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U.S., Egypt Open Strategic Dialog

“Making tangible and lasting improvements on human rights is also essential to strengthening our bilateral relationship, and the United States.” Blinken. By US Department of State [...]

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US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue: What’s on the agenda?

By Mada Masr – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Washington on Friday to restart for the first time in six years the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue with US Secretary of State Antony [...]

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The Maspero Massacre: Ten Years On

By TIMEP – On October 9, 2011, thousands of peaceful protesters marched toward the Maspero building, the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, to demonstrate against the [...]

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Egypt’s Parliament approves laws consolidating executive, military powers – days after end of state of emergency

By MadaMasr – Three bills that would further consolidate the powers granted to the president and the military and make the latter even more impervious to criticism were approved by [...]

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New Bill Further Codifies State of Emergency

By POMED – Egyptian media reported that parliament will soon debate a bill amending a number of security-related laws, which would further blunt the impact of the end of the [...]

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Divisions Strike the Muslim Brotherhood

By Hany Ghoraba – IPT News – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has bragged for decades about the unity of its members and its ability to withstand all external pressures. But the [...]

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Reactions to Sisi’s decision to end state of emergency

By POMED- President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a surprise announcement on October 25 that he was ending Egypt’s state of emergency, which had been in effect since the April 2017 church [...]

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Sisi ends the state of emergency in Egypt

By POMED – On October 25, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that he was ending the country’s state of emergency, which had been in place since April 2017. The 2014 [...]

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Italian court tries Egyptian officers over murder of student Giulio Regeni

By France24/AFP – Four Egyptian security officers will go on trial in absentia in Italy on Thursday for the brutal killing in Cairo five years ago of Italian student Giulio Regeni. The [...]

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Egypt’s Delegation Holds Meetings in D.C.

By POMED – On October 7, Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price revealed that Yael Lempert, the acting assistant secretary for the department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, met with [...]