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The new sound of radio

At work at radio Sound of Sakia.
04 Feb 2010
In Radio as a Communication Apparatus, German playwright Bertolt Brecht writes fondly about the radio as a revolutionary medium. “The radio would be the finest possible communication apparatus in public life [...] if it knew how to...
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Today's papers: Mubarak and Qadhafi, anti-sectarian protests

National Committee on Sectarian Violence activists holding placards, banners, and photos of victims shot dead or injured during Naga Hammadi Christmas Eve shooting incident, February 3, in front of Egyptian parliament. Copts, NGO's, political group and parties showed heavy presence, calling for legislation on sectarian violence.
04 Feb 2010
In today's news, state-owned and independent papers covered a range of issues from football and diplomatic visits by President Hosni Mubarak to the retrial ordered by the court of cassation for the murderer of "Heba and Nadine,"...
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On the future of online news

Giuseppe "Beppe" Severgnini after the press conference held on 30 January during the Cairo Books Fair
01 Feb 2010
Giuseppe “Beppe” Severgnini is one of Italy’s most influential journalists. He has been writing for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera since 1995 and started a career in television at around the same time. Severgnini...
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International English press: Haiti devastation, Blair on Iraq

Homeless people who lost their houses because of the huge earthquake which rocked the capital of Haiti "Port Au Prince" in Wednesday morning ,January 13, 2010,which measured 7 on the richter scale and lasted for 60 seconds in large parts of the capital ,so it is considered the hugest earthquake in the Caribbean poor country as it caused destruction of so many buildings including the presidential palace,which resulted in hundreds of dead and injured people,so it is considered really a catastrophe
01 Feb 2010
Devastation in Haiti and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's evidence to the hearing on the Iraq war dominated the foreign press last week. Blair faced an inquiry over his decision to participate in the invasion of Iraq in 2003....
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Al-Masry Al-Youm defies Cairocentrism

The front page of the inaugural edition of Alexandria Al-Youm, a local supplement of Al-Masry Al-Youm. Alexandria Al-Youm first appeared on 24 January, 2010.
24 Jan 2010
Independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm made history on Sunday by launching Alexandria Al-Youm, Egypt’s first daily city newspaper in over a century. Alexandria Al-Youm, Alexandria Today, is an eight page supplementary tabloid that will...
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Israeli TV: Egypt cinema getting steamier

21 Jan 2010
Israeli television aired a program about Egyptian cinema Thursday that asserted that Egyptian filmmakers had deliberately produced films this season containing sexually explicit scenes in an effort to provoke Islamist groups. It went on to...
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The discourse of denial: Spinning Naga Hammadi

MP Georgette Kalliny speaks out against sectarianism in parliament
20 Jan 2010
Egypt was left in a state of fury, bewilderment and grief after the shooting of six Coptic Christians and a Muslim guard outside a church in the Upper Egyptian town of Naga Hammadi on 6 January. In the aftermath of the killings, Egypt's...
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Iran and Yemen in French media this week, alongside readings on Islam’s expansion

Clashes between police and supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate, "Mir-Hussein Musawi," during the presidential election in June 2009
01 Jan 2010
The Iranian opposition demonstrations following the ‘ashoura mourning day was the subject of interest of various French papers. Liberation pointed to the regime’s figures demanding sanctions against the leaders of the...
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The Arabic regional press in a week: Domestic strife and regional alliances

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah addressing his followers in Beiru
31 Dec 2009
News from Lebanon, Gaza and Iran featured prominently in the regional Arabic press this week, in a panoramic view of prevalent internal conflicts tied to the complexities of regional alliances. The speech of the Lebanese militia Hizbullah...
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Hours of detention

Demonstration of hundreds of foreign and Egyptian activists in front of press syndicate in Cairo on 29 December 2009 threatening with strike aiming at going to Gaza
29 Dec 2009
Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Jano Charbel was detained by security forced last night as he was covering the pro-Gaza demonstrations. The following is his personal account from the darker side of reporting: I arrived at the demo shortly...
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