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

摘要: The ‘foreign funding debate’ refers to a set of debates within Egyptian civil society over the advantages and disadvantages NGOs accepting funds from non-Egyptian, particularly ‘Western’ organizations (nongovernmental governmental). These have become heated with regard human rights NGOs, due more politicized nature their work political activist origins many advocates. Debates foreign take part among between NGO activists, members parties, journalists, intellectuals in seminars, informal gatherings, via media. In addition, government adds debate by determining legality abroad. topic funding’ has so ubiquitous that it is currently impossible discuss subject Egypt without someone mentioning ‘F’ word (funding).