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Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured
Opinion
February 7, 2021
Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured
The Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz wrote in his novel ‘Heart of the Night’, that ‘Politics is a spacious…
Turkey jails dozens of journalists
Middle East
March 9, 2018
Turkey jails dozens of journalists
A year and eight months after a failed coup, Ankara has shown no sign of de-escalating its crackdown on critical…
Egyptian Parliament to start discussion of new media and press law
Egypt
October 31, 2017
Egyptian Parliament to start discussion of new media and press law
The Egyptian Parliament is set to start the discussion of a new press and media law on Monday, following the…
Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’
Middle East
September 11, 2017
Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’
A media advocacy group has accused Turkey’s president of trying to silence the country’s main opposition newspaper and free press…
Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’
Middle East
July 24, 2017
Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’
Seventeen employees of a Turkish opposition newspaper went on trial on Monday accused of supporting a terrorist group, a case…
Syndicate denounces detention of journalists
Egypt
December 13, 2011
Syndicate denounces detention of journalists
“We will not play the role of bystanders to the detention of journalists,” said Journalists Syndicate Chairman Mamdouh al-Walei on…