Home
Sections
News
Politics
Economy
Opinion
Society
Culture
Lifestyle
Cartoon
Panorama
topics
Lebanon uprising
protester arrests
corruption
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Sections
News
Politics
Economy
Opinion
Society
Culture
Lifestyle
Cartoon
Panorama
Topics
Lebanon uprising
protester arrests
corruption
Subscribe to our Newsletter
TOPIC
Supreme Media Regulatory Council
features
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
media legislation
10 min read
Confusion, contradictions and uncertainty: Implementation of new media law leaves news websites in the dark
Rana Mamdouh
| By requiring websites to register before regulations were issued, the SMRC has sparked confusion
media legislation
7 min read
Critics blast amendments to Journalists Syndicate law drafted behind closed doors
Rana Mamdouh
| Proposed amendments to the law governing Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate have come under fire
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
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
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
Communications and Information Technology Committee
10 min read
Legislative process and content of new media law criticized by journalists and MPs
Omar Said and Rania al-Abd
| The bill to regulating the practice of journalism was preliminarily approved on Sunday
media legislation
15 min read
Regulators without regulations
Rana Mamdouh
| Despite the formation of three new media regulatory bodies, their roles remain legally unregulated
media legislation
7 min read
Who are ‘the forces of evil’ controlling Egypt’s media?
Rana Mamdouh
| A spat with the BBC or the start of broader crackdown: Mada speaks to media regulators and lawyers
More features
Opinion
Becoming ‘legal’: On Mada Masr’s decision to apply for a license under the new media law
We made this choice while thinking about what it means to be radical inside out
News
human rights criticism
11 min read
UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination
freedom of the press
5 min read
Supreme Media Regulatory Council secretary: ‘We’ve yet to reach decision on website licensing, do not know when executive bylaws will be issued’
Journalists Syndicate
4 min read
Police storm home of Al-Mashhad newspaper editor-in-chief and arrest his son
freedom of the press
8 min read
Editor in chief: Al-Mashhad handed 1st penalties under new bylaws for report on police racketeering for amendment referendum
censorship
6 min read
Journalists Syndicate board members walk out of meeting in protest over proposed SMRC bylaws
freedom of the press
4 min read
SMRC postpones adoption of controversial media bylaws for one week to hear syndicate comments
AD
More News
AD
Featured Contributors
Ashraf Hakim
Rana Mamdouh
Mostafa Mohie
Rania al-Abd
Omar Said
Mostafa Mohie
You Might Have Missed
Egyptian football players
Unhappiness and Mohamed Salah’s Egypt
Amro Ali
| Salah is a hero of disruption, a political voice without talking politics
Palestinian refugees
US leverage of UNRWA: Palestinians as refugees and their right to return
Parastou Hassouri
| Cuts to UNRWA’s budget are intended to push Palestinian leadership back to the negotiating table
BDS
‘Treachery isn’t a perspective’: Boycotting Israel in Lebanon
Sahar Mandour
| The issue is not about feeding a burning desire to communicate with the enemy
cybercrime law
How you will be affected by the new cybercrime law: A guide
How the law affects users, providers, web administrators, government employees and digital experts