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Looking into the latest acquisition of Egyptian media companies by general intelligence

2017 Egypt Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/12/21/feature/politics/looking-into-the-latest-acquisition-of-egyptian-media-companies-by-general-intelligence/ Eagle Capital, a company unknown to the public, recently acquired businessman Ahmed Abu Hashima’s stake in Egyptians’ Media Holding, which owns several media companies in Egypt, according to a...

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The Trap Punishing sexual difference in Egypt

2017 Adel Ramadan Ahmed Mahrous Alaa Farouk Dalia Abdel Hamid Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper

November 01, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Dalia Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Mahrous, Alaa Farouk, Adel Ramadan Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/the_trap-en.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this report, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, documents a four-year period in which Egyptian police have escalated a targeted crackdown on people whose sexualities...

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Egypt | Human rights & freedom of expression in Egypt – trapped between security services and the media

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Human Rights Media Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

October 04, 2017 06:27 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20296&lang=en Following the escalating violent attempts to suppress and divide civil society organizations, restrict their resources, and increase security measures to silence advocates for human rights and freedom of speech and expression in Egypt, the Egyptian state and media have...

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1095 Days of al-Sisi’s Presidency: The Upcoming Egyptian Presidential Elections on SNS

2017 Democracy and Politics Media Michael Barak Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

September 30, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/1095-days-al-sisi%E2%80%99s-presidency-upcoming-egyptian-presidential-elections-sns Against the backdrop of preparations for the Egyptian presidential elections scheduled for April 2018, social networking sites (SNS) in Egypt have been, for several months...

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A Fragile Egypt in a Changing World: Six Years After the Revolution

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Media Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown Women Affairs Youth

May 25, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...

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TIMEP Brief: Press Freedom in Egypt

2017 Egypt Human Rights Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

May 03, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-press-freedom-in-egypt/ The Egyptian government uses policies ranging from harassment and imprisonment of individual journalists to media blackouts and channel closures to stifle freedom of the press. In 2016, Egypt had 25 journalists in prison and was ranked as the...

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Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi’s Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Jonathan Guyer Media Paper The Century Foundation

May 02, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Jonathan Guyer Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/speech-bubbles/ Snapshot: In print and online, Egyptian cartoonists have created sites of political dissent in defiance of a state-sponsored crackdown on opposition movements, public protest, and free speech. Based on analyses of cartoons and interviews with the artists, this chapter argues...

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Media and War of Rumors during Morsi Tenure

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Media Osama Alrashidi Paper

April 05, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Osama Alrashidi Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/media-and-war-of-rumors-during-morsi-tenure/ Summary This study investigates and analyzes the narratives adopted by the Egyptian media from the date President Mohammed Morsi assumed power by the end of June 2012, until the military coup took place in July 2013. The study also attempts to...

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Using SNS to Combat Egyptian Child Trafficking

2016 Egypt Human Rights Media Michael Barak Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

December 01, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/using-sns-combat-egyptian-child-trafficking In recent years, Egyptians have increasingly used social networking sites (SNS) to fight the prevalence of child trafficking and kidnappings. Alongside state authorities and traditional means, such as publishing...

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The Military, the Media and Public Perceptions in Egypt: Communication and Civil-Military Relations

2016 Centre For Security Studies Egypt Media Military Affairs Mohamed Elmenshawy Paper Ragnar Weilandt Romuald Bolliger

November 01, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Romuald Bolliger, Mohamed Elmenshawy, Ragnar Weilandt Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/6e507b7d-1001-4994-b711-1649d2188e70 Copyright: © 2016 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Read the full publication by following the original link.

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How Social Media Undermined Egypt’s Democratic Transition

2016 Carnegie Deen Freelon Democracy and Politics Marc Lynch Media Paper Sean Aday

October 07, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, Sean Aday Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/10/07/how-social-media-undermined-egypt-s-democratic-transition-pub-64830 Egypt’s 2011 uprising has become synonymous with the successful use of social media to overthrow an entrenched authoritarian regime. Popular and academic literature hold it up as the paradigm of...

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Egypt: Satire Suppressed: The Arrest of Street Children as Seen on SNS

2016 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Michael Barak Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

May 30, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/egypt-satire-suppressed-arrest-street-children-seen-sns On May 10, an Egyptian court sentenced four members of the satirical street theater troupe, “Street Children” (Atfal Soara), to 15 days in prison. The young men were accused of using social...

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