Rana Mamdouh
 
 
features
constitutional amendments • 16 min read
Expanding the powers and mandate of Egypt’s president
Rana Mamdouh | "There is a governing article in the Constitution that prevents changing the presidential term"
23 August 2017
chief judicial appointments law • 13 min read
Presidential pickings: Ahmed Aboul Azm, the new head of the State Council
Rana Mamdouh | Meet Ahmed Aboul Azm, the judge who Sisi chose to sit atop the administrative court system
8 August 2017
chief judicial appointments law • 13 min read
Meet Yehia Dakroury, the sidelined State Council judge
Rana Mamdouh | Sisi's appointment of Azm overlooks the State Council's controversial nomination of judge Yehia Dakroury
19 July 2017
Tiran and Sanafir Islands • 7 min read
Sisi to ratify Tiran and Sanafir agreement within days: Source
Asmahan Soliman and Rana Mamdouh | With the legal cycle suspended, the necessary procedures for presidential ratification are taking place
21 June 2017
NGO law • 8 min read
Sisi approves NGO law over 6 months after it receives Parliament’s approval
Rana Mamdouh | Egypt’s contentious NGO law is ratified by Sisi over 6 months after Parliament's approval
29 May 2017
judicial independence • 9 min read
Sisi and the judges: Game over?
Rana Mamdouh | Sisi has ratified the chief judicial appointments law, despite resistance from judges and MPs
2 May 2017
 
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News
Giulio Regeni • 5 min read
Parliament’s foreign affairs undersecretary: Italian ambassador to return to Egypt before September
14 July 2017
civil service law • 4 min read
17 striking workers acquitted as court demands right to strike be included in civil service law
17 June 2017
Egypt-Saudi Arabia relations • 5 min read
Excerpts from Parliament’s landslide vote on Tiran and Sanafir
14 June 2017
Egypt-Saudi Arabia relations • 4 min read
Parliament dismisses previous court rulings in 1st session on Tiran and Sanafir
12 June 2017
 
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