Cairo is home to countless historical cemeteries that boast the city’s rich heritage, culture and architecture. However, these sites are currently getting demolished due to creeping urban development...

In the last few years, the Egyptian state has been promoting a nationalist discourse that encourages pharaonic identity politics, known as neo-pharaonism.

As COP27 takes place, we—a group of TIMEP current and former fellows—are calling for the immediate release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian blogger, software developer, activist, and political...

في سجون النساء التعامل مبني على الاضطهاد المضاعف، والقمع المضاعف على أساس الجندر، ما تم سرده هنا في هذا المقال يعد جانب من معاناة النساء السجينات

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a critical role to play across the Middle East and North Africa region, as several regional powers are negotiating or currently enacting new programs. As the...

اتهم المجلس العسكري الشباب، بعضهم في سن المراهقة من خلفيات متواضعة، بقتل قوات الأمن. وتعرَّض أولئك الذين يُواجهون مثل هذه التهم الجنائية الخطيرة للاختفاء القسري، والحرمان مِن الإجراءات القانونية...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)...

TIMEP is thrilled to announce the members of its 2020 Nonresident Fellowship cohort! These fellows, based in countries around the world, bring their thematic and regional expertise to the TIMEP team.

While the cholera outbreak in Syria is driven by the consumption of untreated water, there is an even more profound disease plaguing the country: the weaponization and subversion of core public...

Dear friends, colleagues, and partners: As our beloved Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) celebrates one decade since its founding this year, we kick off a new and exciting chapter in...

The Maspero Massacre has left an indelible mark on Copts, shaping their activism and identity in significant ways, both in Egypt and abroad, over the past ten years.

As the world marks International Women’s Day, TIMEP speaks to women advocates across the MENA region on the ways in which they are challenging the roots of gender inequality. In this Q&A on the...

Ideological divides and a lack of collaboration have characterized diasporic Coptic activism over the last five decades. Fragmentation among Coptic organizations with competing narratives and...

A new initiative spearheaded by the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) and several partner organizations seeks to resolve seemingly endless political deadlock in Tunisia. Although little of the...

The commoditization of repression in Egypt’s prisons is reportedly so pervasive that there are seldom aspects of life left untouched: prison authorities are entrepreneurial and adaptive in finding...

Neighborhood resistance committees (RCs) are grassroots organizations with extended origins in Sudan’s modern political history going back to the 1990s.

The final political process in Sudan seems to be going forward, despite its challenges and limitations. Not resolving these issues might lead to an agreement that lacks support from the most influe...

#CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel

As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) begins in Egypt, today, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), in concert with a diverse coalition of Canadian and intern...

“The events that have taken place in Sudan since 2019 prove that democracy and security cannot be thought of separately: they both must be worked on together as part of one process,” TIMEP Nonresid...

This piece investigates the process that led to the production of the two key political charters produced by resistance committees in Sudan, which elevated and decentralized the political discourse...

Even in Sudan’s historically militarized political system, civilian leaders and former rebels face a false dilemma of backing one coup general or the other, an impossible binary that has already had...

In February 2022, two political charters issued by resistance committees and a report by UNITAMS had varying impacts on the political landscape, process, and public debate in Sudan. A review of these...

The Tunisian islands of Kerkennah stand to be gravely affected by climate change and specifically, rising sea levels. With fishing forming the bedrock of Kerkennah’s economy, local communities are...

On June 5, 2022, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Environment Conference, which led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Program and to the designa...

As we mark 12 years since the Syrian revolution and look at where Syria is today, we asked TIMEP nonresident fellows, alumni, and contributors what they believe are the key issues policymakers should...

A recent and unprecedented escalation against the organization threatens to have reverberating implications not only for EIPR, but civil society and the right to freedom of association at large.

The past decade of repressive, extractive, and disorganized governance has imposed an enormous toll on Egyptians, their state, and their country.

We the undersigned group of civil society and media organizations from around the world come together to stand in solidarity with two independent Lebanese media outlets as they come under state...