […]

North Africa

In the News

Aug 30, 2017

Pham Quoted in the Independent on Politics in the Nile Region

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa North Africa

MENASource

Aug 23, 2017

Erratic Consistency—Trump’s Uncertain Egypt Strategy

By Dr. H.A. Hellyer

August is usually a quiet month in the DC Beltway. Of course, that has not been the case at all this year, with President Donald Trump’s comments over Charlottesville and the aftermath; the crisis with North Korea; Pakistan and Afghanistan; and yet others. On Tuesday, another issue was thrown into the mix, though far less […]

North Africa

In the News

Aug 20, 2017

Miller in The Arab Weekly: Celebrate Progress on Women’s Rights in Tunisia but Recognise all the Challenges that Remain

By Elissa Miller

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North Africa

MENASource

Aug 3, 2017

A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution

By Ragab Saad

On July 29, forty-three members among a sixty-member Constituent Assembly in Libya, voted in support of the Libyan constitution draft. This voting has concluded a long and complicated process of debate that has been continued for more than three years to write a constitution that has the support of a two-thirds plus one majority among […]

Libya

MENASource

Jul 31, 2017

The Failure of Libya’s EU-Backed Coastguard

By Hadeel Elaradi

On May 25, a Libyan coastguard unit opened fire on Europe-bound boats full of refugees while rescue attempts were under way. Two Libyan coastguards were also accused of looting the boats, taking phones, money, and other belongings from the passengers. The incident raised serious concern over the basic rights of migrants and refugees and the […]

Libya

MENASource

Jul 28, 2017

France, Italy, and Libya’s Crisis

By Karim Mezran and Elissa Miller

In a major development in Libya’s ongoing conflict, head of the internationally recognized Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj and strongman Khalifa Haftar met in Paris this week, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, to discuss a way out of the country’s current crisis. The meeting between Serraj and Haftar is the second in three months and […]

Libya

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