7. Human Rights NGOs and the ‘‘Foreign Funding Debate’’ in Egypt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Human Rights and Agency in the Arab World 1
4. Part I: Human Rights, Islam, Islamists
5. 1. The Tail and the Dog: Constructing Islam and Human Rights in Political Context 21
6. 2. A Question of Human Rights Ethics: Defending the Islamists 37
7. Part II: Globalization and the Impact of Human Rights
8. 3. Globalization and Human Rights: On a Current Debate Among Arab Intellectuals 51
9. 4. Transnational Human Rights Networks and Human Rights in Egypt 64
10. 5. Women, Citizenship, and Civil Society in the Arab World 89
11. Part III: Problems of Human Rights NGOs and Activism
12. 6. Human Rights in the Arab World: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Human Rights Activism 107
13. 7. Human Rights NGOs and the ‘‘Foreign Funding Debate’’ in Egypt 114
14. 8. Justice in Heaven 127
15. Part IV: Country-Specific Case Studies
16. 9. Some Yemeni Ideas About Human Rights 137
17. 10. Got Rights? Public Interest Litigation and the Egyptian Human Rights Movement 153
18. 11. When the Time Is Ripe: The Struggle to Create an Institutional Culture of Human Rights in Morocco 174
19. Conclusion: Normative and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Arab Debates on Human Rights 197
20. Appendix 1: Documents 201
21. Appendix 2. Treaty Ratifications, Notable Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations 237
22. Notes 283
23. List of Contributors 311
24. Index 315
25. Acknowledgments 323