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Millions at Risk of Eviction as Egypt Overhauls Rent Laws Around 1.6 million families are at risk of losing their homes as Egypt reforms laws governing rent control.

Today, President Sisi ratified a law amending Egypt’s decades-old rent system. This earlier piece by former nonresident fellow @ezz-eldin.bsky.social explores how around 1.6 million will be affected by the new law.

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My dear friend Tania Daou Alam is a Lebanese lawyer who lost her husband of 20 years and life partner, Jean-Frederic Alam, in the Beirut Port explosion five years ago today.

Grateful to Tania who took time on this painful anniversary to share how the fight for justice continues.

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I can't believe it's been five years since the Beirut Port explosion shook Lebanon. Five years of impunity. Five years without answers. Five years and those impacted are still fighting for justice.

All my solidarity and that of the @timep.bsky.social team with the people of Lebanon. ❤️‍🩹

As Lebanon marks five years since the Beirut port explosion, TIMEP speaks to Tania Daou Alam, a Lebanese lawyer who lost her husband, Jean-Frederic Alam. For years, Tania has been working in the pursuit of justice, truth, and accountability.

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Lebanon is at a critical moment—one of simultaneous challenges, yet also one of potential. As the country comes together to rebuild and re-imagine, centering justice is an essential way to meaningfully deliver on the will of the people and to take the country out of crisis.

We call on Lebanon's partners and the international community to ensure that justice and accountability are central to engagements with the Lebanese government and to support the government to bring about tangible and responsive justice for victims of the blast.

Today, we stand with those impacted, and we call on Lebanon's government to ensure that an investigation can proceed unobstructed and to advance tangible legal and political reforms to address the institutional decay that allowed the blast to occur in the first place.

The Port explosion brings to life what decades of political corruption and negligence have meant for Lebanon's people. The failure to investigate and hold the perpetrators to account is demonstrative of long-standing impunity and political obstruction in the pursuit of justice.

Today, August 4, marks five years since the Beirut Port explosion shook Lebanon and upended countless lives, killing +200, injuring thousands, and displacing 300,000 from their homes.

The TIMEP team reiterates its support for the people of Lebanon on this painful date.

🚨 ICYMI: Yesterday, TIMEP hosted an event that explored Syria’s transition and its government’s commitment to deliver a 'Syria for all Syrians,' with Lina Ghoutouk, Kholoud Helmi, Samy Akil, Ola Suliman, moderated by @maitelsadany.bsky.social.

Catch up here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoR3...

The economic crisis has impacted Lebanon's judicial system and its capacity to deliver justice. TIMEP spoke to Lebanese lawyer Omar Taleb on what's needed to address these challenges: timep.org/2025/07/28/t...

More on this on TIMEP’s Pathways to Justice in Lebanon platform ⬇️

In July 2022, nine US citizen and greencard holder victims of the Beirut Port Explosion turned to US courts seeking justice. How does the case they brought fit into the strategy to deliver accountability for the world's largest non-nuclear explosion?

Read more: timep.org/2022/08/02/t...

YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) A ‘Syria for all Syrians’: Between Promises and Reality

So here's to the many fighting for inclusive governance in words and in practice no matter where they are and how they do so -- among them Samy Akil, Kholoud Helmi, Lina Ghoutouk, and Ola Suiman, who we were privileged to host at @timep.bsky.social today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoR3...

The path ahead may not be easy, but I know that there are countless Syrians in Syria and diaspora who are committed to a "Syria for all Syrians." Some are advising the government, others are holding a mirror to its actions, and others are organizing on the ground. There's hope in that.

Syria's challenges cannot be used as an excuse to turn the other way. Now more than ever is the time for the Syrian govt to engage productively w/ the people. Now more than ever is the time for intl partners to work constructively with the govt to deliver on the people's vision.

It's been a difficult few months for Syria--the challenges are immense, but the potential is very much there.

Today, I moderated a @timep.bsky.social event on Syria's transition. While much of the conversation learned critical, it came from a place of truly wanting Syria to succeed.

"Communication should be a bridge towards healing and rebuilding trust, not a tool for control or silence. Only through respectful, transparent and inclusive engagement can the promise of a Syria for all Syrians begin to take shape," concludes Kholoud Helmi.

"Until now, all we have is talk and no action. And this is the biggest problem of the transitional government, they speak well but they act badly," nonresident fellow Lina Ghoutouk on the coastal violence's fact-finding committee.
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"There needs to be genuine reform in the security establishment to create a unified security apparatus that is there to serve the people, first and foremost, to protect the Syrian republic from any external threats, and act as a force for peace," argues Samy Akil.
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"There is this way of speaking about 'us', the victors, and 'others', the losers, as if you could have a very clear line. And that is not true in the Syrian communities," Ola Suliman in conversation with TIMEP for "A ‘Syria for all Syrians’: Between Promises and Reality".

"The decree on transitional justice limited the investigation's mandate to the regime’s crimes. Civil society and victims' groups responded to this with criticism as it defeated the core purpose of transitional justice: acknowledging past crimes and dealing with them," says Lina Ghoutouk.

“There is an absolute power given to men with weapons, which is threatening every Syrian citizen, not only minorities. But there’s an added layer of sectarianism that comes with that when it comes to minorities,” highlights Ola Suliman.
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"We [were] very hopeful that a change might happen, but now the gap that has been created will be very hard to bridge in the near future. The logic of repression may have survived the fall of the Assad regime, it's just wearing a different face," notes Kholoud Helmi.

"From [the Syrian government’s] perspective, [centralizing executive powers] was necessary to consolidate power and to lay the foundation for a new constitution that is expected to be formulated in the months and years to come," says Nonresident Fellow Samy Akil.
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YouTube video by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) A ‘Syria for all Syrians’: Between Promises and Reality

⭐️ Starting now! Join us for a discussion on Syria’s transition and the govt's commitment to deliver a 'Syria for all Syrians,' featuring Lina Ghoutouk, Kholoud Helmi, Samy Akil, Ola Suliman, and moderated by @maitelsadany.bsky.social.

Tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoR3...

🚨It's not too late to join us! Tune in today, Thursday 7/31 at 10 am EST for an online event assessing Syria’s transition and the govt's commitment to deliver a 'Syria for all Syrians.'

Register here: timep.org/2025/07/11/a...

📣 It's not too late to register to join @timep.bsky.social for our 10 am EST session today unpacking Syria's transition with a focus on inclusivity.

I'll be moderating the chat with Samy Akil, Lina Ghoutouk, Ola Suliman, and Kholoud Helmi. Tune in: timep.org/2025/07/11/a...

SJAC joined 36 other organizations calling the US to extend temporary protected status (TPS) for #Syrians living in the US for another 18 months

Expiration of TPS would threaten the safety of Syrians & harm US policy priorities