Media features
Is it time for a new regulatory model for Egyptian broadcasting?
07 Dec 2011
Over the past decade, the deposed president gradually loosened his grip on the media, tolerating the rise of dozens of privately-owned satellite television channels. Most of these channels focused on entertainment, though a few took news...
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Mainstream press rallies against Tahrir demand for national salvation government
03 Dec 2011
When debate around a national salvation government (NSG) raged in the press two weeks ago, many opponents advanced various hostile arguments to the idea.
The call for an NSG came on the heels of six days of clashes that started on 19...
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Prominent Israeli official calls for military preparations to re-enter Sinai
23 Nov 2011
In the midst of escalating violence between Egyptian protesters and security forces, former Deputy Chief Staff of Israeli Defense Forces Uzi Dayan is calling for the creation of an Israeli “intervention force” to fight...
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Israeli network reveals tape ‘proving’ USS Liberty attack was an accident
17 Nov 2011
Forty-four years after Israeli pilots bombed the American ship USS Liberty during the 1967 War, an Israeli news outlet Wednesday evening revealed purported evidence that the bombing was accidental.
According to the report, the pilots...
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Seeds of dissent in the state TV fortress
17 Nov 2011
A group of employees inside the Egyptian state TV and radio building, Maspero, are hoping to revolutionize the decades-old media institution that has served as the mouthpiece of dictators.
Two groups inside Maspero — the Media...
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Islamic social networking site to launch in Istanbul
14 Nov 2011
A new Islamic social networking website is set to launch in Istanbul, Turkey. It is funded by prominent Muslim businessmen, according to Hurriyet Daily News, a Turkish newspaper.
"No politics, no bans, no limits,” reads the...
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The military and the state-owned media: One hand?
01 Nov 2011
Despite the promise that it would not involve itself in politics beyond the transition of power to a civilian government, recent events in the media have led to questions about the military possibly looking to stay on beyond that point,...
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Blog: When pictures are worth a thousand woes
30 Oct 2011
Over a year ago, a picture of a young man bludgeoned to death sent shockwaves through the country. The picture – almost always found in tandem with another picture of the young man before his death – started a wave of protests...
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Fury on social media over blogger's detention
30 Oct 2011
Egyptian social media buzzed with anger on Sunday after military prosecutors ordered that Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent blogger, be held in detention for 15 days on charges of inciting violence against the military.
Two presidential...
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Freedom and Justice Party approved to issue daily newspaper
21 Oct 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has obtained a license to issue a daily newspaper bearing the party's name. It is expected to begin printing within a few days.
Adel al-Ansary, the newspaper's editor-in-chief...
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