Censorship
‘Revolutions everywhere’: Egypt’s novelists shift the red lines
Books
March 31, 2011
‘Revolutions everywhere’: Egypt’s novelists shift the red lines
The red lines that box in Egypt’s literary scene have both lightened and darkened under the 30-year Mubarak regime. Space…
Egypt’s uprising inspires and liberates local filmmakers
Cinema/TV
March 12, 2011
Egypt’s uprising inspires and liberates local filmmakers
Following the fall of the Mubarak regime, Egyptian artists have been quick to embrace their previously denied right of freedom…
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Egypt
March 1, 2011
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…
China uses whistles, water, police on protests
World
February 27, 2011
China uses whistles, water, police on protests
Large numbers of police--and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks--squelched overt protests in China for a second…
One book fair closes, another one opens
Books
February 19, 2011
One book fair closes, another one opens
Egyptian publishers potentially had much to mourn after the Publishers Association announced on Wednesday that the 43rd Cairo International Book…
Former Information Minister under house arrest
Egypt
February 13, 2011
Former Information Minister under house arrest
Egyptian authorities have consigned former Minister of Information Anas al-Fiqqi to house arrest, informed sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm.Al-Fiqqi reportedly submitted…
Security Forces break into Brotherhood’s news headquarters
Egypt
February 4, 2011
Security Forces break into Brotherhood’s news headquarters
Security forces broke into the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's official news website ikhwanonline.com, and arrested 12 journalists and technicians…
Cops and thugs assault, detain journalists and anti-Mubarak activists
Egypt
February 4, 2011
Cops and thugs assault, detain journalists and anti-Mubarak activists
Local and foreign journalists, NGO employees, protesters and social workers have been subject to a crackdown by plainclothes and uniformed…
China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest
Egypt
January 31, 2011
China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest
Bejing—Chinese censors are blocking online discussion and sanitising news reports about the unrest in Egypt, in a sign of official…
Cinema Coptic: Egypt censors religion in film
Cinema/TV
January 6, 2011
Cinema Coptic: Egypt censors religion in film
In the violent chaos of a neighborhood-wide sectarian riot, an elderly Muslim man is knocked to the ground and about…