The UAE has announced it intends to enforce legislation combating the "spreading of rumours" by social media, punishable by up to three years in...
UAE: Now tweeting rumours can land you three years in jail
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CATEGORY: Egypt
The Sacking of Dina Abdul Rahman is a threat to the freedom of Media in Egypt
"You say the Armed forces are trying to teach people democracy; this is part of the democracy you speak of, and the Egyptian people know what...
Vodafone Egypt’s PR fail
Take the time to watch the outrageous Vodafone ad that has sparked public outrage in Egypt this week. Vodafone, the company that complied with the...
Sectarian strife escalated by new political and religious forces
In the first week of May, in what was essentially a domestic dispute, a Christian woman by the name of Abeer Fakhry, wanting to divorce her husband,...
Protesters still face challenges in post-revolutionary Egypt
In post-revolutionary Egypt, freedom of expression is yet to be a given. On 15 May, for instance, scores of protesters commemorating the Palestinian...
Laying propaganda to rest
At last night's UNESCO's 2011 World Press Freedom Day event, a distinguished panel examined the freedom to report in light of the Arab Spring. One...
Route to revolution
Digital activism has long been a way of life in Egypt; from monitoring political corruption to protesting against police brutality Egypt has always...
Egyptian politics gets messy—in a good way
Egyptians are expected to turn out to the polls Saturday in mass numbers to vote on a package of proposed constitutional amendments. It’s a national...
Egypt’s Own WikiLeaks
The historic collapse of the once feared Egyptian police state has spawned a Wikileaks-style flood of secret information into the public sphere....
After Pharoah
The cars started flowing through downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square again on Sunday. Most of the protesters, who had made the massive public space their...