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Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured
Opinion

Reflections on Arab politics: To create good leaders, good citizens need to be nurtured

The Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz wrote in his novel ‘Heart of the Night’, that ‘Politics is a spacious…
Turkey jails dozens of journalists
Middle East

Turkey jails dozens of journalists

A year and eight months after a failed coup, Ankara has shown no sign of de-escalating its crackdown on critical…
Egyptian Parliament to start discussion of new media and press law
Egypt

Egyptian Parliament to start discussion of new media and press law

The Egyptian Parliament is set to start the discussion of a new press and media law on Monday, following the…
Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’
Middle East

Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’

A media advocacy group has accused Turkey’s president of trying to silence the country’s main opposition newspaper and free press…
Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’
Middle East

Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’

Seventeen employees of a Turkish opposition newspaper went on trial on Monday accused of supporting a terrorist group, a case…
Syndicate denounces detention of journalists
Egypt

Syndicate denounces detention of journalists

“We will not play the role of bystanders to the detention of journalists,” said Journalists Syndicate Chairman Mamdouh al-Walei on…
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