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Status Report on Egypt’s Civil Society

September 27, 2017

In the midst of an ongoing crackdown on NGOs and individuals in Egypt that has included arrests and mass trials, we spoke with American University in Cairo Associate Professor Amy Austin Holmes about what she has observed and encountered. Holmes is currently a fellow with the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program and her status report on the health of Egypt’s civil society provides the focus for this edition of Wilson Center NOW.

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Amy Austin Holmes

Public Policy Fellow;
Research Professor of International Affairs and Acting Director of the Foreign Area Officers Program, George Washington University

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John Milewski

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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