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August 20, 2023, 6:08 pm
Egypt detains local journalist after his coverage of mysterious plane interception
Fact-checking platform Matsda2sh says employee Karim Asaad was arrested after he wrote extensively about a plane seized in Zambia earlier this month following a stop in Cairo
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AP
December 27, 2019, 8:04 pm
Egyptian YouTube star held for videos criticizing president
Online comedian Shady Sorour, 24, arrested after returning from US; he is to be tried for allegedly inciting protests to overthrow the government
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November 29, 2019, 8:17 am
Egyptian journalists, lawyer charged with ‘joining terror group’
All three will remain in detention for 15 days, which can be renewed indefinitely; defense team says they are held in relation to recent arrests of professors, lawyers, journalists
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AFP
November 25, 2019, 8:09 am
Egypt police free journalists held in raid on news outlet
Security forces had arrested 3 Mada Masr editors following article alleging that President Sissi’s son was being transferred to diplomatic posting following internal criticism
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Farid Farid
May 19, 2019, 6:55 am
Egypt blackface sketch spotlights racism in region
Longstanding racist trope in Middle East entertainment is rooted in history of slavery, expert says
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Farid Farid
June 29, 2018, 8:31 am
With cries of ‘false news,’ Egypt looks to monitor popular social media users
Under new bill, users with 5,000 followers would be supervised by Supreme Council for Media Regulation, which would be able to suspend accounts
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Bassem Aboualabass
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Aziz El Massassi
May 9, 2018, 11:01 am
Israel celebrates its Independence Day in Cairo for first time since Arab Spring
Embassy party at Cairo hotel draws ire of local media; Ambassador David Govrin hails improving ties with Arab world
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ToI Staff
April 6, 2018, 5:49 pm
Egypt’s most popular daily sacks chief editor after story critical of elections
Dismissal follows article about state officials promising cash for votes in March election which Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi won almost unopposed
By
MAGGIE MICHAEL
March 24, 2018, 1:22 pm
Egypt deports British reporter in media crackdown ahead of elections
Bel Trew, who works for The Times of London, says she was arrested, expelled and warned not to come back
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AP
March 2, 2018, 7:31 pm
Atheist kicked off Egyptian TV, advised to see psychiatrist
Host, cleric attack non-believer for rejecting god, with the former apologizing to viewers for bringing in ‘confused, destructive’ guest
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ToI Staff
February 13, 2018, 10:06 am
Egypt bars Arabic version of SNL over ‘ethical violations’
Regulator censors local adaptation of US satire show for ‘sexual expressions, phrases, and gestures which are not suitable for viewers’
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AFP
December 2, 2017, 6:15 pm
Egyptian TV panelists pin Sinai mosque massacre on Israel and ‘the Jews’
Participants in debate say attack in which over 300 were killed is part of Mossad plot to empty peninsula of its inhabitants, replace them with Palestinians
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ToI Staff
September 6, 2017, 5:30 pm
Rights group: Egypt exerts growing control over local media
Reporters Without Borders says journalists are being monitored and at least 424 anti-government websites blocked
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November 19, 2016, 3:12 pm
Egypt sentences journalist union head to two years in jail
Court says three men harbored ‘fugitives,’ sheltering two journalists wanted over anti-regime protests
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AFP
August 18, 2016, 10:36 am
Egypt TV suspends ‘overweight’ female hosts
Eight presenters told they must diet and restore ‘appropriate appearance,’ causing local outcry
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