Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS) – The state-controlled trade union federation that for over half a century was employed by Egyptian rulers to suppress workers’ protests and mobilise voters for sham elections appears to be crumbling with the recent ouster of president Hosni Mubarak. "There [...]
CORRUPTION: Post-Mubarak Egypt Probes Public Land Contracts
March 31, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emad Mekay CAIRO, Mar 30, 2011 (IPS) – Egyptian authorities have opened dozens of criminal investigations into hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public land contracts that were awarded illegally to real estate developers associated with former President Hosni Mubarak without proper procedures at below market [...]
EGYPT: Virginity Checks Are Army’s Latest Weapon
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – Fresh-faced Salwa El-Hosseiny had joined protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square when a plainclothes officer grabbed her and dragged her to army officers stationed in a nearby museum. The veiled 20-year-old claims she was beaten, electrocuted and verbally abused, then [...]
EGYPT: Revolutionary Youth Gives Clinton The Cold Shoulder
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week paid a highly-publicised visit to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of Egypt’s recent popular uprising. But young leaders of the revolution declined an invitation to meet with [...]
Muslim Brotherhood Goes Mainstream in Egypt
March 20, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Mar 20, 2011 (IPS) – Egyptians voted in a nationwide referendum yesterday on proposed amendments to the constitutional articles that govern the electoral process. But regardless of the outcome, political analysts are certain that the Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed throughout the [...]
High Turnout Marks ‘Orderly’ Egypt Vote
March 20, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Evan Hill * CAIRO, Mar 20, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Long lines, orderly queues and a mostly calm and jubilant atmosphere marked Egypt’s first nationwide vote since a popular uprising forced Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-time president, to step down in February, leaving the country without a constitution [...]
Deep Divisions Over Egypt’s Referendum
March 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gregg Carlstrom * CAIRO, Mar 18, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Egyptians go to the polls Saturday to vote on a package of constitutional amendments which, in some ways, mirrors the longtime demands of the Egyptian opposition. The changes would make it easier for independent candidates to run [...]
The New Egypt: Leaving Women Behind
March 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Basma Atassi * CAIRO, Mar 8, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Marwa Sharaf el-Din, an Egyptian law PhD candidate at Oxford University, spent part of International Women’s Day in Tahrir Square this afternoon to perform Zajal, a popular traditional form of Arabic poetry. "Do I have to be [...]
Egypt’s Armed Forces Asked To Safeguard January 25 Revolution
March 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsReport CAIRO (IDN) – The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), an eminent non-governmental organization, has expressed disappointment at the proposed amendments to Egypt’s Constitution and asked the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to review these so that the objectives [...]
