July 3 Coup

A Bitter year: Egypt after the coup

July 3, 2014

The real challenge is what lies next, and this no single party can solely manage The first anniversary of 30 June and 3 July passed without celebrations worthy of a “revolution.” Between June 2013 and June 2014, what happened to…

Op-Eds

What to expect from Sisi’s presidency

June 15, 2014

If President Sisi wants to see reconciliation and recovery in Egypt, transparency must take priority over reputation and job-security Sworn in as president in a lavish ceremony, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was resolute to convey the image of a strong state…

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Five messages Sisi must hear

May 30, 2014

Despite Sisi’s victory, there are clear signs that the field marshal’s legitimacy is going to be challenged in coming months Egypt’s presidential election is another blunder on the road map. The first was the trumped up results of the constitutional…

Conferences

Columbia University: The Role of the Media in Egypt’s Military Coup

May 22, 2014

Moderator, Covering Egypt: Media and Politics in the Post-Mubarak Period, The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life, Columbia University, NYC 22 May 2014.

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Women empowered but abused as they stand up to Egypt’s military junta

April 11, 2014

Ever since the coup in Egypt last July, university students have been at the forefront of battling military rule. A surge in anti-coup protests by students in the last two months demonstrates that they are the most vibrant and determined…

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Dear President Obama: Freedom and Democracy Must Come First in Egypt

March 28, 2014

Dear President Obama: As you embark this week on your visit to Saudi Arabia we write to you out of deep concern with regard to the policy of the United States and its allies in the region. Despite your assurances…

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Brutality, torture, rape: Egypt’s crisis will continue until military rule is dismantled

March 6, 2014

Ibrahim Mahlab’s new cabinet confirms that the country is falling apart under a corrupt and authoritarian police state. The world must help us Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, has emphasised in her frequent statements on Egypt the importance…

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Egypt can stop its spiral toward radicalization

February 21, 2014

Emad Shahin is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. He is on sabbatical from American University in Cairo. Egypt is spiraling toward instability and radicalization.…

Interviews

Interview with CNN: Egypt suppressing ‘any voice of dissent’

January 28, 2014

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Egypt needs a proper roadmap to get through this crisis

August 22, 2013

The release from prison today of Hosni Mubarak, the former strongman whose downfall in 2011 was hailed as the start of the Arab Spring in Egypt, could be the moment at which the counter-revolution has prevailed. Thousands of lives lost, tens of…