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Media demonstrates favoritism during coverage of Shura elections

The Committee launched for evaluating the media's performance of the Shura Council's procedures accused the government of dominating the media coverage describing them as biased and pro-NDP.

Egypt: PM expresses support for Mubarak’s sixth term

Egyptian papers published provocative comments by the Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, who asserted he fully supported the idea that Egypt 's 82 year old Hosni Mubarak seek a sixth term

Ruling regime threatens private satellite owners

Recent threats by government officials were made to independent satellite owners ordering them not to host any members from the political opposition during the upcoming Shura, parliament and presidential elections

ANHRI 2009 Report, Freedom of Expression in Egypt 2009

They asked me to write a promise to stay away of politics especially 6th April movement. Moreover they asked me to declare regret of ever joining 6th April movement to

Morsy: 8 MB candidates so far in Shura elections

Dr Mohamed Morsy media spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood maintained that the group has succeeded so far in submitting 8 applications for nominations in the upcoming Shura elections.

Islamic Televangelism: Religion, Media and Visuality in Contemporary Egypt

For the three characters of this film and thousands of other young Egyptians, Amr Khaled’s brand of Islamic televangelism is merely one element – however prominent – of the diffuse

Cosmopolitan Islamism and its Critics

4Shbab is an emerging music-television channel based in Cairo, financed by Saudi investors, and directed towards a global Muslim public. Through its programming and public and private statements of its

‘Screens to heaven’

More and more conservative religious channels are appearing on the small screen, changing the way people consume religion, writes Mohamed El-Sayed.

Egypt: Bird flu may be down but not out

The number of H1N1 influenza patients has fallen sharply in Egypt since the start of 2010, but health officials say they are bracing for a second wave of infections.

Keep the flag rising: a letter to Egyptians

Oh my Egyptian people! … the kindest and the simplest of all peoples … who have endured lots and lots throughout your lives and your history … who extended your