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The Curious Case of the Three-Legged Wolf – Egypt: Military, Islamism, and Liberal Democracy

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This book is the first publication to introduce “reverse nonviolent action” as a new theory within the socio-political field of nonviolent action and strategies. Through studying the curious case of Egypt during and after the waves of Arab Spring revolutions, the author proposes an insider’s answer to Arab Spring’s academic and political most complicated questions. This is the first Arab Spring related study to analyze the strategic choices made by the military institution, official and non-official Islamists, and the young liberal democratic activists to employ violent aggression, nonviolent strategies, and reverse nonviolent action to achieve social change and win political power.

Egypt – Universal Periodic Review – 3rd Cycle

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Follow-up and assessment report on Egypt’s progress on human rights thematic categories related to liberal democratization and fighting terrorism based on UPR mechanism at the United Nation’s Council of Human Rights. This report provides an assessment to the progress achieved by the Egyptian state on the 2nd Cycle Recommendations, with special focus on issues related to liberal democratization, religious tolerance, and fighting violent extremism.

Monitoring Egypt’s House of Representatives Elections 2020

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In September – December 2020, LDI team monitored Egypt’s House of Representative Elections and produced an assessment report on the progress of liberal democratization process in Egypt, through evaluating the freedom and fairness of the electoral process within the general political and legislative context of Egypt.

Monitoring Egypt’s Senate Elections 2020

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In July – September 2020, LDI monitored Egypt’s Senate Elections and produced an assessment report on the progress of liberal democratization process in Egypt, through evaluating the freedom and fairness of the electoral process within the general political and legislative context of Egypt.

Monitoring Referendum on Constitutional Amendments 2019

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In February – April 2019, LDI ran a nationwide campaign to monitor the process of amending some articles of the constitution. This included monitoring the process of writing and passing the constitutional amendments at the Legislative Committee of the Parliament, as well as observing the referendum wherein Egyptians voted with more than 88% on passing the proposed amendments.