Censorship

Within the last decade, bearded preachers have appeared on satellite channels in increasing numbers to stress the need to revive…

Egypt on Tuesday suspended the broadcast licenses of 12 satellite channels--mostly devoted to religious themes--and issued warnings to 20 others…

For the second time, government censors have rejected a proposed screenplay for a movie entitled "Homma Hebo Baad" ("They're in…

Social-networking website Facebook has fought hard to preserve its intellectual property rights against all competitors using the words “face” or…

The Ministry of Communications this week announced new restrictions pertaining to the use of text messaging for the dissemination of…

A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday by the Cairo-based Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary (ACIJ) against new…

The government tightened the noose on independent media this week, with the General Investment Authority (GIA) temporarily closing down the…

Every evening, millions of Egyptians are plastered to their television screens, surfing through dozens of privately-owned satellite channels that broadcast…

Two Egyptian lawyers had filed a lawsuit against the government aimed at halting broadcast of a Shia channel currently carried…

As we, the actors and actresses of the Bussy play were on stage for our curtain call, our director stepped…