University of Oxford Project on Contemporary Egypt

University of Oxford Project on Contemporary Egypt "Religion & Politics: Defining the Civil State in Contemporary Egypt” at the University of Oxford.

This project is convened by Prof Stephen Whitefield, Dr Elisabeth Kendall and Dr Mazen Hassan with support from the British Academy and the ESRC.

11/02/2017

The UK Foreign Office has updated its Human Rights report on Egypt. It states "restrictions on civil society worsened significantly" and identifies a "worrying trend of civil restrictions on civil society".

Restrictions on human rights in Egypt continued in the second half of 2016, including growing restrictions on civil society. We raised our concerns around political detentions, torture and restrictions on civil society in Egypt in our national statement at the UN Human Rights Council in September un...

UK Foreign Office calls on Egypt for a "full & transparent" investigation into the torture & death of Cambridge student.
12/04/2016

UK Foreign Office calls on Egypt for a "full & transparent" investigation into the torture & death of Cambridge student.

Friends of the Girton student have called the statement "bland"

29/02/2016

Interesting to note that jailing of novelist Ahmad Naji for writing a sexually explicit novel has become a lightening rod for intellectual protest. Even Egypt's Minister for Culture has spoken out, as well as two former Ministers for Culture.

Yet more evidence that the arts and culture are powerful political tools:
08/02/2016

Yet more evidence that the arts and culture are powerful political tools:

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish speaks about his brief detention and vows to continue with his work.

For some details of our ongoing project on "Democracy in Contemporary Egypt", see here:
22/06/2015

For some details of our ongoing project on "Democracy in Contemporary Egypt", see here:

Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

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26/05/2015

If you missed the seminar, or want to listen to one of the talks again, visit our podcast site:

Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Morality aside, this could well be counter-productive in terms of creating a martyr & fueling the next generation of ter...
16/05/2015

Morality aside, this could well be counter-productive in terms of creating a martyr & fueling the next generation of terrorists.

Country's first freely elected president provisionally sentenced to death for arranging mass jailbreak

16/05/2015

Comment: Criticism should be a part of any healthy public debate, but...

16/05/2015

Verdict against former president referred to the Grand M***i for confirmation.

Keynote address by His Grace Bishop Angaelos Pembroke College, Oxford.
12/03/2015

Keynote address by His Grace Bishop Angaelos Pembroke College, Oxford.

12/03/2015

: : We must not let our people fall into a mental state of victimhood. Pembroke College, Oxford

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