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anti-terrorism law • 16 min read

This justice is not blind: New amendments to terror laws

Rana Mamdouh | Under one amendment, individuals on the terror list may see their syndicate memberships frozen.

11 March 2020

Information Ministry • 5 min read

‘A minister without a ministry’ — confusion over role of newly appointed information minister

During Sunday’s meeting, Heikal presented his vision of the Information Ministry’s purview

6 January 2020

Arab media • 34 min read

How do we continue? How do we make an impact?

A conversation between independent Arab media institutions on producing journalistic content

4 May 2019

Journalists Syndicate • 6 min read

Security interventions place 3 pro-govt figures on Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate council

Ashraf Hakim | The security apparatuses sent a list of six nominees by WhatsApp to newsrooms

2 April 2019

censorship • 8 min read

Sources: Presidency gives Egyptian media orders not to cover CBS interview with Sisi

Sources say Egyptian media received orders to refrain from covering CBS interview with Sisi

6 January 2019

international media • 17 min read

Permits, penalties and paranoia

Heba Afify | Foreign journalists speak to Mada Masr about the challenges they face reporting in Egypt

26 July 2018

freedom of the press • 29 min read

Egypt’s new media laws: Rearranging legislative building blocks to maximize control

Rana Mamdouh | Egypt's new press laws grant sweeping powers to regulators and further restrict journalistic work

17 July 2018

freedom of the press • 10 min read

State Council, Journalists Syndicate condemn ‘unconstitutional’ media bill

Mostafa Mohie and Rania al-Abd | The draft law is deemed to "violate" constitutionally guaranteed press freedoms

12 July 2018

Children’s Cancer Hospital 57375 • 13 min read

Prosecutor general admonishes media council for issuing gag order, summons SMRC head for investigation

Omar Said | The public prosecutor asserted that the SMRC does not have the authority to issue gag orders

7 July 2018

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Opinion

Rana Mamdouh

Woes of an ordinary journalist

Who added my name to these lists? And why?

10 December 2019

Mohamed Naeem

In Egypt, nothing has changed — but perhaps everything has

This repressive regime has set itself an unattainable goal: to silence everyone all the time forever

13 November 2019

Hassan Elmasry

Why is Egypt attacking human rights groups?

Egypt’s human rights movement has a long and patriotic history

24 July 2019

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News

journalist detentions • 6 min read

CPJ: Egypt 3rd worst jailer of journalists in the world in 2020 in record tally

16 December 2020

media raids • 3 min read

Nora Younis, chief editor of Al-Manassa, detained after raid on office

24 June 2020

journalist detentions • 4 min read

Journalists arrested in Egypt amid crackdown on press freedoms

15 June 2020

media legislation • 4 min read

Media law executive regulations finally go into effect 18 months after law passed

26 February 2020

journalist detentions • 6 min read

China, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia are world’s worst jailers of journalists in 2019, according to CPJ

11 December 2019

Mada Masr • 5 min read

Plainclothes security raid Mada Masr office for several hours, detain 3 including Chief Editor Lina Attalah

24 November 2019

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