Middle East Policy Platform

MEPP is an online repository of research, media analysis, investigative reports, experts’ opinions & policy papers on the developments in the region.

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#MEPP's #NEW #Webinar - The Current #Political, #Social, and #Economic #Status of #Egypt with Dr. @DaliaFFahmy

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.@TimepDC @Amy_Fallas | "Christian community argued that #Copts were integral to the national fabric of the #Egyptian nation &, as such, did not require special protections or quota-based representation in gov't. to ensure equal treatment before the law."

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.@TimepDC @Amy_Fallas | "One of the central pitfalls of the #national #unity #discourse is that it denies the existence of a #sectarian problem to begin with." #Egypt

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#MEPP | @TimepDC @Amy_Fallas | "these incidents [on #Copts] have renewed the popularity of calls for al-wihda al-wataniyya—a long standing discourse of “#national #unity” to address the threat of internal divisions based on religious affiliation" #Egypt

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.@Eipss_En Abdel-Tawab Barakat | "It is known that the #subsidized #bread, made from 82% extracted #wheat #flour, has been the most #important and #cheapest source of #carbohydrates and #protein for #Egyptians over the past several decades."

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.@Eipss_En Abdel-Tawab Barakat | To overcome the #wheat #import #crisis, #Egypt announced it was heading to use #sweet #potatoes in a mixture with wheat flour to produce the subsidized popular bread, as part of its plans to reduce the import of #wheat

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#MEPP | @eis_eg Abdel-Tawab Barakat | "#Egypt is the world's country that most suffers from the unprecedented rise in global #wheat prices, amid its scarcity in the international grain trade market following eruption of the #Russian war on #Ukraine."

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#MEPP | July 2022 | Notable Publications | @MiddleEastInst @NomadandSettler | 'Egypt as an Eastern Mediterranean power in the age of energy transition'

"The change in #Egypt’s #energy fortunes started in 2015, when Italian oil company Eni discovered Zoh"

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#MEPP | July 2022 | Notable Publications | @CarnegieEndow NATHAN J. BROWN | 'Sisi’s Military Incursion'

"A general has been placed in #Egypt’s #Supreme #Constitutional #Court, perhaps subjugating the #institution."

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#MEPP | July 2022 | Notable Publications | @ArabCenterWDC Gregory Aftandilian | 'Iraq-Jordan-Egypt Entente Moves Ahead Despite the GCC’s Shadow'

"#Egypt, #Jordan, and #Iraq have not always been close #friends."

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.@MiddleEastInst @kdawoud | "they [#Egypt’s #opposition #parties] nonetheless all agree on the need for urgent #political #reforms that would restore a minimum level of political #participation and #freedom of #expression. "

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.@MiddleEastInst @kdawoud | "After years of suffering #arrests, #travel #bans, #asset #freezes, and a total #blackout of local #media #coverage of their activities, #Egypt’s #opposition parties have been weakened tremendously"

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#MEPP | @MiddleEastInst @kdawoud | "Many #opponents remain skeptical of the regime’s recent change of heart, call for dialogue, & readiness to listen to opposing views, & suspect that the about-face may not be genuine or will prove short lived." #Egypt

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.@MiddleEastInst @mmabrouk | "And despite #Egypt’s burgeoning need for #grain, #Russia would probably be wise not to take any cooperation for granted."

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.@MiddleEastInst @mmabrouk | Almost 70% of the #Egyptian #population relies on heavily subsidized bread. So the war-related surge in food prices has forced Egypt to increase its spending on grain imports, adding almost $1B to a $3.2B grain subsidy program

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#MEPP | @MiddleEastInst @mmabrouk | "However, #Egypt, the world’s largest #grain importer, does not rely solely on #Russian #wheat; of the 80% it imports, approximately 50% comes from #Russia, with the other 30% arriving from #Ukraine."

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.@CarnegieEndow NATHAN JBROWN | "It represents a rupture with judicial norms & traditions to insert a military figure into such a setting. The startling nature of the appointment is likely why the news was portrayed in such a way as not to make the news."

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.@CarnegieEndow NATHAN J. BROWN | "But the existing #regime goes a bit farther... Yet state structures now seem to feel a need to ensure that even certain routine matters gain approval from one of #Egypt’s #security #agencies."

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#MEPP | @CarnegieEndow NATHAN J. BROWN | "But the most newsworthy aspect of the story was left out: a #military figure was being parachuted into what had once been one of the most remarkably active judicial bodies in #Arab #legal history," #Egypt

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@ArabCenter_en Aftandilian | "There is some speculation that the tripartite alliance (#Egypt, #Iraq & #Jordan) may become a rival to the GCC states (#Bahrain, #Kuwait, #Oman, #Qatar, #Saudi #Arabia, & #UAE). But in truth, the situation is more complex."

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.@ArabCenterWDC Gregory Aftandilian | "A desire to promote #regional #stability, combat #terrorism and #extremism, and, for #Egypt and #Jordan, to lessen #Iraq’s dependence on #Iran, is also behind the endeavor."

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