Alber Saber, a young Egyptian blogger and computer science graduate has been arrested and detained for allegedly posting a trailer for an anti-Islam...
Blasphemy furore masking Morsi’s failure
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Shahira Amin
Shahira Amin
Shahira Amin is a freelance Egyptian journalist who quit state run TV during the Jan 25th revolution in protest at the biased coverage of the Tahrir events.
Senior cleric’s fatwa against protesters sparks outrage
A controversial fatwa issued by a prominent Muslim cleric sanctioning violence against anti-Muslim Brotherhood activists planning demonstrations in...
Fears for free expression in Morsi’s Egypt
The month-long suspension of a privately-owned Egyptian TV channel for "defamation and incitement to violence" has triggered an outcry in Egyptian...
New president Morsi faces hostile media
Egypt’s newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi has been the target of a media campaign aimed at tarnishing both his image and that of Islamists. The...
What will Morsi mean for free speech?
Cairo’s Tahrir Square exploded in joyous revelry and fanfare on Sunday afternoon after Counsellor Farouk Sultan, the Head of the Elections...
Crowds return to Tahrir Square to protest military power grab
Hundreds of thousands of activists returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday night to protest supplementary constitutional amendments issued by...
New TV advertisements play on fears of foreigners in Egypt
In recent days a series of controversial public service announcements aired on state-owned TV channels in Egypt, angering Egyptians and foreigners...
Egyptian activists in shock over election results
Egyptians reacted in shock and despair after official results of the first round of Egypt’s first multi-candidate presidential elections were...
Voters flock to polls in Egypt’s first multi-candidate election
Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak ’s ouster, this week Egyptians headed to the ballot box to choose a new President in the country's first...
Prominent Egyptian talk show host resigns
A "farewell note" from prominent Egyptian journalist and popular talk show host Yosri Fouda, posted on his Facebook wall and published in Al Badeel...
New regime, same propaganda
As Egypt prepares for presidential elections in less than two weeks’ time, the country is on the brink of chaos. Tensions have been brewing for more...
New wave of violence threatens Egyptian presidential elections
Violent clashes between protesters staging a sit-in outside the Defence Ministry Headquarters in Cairo’s Abbasseya district and unknown assailants...