Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites [ More … ]
When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Passengers waiting on the platform had only seconds to run before they were engulfed in flames. On February 27th a train hurtled into Cairo’s [ More … ]
The Egyptian media is dealing with the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an opponent to the Saudi regime who is kidnapped in the Turkish territories. Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi [ More … ]
Egypt’s Al-Sisi has ratified a new draconian cybercrime law that rights groups say paves the way for censoring online media. The law, published Saturday in the country’s official gazette, empowers authorities to order the blocking [ More … ]
Former Egyptian armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan said on Saturday he intended to run in the country’s presidential election in March. In a video declaration posted on Anan’s official Facebook page, he [ More … ]
While Egypt’s government was publicly condemning a US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a state intelligence officer was asking influential TV hosts in the country to persuade their viewers to accept it. On [ More … ]
An Egyptian intelligence officer quietly placed phone calls to the hosts of several influential talk shows in Egypt as President Trump moved last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “Like all our [ More … ]
On November 22, 2017, Egypt’s Prosecutor General Counsellor Nabil Ahmed Sadiq ordered that 29 Egyptians be held in custody for 15 days pending investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on charges of espionage in [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay At the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the beginning connoting mercy, the ending salvation, we have reached Eid. As a result of its nature, because it was obligatory upon those [ More … ]
In response to recent Saudi and Emirati media provocations, the Qatari channel Al Jazeera has issued a report defending Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The report criticizes a short documentary broadcasted by Saudi-owned channel [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders condemned Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the Riyadh office of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera broadcaster on Wednesday, after the kingdom and other Arab states severed ties with the emirate. An international media rights watchdog [ More … ]
Sheikh Tamim of Qatar will visit Kuwait in his first official visit since a series of controversial quotes were erroneously attributed to him, sparking turmoil among his regional neighbours. The emir of Qatar will reportedly [ More … ]
Qatari viewers and social media users are cancelling their OSN subscription after the Saudi-owned TV network blocked the Doha-based al-Jazeera channel. Qataris and expatriates are cancelling their subscriptions to OSN after the Saudi-owned TV network [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has chosen three former leaders at state news organizations during the era of deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak to lead new media watchdog agencies. The move is considered part of measures to tighten [ More … ]
The New Khaleej news site has published an exclusive report based on an official document that Abbas Kamel, al-Sisi’s chief aide and head of his office, was among the founders of DMC, the Egyptian TV channels [ More … ]
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