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Final Issue: The triumph of practice
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
When I signed my contract with Al-Masry Al-Youm in April four years ago, I...
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Final Issue: How poor management destroyed a leading voice
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
There was once a vision for Al-Masry Al-Youm. Publisher Hisham Kassem fought...
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Final Issue: Three journalists survive two closures in one year
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
On 19 April 2012, the management of the English-language...
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Final Issue: 50 on 50
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
Newspapers aren’t closed in one swift blow. Here at Egypt Independent...
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Justice in jeopardy
19 Apr 2013
"I think you can see how many [former regime officials] have been released from prison. They’ll give them bonuses next,” President Mohamed Morsy said at a news conference in late March.
The acquittal of several former...
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Mubarak’s trial slips out of public consciousness
19 Apr 2013
Olfat Mohamed, whose son Islam Abdel Wahab was killed at Sayeda Zeinab Police Station on 28 January 2011, was devastated to see that the last two years have been much kinder on those responsible for killing her son than they have been for...
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Qatar: A global player with underdeveloped internal politics
15 Apr 2013
DOHA — In 2011, Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said the country would hold its first elections for the Shura Council, whose members are traditionally appointed by the prince.
Elections are scheduled to take place in the...
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Newspaper price rises reflect threat to sustainability of Egypt's press
14 Apr 2013
Last month, the private daily newspaper Youm7 announced to readers that it would raise its print edition’s price from LE1 to LE1.50.
“To our dear readers,” the headline, posted on the paper’s popular website later...
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Roots of religious violence lie in both state and society
13 Apr 2013
While reflecting a deep societal malaise, sectarian violence in Egypt has always been associated with political power play, particularly between the ruling regimes and active Islamist groups.
During President Anwar Sadat’s...
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State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
11 Apr 2013
State authorities halted attempts at conscripting striking train drivers into the service of the Armed Forces on Wednesday, a campaign they had begun the day before. The state’s “public mobilization” order was...
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