Sisi’s Weakness Makes Him More Brutal Robert Springborg on how the Egyptian dictator secures his violent rule   Since taking power in 2013, Egyptian president and military dictator Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi has presided over a massive expansion of the security..

Since taking power, el-Sisi has vastly expanded his country’s network of prisons and detention centres   For over a month now, hundreds of prisoners in Egypt’s notorious Badr 1 Prison, around 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, have been staging a..

In Egypt, the Police are Soldiers for the Regime   Building on traditions dating back to colonialism, Egyptian police today are more militarized than ever     Scholarly debates around “police militarization” may not be new as such, but they..

A Palestinian State in North Sinai?   Mass displacements in Palestine, population management in Egypt     Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, prominent voices in Israel have openly called for the complete destruction of Gaza..

Egypt’s Presidential Pantomime   Egyptians are headed to the polls next month, but the winner is a foregone conclusion     The most populous country in the Arab world is soon heading to the polls to elect a president. Egypt’s..

Paving a Road to Perdition: El-Sisi and the Drivers of Egypt’s Economic Ruin   Author: Colin Powers Reviewed by: Maha Ben Gadha Design and layout by: ozads.org   At the time of writing, the Egyptian economy remains mired in a..