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New York Times,  
October 4, 2019
“He’s cracking down on the one hand, and making some very cosmetic gestures on the other, but like the gestures that Mubarak took back in the day when it was clear people were unhappy, these measures failed…to stabilize the situation.”
Los Angeles Times,  
September 26, 2019
“[The current wave of arrests] will be chilling and may have the effect of making a lot of people too nervous to go down to the streets.”
Al-Monitor,  
September 23, 2019
“It appears that Senator Graham wanted to ‘reward’ the Egyptian government for finally resolving the 2011 to 2013 convictions against mostly US-based NGOs. But this step…carried no domestic political cost for President Sisi.”
Bloomberg,  
June 24, 2019
“[Poor treatment in Egyptian prisons] drives people underground, widening the base of people who have serious grievances against the regime.”
LA Times,  
June 17, 2019
“What is known is that Morsi suffered from chronic diabetes and was repeatedly denied medical treatment, and was detained in inhumane conditions.”
Al-Monitor,  
May 19, 2019
“House appropriators, like their Senate colleagues, are increasingly concerned with the trajectory of Egypt, its harsh crackdown on any and all opposition and its impact on US national security interests.”
New York Times,  
May 6, 2019
“[The U.S. governmeent designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization would] politicize the designation process, which would undercut the strength of actual designations against terrorist groups.”
Arab Weekly,  
May 5, 2019
“Do you think that pursuing [the Muslim Brotherhood] is so important that you are willing to risk pulling resources from groups that have not just the intent and capacity to strike the United States but also a demonstrated track record?”
Al-Monitor,  
May 1, 2019
“[Given al-Sisi’s] penchant for labeling all of his critics as Muslim Brotherhood members, [a terrorist designation] would help delegitimize his opponents domestically and on the international scene.”
Al Jazeera,  
April 30, 2019
“In both Tunisia and in Morocco, Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated parties are represented in the parliaments and they’re major players… [I]t would become impossible for the U.S. government to have diplomatic relations with them.”