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NDP tycoon lashes out at independent press

NDP tycoon lashes out at independent press

Ahmed Ezz, steel tycoon and senior member of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), accused the independent press of deliberately…
Can anyone stop the torrent?

Can anyone stop the torrent?

A subsidiary of local internet provider LINKdotNET recently launched a website designed to facilitate the legal downloading of Egyptian movies.…
Arab IT start-ups, entrepreneurs meet at Beirut conference

Arab IT start-ups, entrepreneurs meet at Beirut conference

Beirut--If you believed Arab internet-based companies were invisible, the ArabNet Conference that began in Beirut on Thursday may just prove…
Waiting game at Islam Online

Waiting game at Islam Online

As the labor dispute that has paralyzed the influential Islamic affairs and news website Islam Online entered its second week,…
Skype questions Egypt ban on mobile internet calls

Skype questions Egypt ban on mobile internet calls

Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned Egypt's move to ban international calls made through mobile internet connections and said markets…
Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat

Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat

Numbers dominate the headlines in state-owned papers today. Al-Ahram’s leads with a story titled "70 percent of the new budget…
Muslim Brotherhood weathered by arrests but deny ‘deals’ with government

Muslim Brotherhood weathered by arrests but deny ‘deals’ with government

 The Muslim Brotherhood's daily bulletin carried news of the release of 20 of their members in Sharqiya Governorate, as well…
Islam Online workers remain in limbo

Islam Online workers remain in limbo

Three days after receiving an ostensible reprieve in their ongoing labor dispute, hundreds of employees of the influential Islamic affairs…
Egypt’s uni professors brace for national strike

Egypt’s uni professors brace for national strike

Professors from the nation's public universities are preparing to stage demonstrations Tuesday, March 23, to protest salary shortfalls and on-campus…
Q&A with Coptic activist William Wissa

Q&A with Coptic activist William Wissa

William Wissa is an Egyptian journalist and rights activist currently living in Paris. Although he lives abroad, Wissa follows issues…
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