Twelve years ago Egyptians took to the streets to demand “bread, freedom, and social justice,” ultimately ousting then-President Hosni Mubarak following a thirty-year rule. Today, the country is undergoing one of the worst human rights crises of its modern era...
In late October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it had reached staff-level agreements with the governments of Tunisia and Egypt, months after the IMF reached a similar agreement with the government of Lebanon. While each of these countries...
From December 13 to 15, President Joseph R. Biden hosted the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. Attendees, including Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met to discuss a wide range of issues, among them a “reinforce[d] commitment to democracy,...
Young people around the world are on the front lines of those demanding bold climate action to safeguard their future, particularly as the impacts of climate change intensify year by year. Nowhere is this dynamic felt more acutely than in...
Nearly one year after General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized full control of Sudan’s power-sharing government in a military coup, international initiatives to set Sudan back on track toward a democratic transition have little to show for their efforts. Multilateral processes...
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) and the Atlantic Council Syria Project were pleased to host a film screening and post-show discussion of The Story Won’t Die on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at Landmark Theater’s E Street Cinema...
On September 27, 2022, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) hosted “Mobilizing for Justice: The Pursuit of Accountability in Lebanon,” an in-person reception and moderated discussion in Washington, DC that convened together three remarkable women who are working...
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) will take place in the MENA region for the next two years, setting the course for future climate adaptation, mitigation, and response. Rising temperatures, drought, and extreme weather events in MENA threaten to...
On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, Human Rights Watch, Accountability Now, Daraj Media, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), and the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) jointly hosted an online briefing to highlight domestic and international efforts to seek accountability for the...
Since the January 25 Revolution nearly eleven years ago, but particularly so since June 2013, Egyptians in exile have played an increasingly central role in mobilization efforts around human rights, free expression, and justice in Egypt. In his original piece...
