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Okasha sentence hearing set for 13 October
Egypt
September 4, 2012
Okasha sentence hearing set for 13 October
The Administrative Court has set 13 October as the date for a sentencing hearing for media personality Tawfiq Okasha.
An audience with Okasha
Egypt
September 3, 2012
An audience with Okasha
There is something tragic about the Haram area — jumbled hotels, gaudy souvenir shops, skinny horses, tourist touts so desperate…
Minister says new bill to end prison sentences for insulting president
Egypt
August 29, 2012
Minister says new bill to end prison sentences for insulting president
Egypt's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Mohamed Mahsoub said Tuesday that a bill has been submitted to President Mohamed Morsy that…
Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt
Opinion
August 16, 2012
Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt
This Ramadan, several TV series discuss the 18 months that followed the 25 January revolution, which has stumbled out of…
Minister says freedom of information bill ready
Egypt
August 15, 2012
Minister says freedom of information bill ready
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Hany Mahmoud said his ministry has prepared a freedom of information bill and plans…
Prosecution refers media host, Al-Dostour editor to criminal court
Egypt
August 13, 2012
Prosecution refers media host, Al-Dostour editor to criminal court
The public prosecutor referred media personality Tawfiq Okasha and Al-Dostour Editor-in-Chief Islam Afify to Cairo Criminal Court Wednesday. The prosecution…
Experts slam state TV for insufficient coverage of border attack
Egypt
August 7, 2012
Experts slam state TV for insufficient coverage of border attack
Media experts criticized Egyptian state television for its insufficient coverage of the Sinai border attack that killed 16 soldiers and…
Brotherhood denounces ‘smear campaigns’
Egypt
July 30, 2012
Brotherhood denounces ‘smear campaigns’
Some people are trying to tarnish the Muslim Brotherhood’s image spreading lies and launching smear campaigns, said Tareq Shalaby, spokesperson…
Bearding Egypt’s revolution
Opinion
July 22, 2012
Bearding Egypt’s revolution
Immediately after the 25 January revolution, national and independent papers have witnessed a werewolf-like transformation, with headlines reading, “Egypt on…
Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell
Opinion
July 17, 2012
Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell
When comedian Ahmed Mekky uttered the Latinized acronym for the slang term “aha” in his film “H Dabbour,” he broke…