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Activists call for blogging on Ettihadeya detainees
Egypt

Activists call for blogging on Ettihadeya detainees

A number of activists and members of the "Al-Horreya Lel Gedaan" (Freedom for the Brave) group called upon social media…
Blogger put on trial for insulting religion
Egypt

Blogger put on trial for insulting religion

Blogger Albert Saber Ayyad was referred on Monday to the Marg Misdemeanor Court on charges of defamation of religion. His…
Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems
Books

Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems

Ghada Khalifa began as an amateur poet. “I first made an exhibition of my paintings. I wrote some text for…
Middle East blog competition winners announced
Egypt

Middle East blog competition winners announced

Two major blogging competitions, the international competition “The Bobs” and the Arabic award “Arabisk,” announced their winners on 2 May.…
Maikel Nabil recounts his prison experience
Egypt

Maikel Nabil recounts his prison experience

In his first public appearance after being pardoned from his two-year prison sentence, blogger Maikel Nabil said he was drugged…
Family of blogger on hunger strike demand his release from prison
Egypt

Family of blogger on hunger strike demand his release from prison

The family of imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil is requesting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to free their…
The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere
Life & Style

The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere

“So I play a little game in my head. It’s like walking through a videogame scene, where every man is…
Literature in the age of social media
Books

Literature in the age of social media

Last March, the New York based OR Books published the first Twitter book ever, Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt’s revolution as…
Internet activists stage online day of protest against military council
Egypt

Internet activists stage online day of protest against military council

The Twitter updates kept on coming, sometimes at a rate of ten a minute. “The sheer spite they had for…
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Egypt

Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future

Ali Abdulemam is a prominent digital activist in Bahrain, recently released from prison in a move the government hopes will…
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