by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 16, 2014 | Monitor
After the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 Egyptian security in the Sinai Peninsula evaporated. This left a vacuum for radical Bedouins to take revenge after decades of repression from the Egyptian Department of Interior. Years of widespread arrests, mass detention, and...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 11, 2014 | Monitor
The 2014 Arab Youth Survey has been released and reveals 5 core insights into the concerns and beliefs of the average Egyptian youth. The American Security Project held an event yesterday to discuss the overarching themes and results of this regional study, but...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 10, 2014 | Monitor
MIT at Center of Political Power Play Tracy Jan / The New York Times The school’s prized fusion reactor was dead; its federal funding axed. Then its political allies went to work. Iraq Militants Control Second City of Mosul BBC Iraq’s prime minister has asked...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
When I lived in the northern city of Alexandria, Egypt in the summer of 2010, blackouts were an annoying fact of life. Living in a cramped apartment on the seventh floor without air-conditioning was hard enough, but when the fan shut off due to the failing electrical...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | May 28, 2014 | Monitor
According to the Egyptian election commission, polls will remain open for an extra day in a final push to encourage the 58 million eligible voters to practice their constitutional right. This comes after two days of low voter turnout, which some say is a result of a...
