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  The citizens using Facebook to report on Egypt's forgotten war

  The Guardian

  “We are not journalists but our reality has forced us to report the suffering of our people,” says a contributor to Sinai News 24, an amateur news site run on Facebook. For a strategic border region in its third year of a brutal war between armed militants and national security forces, North Sinai …

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  Turkey jails journalists as Erdogan rebukes Western critics - Region - World

  ahram.org.eg

  Turkey was on Saturday holding 17 journalists on charges of "terror group" membership as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Western critics to "mind …

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  'The camera is not a shield': life and death as a war photographer

  The Guardian - Tom Seymour

  On 22 November 2012, the American photojournalist James Foley visited an internet cafe in the town of Binnish, in north-western Syria’s Idlib province. In the hour or so he spent there, he sent a series of emails, one to his field partner Nicole Tung, arranging to meet her in the safety of Turkey. …

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  The unexpected life and death of Abdel-Kader Fassouk

  cjr.org - By Alan Huffman

  The killing of a young Libyan photojournalist named Abdel-Kader Fassouk, on July 21, 2016, in Sirte, Libya, will likely never be more than a footnote …

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  Cybercrime bill: closing last gate of freedom - Dailynewsegypt

  dailynewsegypt.com - Toqa Ezzidin

  Autocratic regimes may differ in their policies and tactics, but their motives are usually the same. To secure their leadership, they usually seek to …

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  Former ONTV host Liliane Daoud reveals details about her forced deportation - Dailynewsegypt

  dailynewsegypt.com - Daily News Egypt

  Deported TV host Liliane Daoud revealed Tuesday the details of her arrest and deportation from Egypt, vowing to seek all legitimate means to return …