Posts Tagged: Sisi Egypt
The Egyptian Counter Revolution: 10 Years Later
Islamists' rapid rise to power in the Middle East following the Arab Spring revolutions came to a halt following a popular revolution that swept Egypt...
A Silenced View From Inside Egypt: The Problem of Egyptian Identity
I am an Egyptian, and I have some inconvenient questions. How did Egypt descend from the status of a great civilization that once fascinated the world...
Will Egypt’s Despotic Sisi Regime Survive?
JNS.org - The demonstrations in Egypt on September 20, 2019 should be a warning sign for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The call to demonstrate...
Should Trump Rethink His Approach to Egypt and the Middle East?
Several weeks ago, Cairo discreetly notified Riyadh and Washington that it was suspending its participation in MESA (the Middle East Strategic Alliance) -- the US-Saudi...
How Is Egypt’s ‘Operation Sinai 2018’ Succeeding Against Islamic State?
JNS.org - The Egyptian army launched a large-scale counter-terrorism operation on February 9, code-named “Sinai 2018,” against the self-styled Sinai province of Islamic State. Previously known as...
Another Positive Sign for Jews From the Egyptian Government
Egypt's National Center for Translation has just released an Arabic translation of the Torah. To be precise, they converted Rav Saadia Gaon's 10th century translation of the...
How Western Corruption Helps Fuel Radical Islam
What do the big money and cushy lifestyles of Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as Mideast leaders like Shimon Peres, Hosni Mubarak, Ehud Barak,...
Egypt’s Leader is Right to Call for the Reform of Islam
Upon a world marred by Islamic turmoil, terror, and violence, a gift has recently been bestowed. On December 28, 2014, in a speech directed at Islamic...
Egyptian President Sisi Apologizes After Being Caught Mocking Arab Leaders
AP - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi scrambled to avert any damage to ties with Arab Gulf countries after he and his aides were allegedly caught...
Egypt Labels Hamas’ Military Wing Terrorists
An Egyptian court has labeled the Ezzedin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, a terrorist organization. "The court ruled to ban the Qassam Brigades and to list...
Egypt’s El-Sisi Fights Terror and Seeks ‘Revolution’ in Islam
JNS.org - As the world continues to grapple with a new wave of Islamic extremism, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has emerged as an...
Human Suffering and Starvation Grow in Egypt
Egypt, famed for millennia as the "breadbasket of the Mediterranean," now faces alarming food shortages. A startlingly candid report in Cairo's Al-Ahram newspaper by Gihan...
Is Egypt’s New Government Promoting Anti-Christian Measures?
Overlooked in the midst of all the celebrations in Egypt concerning the presidential victory of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is that his predecessor, President Adly Mansour...
U.S. Senate Support for Egypt Military Aid Wanes After Arrests, Death Sentences
New York Times - Senator Patrick J. Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said Tuesday that he would not support additional...
