One year after the mass uprising that forced former President Hosni Mubarak to relinquish power, Egyptians are still waiting for comprehensive media...
Egypt’s media revolution only beginning
read more
CATEGORY: Egypt
Egyptian tycoon to be tried for Islamic Mickey Mouse tweet
An image of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Islamic gear might land one of Egypt's wealthiest men in prison. Business tycoon and politician Naguib...
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil ends hunger strike after 130 days
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil ended his 130-day hunger strike on Saturday after being transferred to a prison hospital on 1 January following...
Victory for women protesters subjected to “virginity tests”
A Cairo civilian court has ordered an end to the practice of forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons. Judge Ali Fekry, head...
A day with released Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah
Veteran Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah has finally been released pending investigation from the Cairo Criminal Court Sunday after being detained...
Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah released pending investigation
Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah (@alaa) has reportedly been released, after being detained since 30 October. Abdel Fattah's sister, Mona Seif...
Egypt’s military denies the obvious
On Monday General Adel Emara, a member of Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, held a nationally televised press conference to...
Egyptian blogger Maikel sentenced to two years in prison
Detained Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil has reportedly been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting SCAF. View the story "Maikel Nabil...
New Egyptian film tackles HIV stigma
Until a little over a year ago, 29-year-old Karim (not his real name ) was happy and carefree. He had a good job, a stable income and many caring...
Egyptian blogger denied release misses birth of child
Detained blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah (@alaa) was denied a request to be released from detention by the High State Security Court on 5 December,...
Egypt: self-censorship and the military hinder press freedom
The life of a two-week old English-language newspaper, Egypt Independent, was abruptly put on hold last week after its Editor-in-Chief, Magdi...
Journalist Mona Eltahawy reportedly arrested, beaten
Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy tweeted to say she had been arrested and beaten in Cairo this morning. Eltahawy, who writes for Canada's...
