Podcasts about Mada Masr

1- L' Europa sta affrontando una grave crisi sanitaria pubblica Secondo un'indagine del Guardian il 98% della popolazione respira aria tossica da PM2,5. 2- Nagorno Kharabak. I separatisti armeni depongono le armi dopo il blitz militare dell'esercito dell' Azerbiagian. Intervista a Marilisa Lorusso dell' Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso. 3- Ucraina – Sud global un dialogo fra sordi La conferma arriva dall'assemblea generale dell'Onu. ( Emanuele Valenti) 4- Stati uniti. Rischio di un nuovo shutdown ma questa volta potrebbe essere provocato da una grave spaccatura dentro il partito repubblicano. ( Roberto Festa) 5-Essere Giornalista in Egitto. Intervista di Martina Stefanoni all'attivista Lina Attallah, direttrice della rivista Mada Masr. Oggi la seconda parte. 6-Israele. Domani nuova udienza per la scarcerazione di Khaled El Qaisi. Dal 31 agosto scorso il ricercatore italo - palestinese si trova in un carcere israeliano senza alcuna spiegazione. ( Riccardo Noury) 6- Romanzo a fumetti. Donna, vita, libertà il graphic novel a cura di Marjane Satrapi. ( Luisa Nannipieri ) 7- Porgetti sostenibili. Acque nere per il condizionamento dell'università di Denver. ( Fabio Fimiani)

1- Prima giornata dell'assemblea generale dell'Onu. Joe Biden esorta i paesi membri ad allearsi contro Putin ma la sessione odierna è stata disertata dai principali rappresentanti delle grandi potenze mondiali. ( Roberto Festa) 2- Ucraina. Secondo il New York Times l 'attacco del 6 settembre sul mercato che ha causato almeno 16 morti è stato lanciato per errore dall'esercito di Kiev- ( Sabato Angieri) 2- Armenia – Azerbaigian. Sale di nuovo la tensione nel Nagorno - Karabakh dopo i bombardamenti azeri. ( Serena Tarabini ) 3-Essere Giornalista in Egitto. Intervista di Martina Stefanoni all'attivista Lina Attallah. La direttrice della rivista Mada Masr ospite oggi di “ Piazze Inquiete “ alla Fondazione Feltrinelli. Oggi la prima parte. 5- Argentina. Il Museo della memoria di Buenos Aires dichiarato Patrimonio mondiale dell' Unesco. Era stato aperto nella ex Scuola di Meccanica della Marina (Esma), emblematico luogo di tortura durante la dittatura. ( Alfredo Somoza )

Amy Goodman interviews Mada Masr founding editor Lina Attalah about how the project was started in 2013, and much more.

Amy Goodman interviews Mada Masr founding editor Lina Attalah about how the project was started in 2013, and much more.

El-Rifae's book Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution tells the story of a movement that mobilized in Egypt to protect female protesters from mob sexual attacks in 2012 and 2013. Based on interviews with friends and comrades, the book explores memory, truth, gender, violence, political organizing, trauma, and possible futures. Show Notes You can order the book directly from @VersoBooks. Read an excerpt at Granta. The book launches October 24 in New York City; there will also be events in Philadelphia and D.C.  Follow Yasmin for updates about more events at @yasminelrifae. More writing by Yasmin El-Rifae is available on Mada Masr.

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Join Seven Stories Press and Haymarket Books for a launch of Alaa Abd el-Fattah's important new book, "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated". “The text you are holding is living history.” — Naomi Klein, from the foreword to You Have Not Yet Been Defeated Alaa Abd el-Fattah is arguably the most high-profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, rising to international prominence during the revolution of 2011. A fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas represent a global generation which has only known struggle against a failing system, a public intellectual with the rare courage to offer personal, painful honesty, Alaa's written voice came to symbolize much of what was fresh, inspiring and revolutionary about the uprisings that have defined the last decade. To celebrate the launch of the first English language collection of his essays, social media posts, and interviews, Alaa's sister Sanaa Seif—herself an activist, filmmaker, and former political prisoner of the Sisi regime in Egypt—will be joined by Naomi Klein, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Sharif Abdel Kouddous for a conversation on the wide range of subjects covered in this important new book. To order a copy of You Have Not Yet Been Defeated visit: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781644212455 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Sanaa Seif is an Egyptian filmmaker, producer and political activist. Imprisoned three times under the Sisi regime, she is currently touring the US promoting her imprisoned brother, Alaa Abd el Fattah's, newly published book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in Cairo. He has reported from across the Arab world for a number of print and broadcast outlets including Democracy Now, and is currently an editor and reporter at Mada Masr, Egypt's leading independent media outlet. Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and international bestselling author of eight books including No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, No Is Not Enough and On Fire, which have been translated into over 35 languages. She is Senior Correspondent for The Intercept and an inaugural Marielle Franco fellow of the Social Justice Initiative Portal Project at the University of Chicago. In 2018, she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021, she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice and is the founding co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice. Ruth Wilson Gilmore is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Co-founder of many grassroots organizations including the California Prison Moratorium Project, Critical Resistance, and the Central California Environmental Justice Network, Gilmore is author of the prize-winning Golden Gulag, as well as the forthcoming Change Everything, and Abolition Geography. Her recent honors include the SUNY-Purchase College Eugene V. Grant Distinguished Scholar Prize for Social and Environmental Justice; the American Studies Association Richard A Yarborough Mentorship Award; The Association of American Geographers Lifetime Achievement Award; and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and Seven Stories Press. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/QdUpDKJ7tKg Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

12 janvier 2022 - Rencontre avec Lina Attalah, cofondatrice du média indépendant en ligne Mada Masr, Ahdaf Soueif, romancière et journaliste anglo-égyptienne, Modération : Alain Gresh, journaliste, directeur du journal en ligne Orient XXI. Retrouvez la vidéo : https://youtu.be/QgF8l_7G5QM Suivez nos évènements sur les réseaux sociaux YouTube : @upiremmo Facebook : @institutiremmo Twitter : @IiReMMO Instagram : @institutiremmo LinkedIn : @Institut iReMMO Soutenez notre chaîne Tipeee : @iremmo Lilo : @iremmo HelloAsso : @iremmo

Listen to Free City Radio 63. On this show we hear from independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous who speaks about the systemic issues of repression facing journalists today in Egypt. Sharif contextualizes the Egyptian state organized crack down on independent media outlets like Mada Masr within the larger attacks on human rights in Egypt today. Also Sharif speaks about the complicity of both western governments who sustain important relations with the authoritarian / military backed government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, including links between "defence" and technology corporations linked to the broader military industrial complex. Sharif specifically highlights a Canadian company Sandvine, founded in Waterloo, Ontario, that has been clearly linked to state surveillance and online repression within Egypt. For more information on Mada Masr visit : https://www.madamasr.com/en Music on this edition is by the Dwarfs of East Agouza. Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. A new edition comes out every Tuesday.

We recorded this episode in Cairo with author, translator, and Mada Masr culture editor Yasmine Zohdi. We talked about making art in difficult and precarious times; how to acknowledge the political context; censorship and self-censorship.  “What we talk about when we talk about trees,” by Yasmine Zohdi, ran in Mada Masr in December of last year. We also spoke about the shrinking of cultural spaces in Cairo. Zohdi also translates, including her husband Muhammad al-Hajj's beautiful Nobody Mourns the City's Cats. MLQ was in Cairo for the ARCE symposium on popular culture. Essays from and inspired by the symposium will be appearing at The Maydan. An excerpt of the Egyptian novel Prizes for Heroes was translated as part of Mada Masr's translation series. The Egyptian film Yomeddine (“Judgement Day”) was part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.

Lauren Wetmore interviews Swiss American curator and writer Alexandra Stock about her scathing critique of Christophe Büchel’s 2019 Venice Biennale project Barca Nostra. Published that same year by the independent Egyptian online newspaper Mada Masr, Stock’s "The Privileged, Violent Stunt That is the Venice Biennale Boat Project" decries an “artworld that repels all criticism of it,” and describes the repercussion of being one of the first voices to publicly denouncing this high-profile artwork.

Ten years ago, the uprising in Tahrir Square toppled Egypt’s dictator and raised hopes for political reform across the Middle East. Great setbacks followed in Egypt, which now suffers under an even more repressive autocracy than the one it overthrew in 2011.  On this episode of Order from Ashes, close observers of Egyptian political life explore the still unfolding legacy of the unsuccessful revolution of 2011. The threat and promise of Egypt’s uprising still makes Egypt’s military dictatorship nervous—and still suggests prospects for future democratic reforms.   Participants include: Naira Antoun, Mada Masr and The Century Foundation Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow, The Century Foundation Thanassis Cambanis, senior fellow, The Century Foundation

For Egypt, the Arab Spring was just the start. Ten years ago, protests erupted in Tahrir Square that would force the president from power and kick off a decade of political transformation. We speak to the editor of the country's last major opposition media about how these events changed history and shaped her life.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest:Lina Attalah, founder and editor of Mada Masr.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: ABC News, CNN, Sky News, France 24, Democracy Now!, Channel 4 News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nous parlons de la situation des journalistes et des blogueurs en Égypte alors que deux d’entre eux viennent d’être arrêtés dans ce qui est la troisième prison au monde pour les journalistes. Loin derrière la Chine et juste après l’Arabie saoudite, l’Égypte est le pays qui compte le plus de journalistes détenus, 31 selon RSF, qui recense deux nouveaux venus dans les prisons égyptiennes : Amer Abdel Moneim, rédacteur en chef du quotidien Al-Shaab, et le blogueur Shady Abou Zeid. Les chefs d’inculpation sont révélateurs de ce régime répressif : le premier est accusé de « diffusion de fausses nouvelles » et de « participation à des activités terroristes », le second de « diffamation contre le ministère de l’Intérieur » après une vidéo satirique piégeant des policiers. Ce n’est pas un hasard si le prix de l’indépendance 2020, décerné par RSF, a été décerné à une femme journaliste (elles sont de plus en plus nombreuses à être emprisonnées dans le monde), et qui plus est à une journaliste égyptienne. Son nom ? Lina Attalah. C’est elle qui a cofondé le journal en ligne Mada Masr, Masr comme le nom de domaine de l’Égypte. Lina Attalah dirige un site réputé pour son indépendance, mais qui voit son accès coupé en Égypte depuis trois ans. C’est à l’image d’un pays qui a voté en 2018 des lois sur les médias et les cybercrimes, qui autorisent l’emprisonnement des journalistes et la fermeture des sites indépendants. Au nom de la lutte contre le terrorisme et les frères musulmans, plus de 500 sites ont été bloqués depuis l’été 2017. RSF rappelle que des journalistes passent des années en détention provisoire sans être jugés, quand d’autres subissent de lourdes peines dans des procès iniques. Sous Abdel Fattah Al Sissi, les médias sont tous passés entre les mains du pouvoir, et de simples messages sur les réseaux sociaux peuvent conduire à la prison. Il n’y a pas que l’information sur la politique ou l’armée qui est sous surveillance. Les sujets économiques le sont aussi dans la mesure où ils révèlent parfois de la corruption ou de l’inflation non maîtrisée. Quant aux journalistes étrangers, ils peuvent être aussi inquiétés, comme le montre le décès pour cause de Covid, quelques jours après sa sortie de prison, d’un collaborateur d’Al Jazeera. La pandémie est bien sûr un motif supplémentaire pour accuser de fake news toute information alarmiste. De cela, le président Macron aurait pu s’entretenir avec le maréchal Sissi lors de sa visite à Paris le 7 décembre. Mais le chef d’État français a préféré faire de la liberté de la presse et de caricature une tradition bien de chez nous, tout en occultant autant que possible les images officielles de la visite de son hôte égyptien. La liberté d’expression est, faut-il le rappeler, l’article 19 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme.

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6352MA VOI UNO COSI LO LASCERESTE CIRCOLARE LIBERAMENTE? IN AUSTRIA SI... E STRAGE FU! di Leone GrottiSe l'Austria è rimasta sorpresa dalla strage compiuta a Vienna il 2 novembre dal terrorista islamico Kujtim Fejzulai non può che incolpare il proprio apparato di sicurezza. Il ventenne con doppio passaporto austriaco e macedone, armato di tutto punto, ha ucciso quattro persone nella capitale dopo aver aperto il fuoco sui passanti e i clienti di bar e ristoranti in diversi punti del centro, prima di essere ucciso dalla polizia.Fejzulai, il cui attentato è stato rivendicato dallo Stato islamico, era infatti stato condannato a 22 mesi di carcere nell'aprile 2019 dopo aver cercato di viaggiare in Siria per unirsi all'Isis. Nel settembre 2018 si era recato in Turchia per attraverso il poroso confine con la Siria, ma era stato fermato e rimpatriato in Austria, dove fu arrestato nel gennaio 2019.Ora la polizia austriaca ha arrestato 14 tra i suoi amici e conoscenti, ma nel luglio 2020 ignorò completamente l'allarme lanciato dalla Slovacchia. In estate il terrorista si era infatti recato nella confinante Slovacchia per acquistare una scorta di munizioni per un Ak-47. L'acquisto non andò a buon fine perché Fejzulai non era in possesso di un regolare porto d'armi. La polizia slovacca avvisò immediatamente l'Austria parlando del tentato acquisto da parte di un «sospetto austriaco». L'intelligence austriaca archiviò la segnalazione, senza fare nulla.Il terrorista aveva frequentato in passato una nota moschea estremista nell'area di Ottakring, a Vienna, il cui imam era poi partito per la Siria, dove aveva creato una brigata jihadista di lingua tedesca. Quando nel dicembre 2019 Fejzulai è stato rilasciato, il ministro dell'Interno ha spiegato che aveva convinto le autorità di avere abbandonato le sue idee e i suoi propositi estremisti. In realtà, la Derad, associazione che si occupa di de-radicalizzare gli islamisti austriaci, ha affermato di non aver mai ottenuto alcun successo con lui.La leggerezza con cui Vienna ha gestito il caso di Fejzulai è indicativo di quanta strada abbia ancora l'Europa da fare nella lotta al terrorismo islamico che, come dichiarato da Angela Merkel all'indomani dell'attentato, «è il nostro nemico comune». Nota di BastaBugie: Mauro Faverzani nell'articolo seguente dal titolo "L'ignavia dell'Occidente e la violenza dell'islam" parla da una parte della cieca inerzia dell'Occidente e dall'altra dell'aggressiva intraprendenza del mondo islamico. Vediamo nel dettaglio a che punto siamo.Ecco l'articolo completo pubblicato su Radio Roma Libera il 26 ottobre 2020:Da una parte, la colpevole e cieca ignavia dell'Occidente; dall'altra, l'aggressiva intraprendenza del mondo islamico: potrebbe essere questa una fotografia realistica della situazione geopolitica e religiosa contemporanea.Sull'Occidente molto si è già detto, senza tuttavia che, per questo, la situazione sia mutata, come provano le cronache. Vediamo gli ultimi fatti. Secondo quanto riferito nei giorni scorsi dal ministro dell'Interno francese Gérald Darmanin, Oltralpe ben 851 immigrati clandestini sono accusati di «radicalizzazione di natura terroristica». Ma, di questi, solo per 231 è prevista l'espulsione e solo 180 si trovano attualmente in carcere. Ciò significa che gli altri 620 possono per ora andarsene più o meno indisturbati a zonzo per le strade francesi e non solo.L'avv. Thibault de Montbrial, fondatore del Centro di Riflessione sulla Sicurezza Interna, nel suo recente saggio Osiamo l'autorità, ha offerto un'analisi pessimistica, benché realistica della situazione in Francia in particolare ed in Europa in generale: «Ci rendiamo conto delle cifre sbalorditive, quando guardiamo l'aumento della criminalità legata all'immigrazione in Italia, Svezia e Germania dal 2015 - ha dichiarato - Queste cifre vengono nascoste, perché la gente si sente estremamente a disagio a parlarne. Molti, anche tra le forze dell'ordine e nei palazzi di giustizia, ritengono che verosimilmente non si sfuggirà ad un periodo di grande violenza. Nessuno sa quando esploderà, né quale possa esserne l'ampiezza, né come possa andare a finire. Ma è alquanto minoritaria l'ipotesi di un miglioramento della situazione senza traumi».In Danimarca, il primo ministro Mette Frederiksen ha avuto il coraggio di denunciare l'origine «non occidentale» della crescente criminalità, dilagante ormai nel Paese nordico: «Senza generalizzare, dobbiamo comunque riferirci ai fatti - ha dichiarato due settimane fa - Le ragazze vengono insultate o molestate semplicemente perché danesi. Oppure minacciate e sottoposte a tutela sociale, perché diventate troppo danesi. Un carretto di salsicce a Brønshøj è stato attaccato, perché vendeva carne di maiale. Un giovane su cinque di origine non occidentale è stato condannato al carcere prima dei 21 anni. Non è una novità ed è questo il problema. Va avanti da troppi anni». Una denuncia forte, chiara, circostanziata. Però rimasta sostanzialmente inascoltata. La misura più significativa assunta ha riguardato il bando per due anni da bar e locali notturni per i membri delle baby-gang. Quando è evidente, dalle parole dello stesso premier danese, come il problema non sia tanto la microcriminalità quanto l'intero sistema delle politiche migratorie, ben più impegnativo e tale da richiedere provvedimenti ben più complessi e drastici di un semplice maquillage sociale.Non serve a nulla, anzi è gravemente controproducente assecondare l'andazzo, come hanno fatto viceversa i giudici del tribunale amministrativo di Münster, in Germania, permettendo ad un muezzin, dopo cinque anni di silenzio, di ricominciare pure a chiamare la comunità islamica turca di Oer-Erkenschwick in moschea, diffondendo l'adhan, cioè il richiamo, con l'altoparlante per un massimo di 15 minuti tra mezzogiorno e le 14 di ogni venerdì. È stata così respinta la richiesta di silenziarlo, avanzata cinque anni fa da una coppia di coniugi tedeschi, Hans-Joachim e Lieselotte Lehmann, residenti nei pressi ed infastiditi dal rumoroso strumento. In primo grado, nel 2018, fu data loro ragione, ma quella sentenza è stata ora ribaltata e ciò si configura oltre tutto come un pericoloso precedente, perché altri possano decidere di fare altrettanto sull'intero territorio nazionale. Giungendo al paradosso di scatenare gli altoparlanti islamici proprio quando vengono imbavagliate le campane delle chiese cattoliche da giudici non altrettanto tolleranti verso la nostra religione...Anche in Italia episodi quali la rivolta degli immigrati presso il centro rimpatri di Milano o le ripetute aggressioni con tanto di coltello presso la stazione di Barletta sono solo segnali, offerti dalla cronaca nera, di un disagio molto più ampio, preoccupante e soprattutto, al momento, senza reali argini. Persino il segretario del Pd, Nicola Zingaretti, lo scorso luglio ha dato la sveglia al governo «nella sua interezza», richiamandolo ad agire, sulla questione migranti, «con una politica adeguata». Segno evidente di come, ad oggi, adeguata non sia.Il problema non è congiunturale, ma strutturale. Il che significa che, anche al netto della jihad, cioè anche senza considerare le espressioni di puro terrorismo, è la concezione della persona e della società, ad esser radicalmente ed inconciliabilmente diversa tra l'Occidente con i suoi valori, quando accolti e non rinnegati, e l'islam con prassi, ad esser benevoli, sin troppo "disinvolte"...Il report stilato dal Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, ad esempio, evidenzia il ruolo giocato da Dubai nell'agevolare corruzione, criminalità e flussi di soldi illeciti, provenienti da Europa, Afghanistan, Russia, Iran ed Africa orientale, aggravando così i conflitti e la malavita internazionale, a tutti i livelli. In particolare, nell'emirato, il mercato immobiliare rappresenterebbe una fonte attrattiva di denaro sporco, complici anche regole minimali e sin troppo tolleranti.La Cbs ha denunciato la presenza, nelle carceri egiziane, di ben 60 mila prigionieri politici ancora in attesa o in assenza di processo. Tra di essi, figurerebbero molti attivisti ed accademici. Ma l'impermeabilità ai diritti umani riguarderebbe anche il ricorso alla tortura nei commissariati ed i fermi arbitrari, documentati ormai da diverse organizzazioni e da più fonti.Non solo. Già in passato il governo egiziano si è distinto per aver bloccato 21 siti web ritenuti «mendaci» ed accusati di sostenere «terrorismo ed estremismo». Tra i media colpiti figurano anche nomi "eccellenti" come Al-Jazeera, Asharq, Masr al Arabia, Al Shaab, Arabi 21, Rassd ed altri. Mada Masr, editato in arabo ed in inglese, non aveva alcuna contiguità con la Fratellanza Musulmana, ma era "reo" d'aver espresso posizioni critiche nei confronti dell'amministrazione alla guida del Paese.Sempre sul fronte mediatico, la Tunisia ha invece il problema opposto: un'autentica campagna d'odio viene promossa, qui, inquinando così la «formazione della coscienza collettiva - ha scritto Anwar al-Jamawi, docente universitario, sull'agenzia Al-arabi al-Jadid - Gli incitamenti dei media alla violenza ed alla ribellione non fanno altro che minacciare la stabilità e la pace sociale. Secondo un rapporto pubblicato da due associazioni tunisine, il Consiglio nazionale delle libertà e la rete dell'Alleanza per le donne tunisine, il 90% delle testate giornalistiche contiene discorsi di esortazione all'odio. Il 13% dei mass-media invita in maniera esplicita a fare ricorso alla violenza ed il 58% delle piattaforme mediatiche trasmette discorsi provocatori o di parte.

Kritische Journalisten landen in Ägypten schnell im Gefängnis. Lina Attalah lässt sich davon nicht einschüchtern. Als Chefredakteurin des unabhängigen Nachrichtenportals "Mada Masr" wird sie zu den einflussreichsten Menschen weltweit gezählt. Von Anne Allmeling www.deutschlandfunk.de, @mediasres Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

This episode rotates around the topic of Coptic immigration to North America. Copts began immigrating to the US as early as the late 1940’s. After 1952, the rate of Coptic immigration from Egypt to Canada and the United States increased. Immigration to Canada outpaced the US until the inauguration of more lenient procedures in 1965. In general, Coptic immigration rose steadily throughout North America, Europe, and Australia in the coming decades. We see a further influx of Copts to the US and Canada after the 2011 revolution in Egypt, fleeing instability and violence there. With hundreds of Coptic Orthodox churches in the United States alone (along with over 90 congregations in Canada), it is estimated that there are over one million Coptic Orthodox Christians in North America. Coptic immigration has so many facets to it and we obviously cannot cover everything in one episode, but we will discuss some important aspects in this episode.Resources: Dr Candace Lukasik: https://thecchp.com/2017/06/25/land-migration-and-memory/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2018/08/27/modernity-murder-and-coptic-identity/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2020/02/20/copts-debating-christmas/https://salamamoussa.com/2018/03/17/immigration-and-the-reinvention-of-identity-part-i/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/coptic-church/555515/Dr Michael Akladios Peer-Reviewed“Heteroglossia, Interpretation and the Experiences of Coptic Immigrants from Egypt in North America, 1955-1975,” Histoire Sociale / Social History 53.109 (Fall 2020): [pre-print online].“Navigating Sacred Spaces: Coptic Immigrants in 1960s Toronto,” Left History 21.1 (Fall/Winter 2018): 109-122. Editorials Co-authored with Candace Lukasik,“Debating Christmas Day: Copts, Calendars and the Immigrants’ Church,” Public Orthodoxy, February 20, 2020.“Interview with Michael Akladios: Mundane Transnationalism,” CCHP, November 24, 2019.“Stop Victim-Blaming Egypt’s Copts,” Mada Masr English, November 5, 2018 / “توقفوا عن لوم الضحايا من أقباط مصر,” Mada Masr, November 13, 2018.“Celebrating ‘Ordinary’: The CCHP and the Coptic Immigrant Experience,” Coptic Voice US, October 23, 2018.“Conversations with Egyptian Uber Drivers: Why Emigrate? Why Canada?” Active History, October 2, 2017.“Arab-Canadian Foodscapes and Authenticity,” Active History, May 12, 2016.LinksThe CCHP has facilitated the collection and preservation of letters, photographs, books, magazines, and academic journals documenting the Coptic experience in Canada. The records are available for consultation at the Clara Thomas Archives, York University. https://thecchp.com/archives/The CCHP welcomes submissions of scholarly articles and immigrants’ stories for publication. Please follow the link to find the guidelines and information on how to submit. https://thecchp.com/about/digital-cafe-2/To learn about the transition to Egypt Migrations, visit: https://thecchp.com/2020/09/06/from-cchp-to-egypt-migrations/

Elle est le visage de l’indépendance journalistique en Égypte, alors que tous les médias du pays sont mis au pas. Lina Attalah, la rédactrice en chef et cofondatrice du média en ligne Mada Masr, spécialisé dans les enquêtes et les longs reportages, va recevoir un prix récompensant son courage par l’ICFJ, une institution américaine et vient d’être classée parmi les 100 personnes les plus influentes au monde selon le magazine Time. Si elle reconnaît avoir peur dans son pays, elle n’est pas prête de s’arrêter.  RFI : Lina Attalah, vous venez de rentrer dans le club très fermé des 100 personnes les plus influentes selon le magazine le Time. Ce lundi vous allez recevoir un prix, décerné par l’International Center for Journalists. Qu’est-ce que cela représente pour vous et pour Mada Masr? Lina Attalah : Mada Masr a débuté en 2013 avec pour but de vouloir faire du journalisme indépendant et professionnel, bien que les conditions de ce travail soient de plus en plus difficiles. Ce qui fait partie d’un climat politique assez fermé en général. Et donc ce que nous essayons de faire avec ce média, c’est essayer de résister à ce climat complètement fermé, c’est de trouver des ouvertures. Donc, ce prix et cette nomination sur la liste du Time représentent vraiment une reconnaissance qui nous fait du bien à nous, journalistes, qui travaillons dans des conditions assez difficiles je dirais en Égypte. Cette reconnaissance internationale nous donne l’impression que le monde se fait témoin du travail qu’on fait et ça nous donne le sentiment d'être soutenus par le monde entier. Reporter sans frontières a qualifié l’Égypte de plus grande prison du monde pour les journalistes. Comment on explique cela, près de dix ans après la révolution de 2011? Bien sûr ça laisse à désirer que nous avons tant de journalistes en prison aujourd’hui. Surtout après une révolution qui a tellement promis de liberté, d’ouverture politique, d’opportunités… Mais nous savons aussi que les révolutions ça ne finit pas toujours bien de toute façon. Et c’est une lutte qui continue et qui ne s’arrête pas dans quelques jours ou dans quelques mois. Nous pensons que ça vaut le coup de continuer cette lutte, surtout que nous sommes toujours en liberté. Et Mada Masr est sous le viseur des autorités. Ces locaux dans lesquels nous sommes aujourd’hui ont été perquisitionnés l’an dernier. Vous-même, vous avez été arrêtée au mois de mai. Vous vous sentez en sursis? Nous ne sommes pas une exception ; tout ce qui arrive à nos confrères, à nos collègues peut nous arriver aussi. On ne peut pas nier qu’il y a la peur, que nous vivons dans des conditions où les autorités nous font peur, parce qu’ils ont beaucoup de pouvoir, parce qu’ils peuvent faire tout… Mais on essaye de marginaliser ce sentiment pour essayer de continuer le travail, parce que ce n’est pas le genre de travail que l’on peut faire avec la peur. Oui, la réalité et dure et nous avons beaucoup de défis et de difficultés mais la réalité c'est que nous sommes en liberté, nous sommes intelligents, nous sommes patients. Et nous pensons que la patience est un outil politique très important dans des conditions dures. Donc avec tous ces outils-là, nous pouvons garder notre indépendance et continuer à travailler. Il n’y a pas que l’Égypte. Dans d’autres pays du monde arabe, on peut penser au Maroc avec Omar Radi qui est sous le coup de nombreuses poursuites judiciaires, ou plus récemment à l'Algérie, où Khaled Drareni, le correspondant de TV5 Monde a été emprisonné pour avoir suivi le mouvement du Hirak : ça vous inquiète ces durcissements dans le monde arabe? Bien sûr que cela m’inquiète et cela m’attriste que de si bons journalistes aient ce destin-là, ces soucis là… parce que je connais les deux journalistes que vous venez de mentionner. Omar est un ami depuis longtemps. Presque tous nos camarades dans le monde arabe qui font du bon journalisme, du vrai journalisme,  sont en prison. Donc ça m’inquiète aussi parce que l’on sait bien que les régimes arabes copient les uns les autres des pratiques pareilles. Donc il n’y a pas de raisons de se sentir en sécurité avec tout ce qui se passe pour nos confrères ailleurs. Vous êtes aussi assez critique, en dénonçant les pays occidentaux de sacrifier la liberté d’expression au nom de la stabilité régionale. Oui, je suis critique de cette position, qui est d’ailleurs une position assez traditionnelle et classique. Ce n’est rien de nouveau. Nous savons que la sécurité régionale, c’est toujours la priorité des relations bilatérales et internationales dans ce monde post-colonial dans lequel on vit. Donc ça devient une question de se positionner dans cette réalité. Donc bien que je sois critique, je sais aussi qu’il n’y a pas grand-chose à changer, que les relations internationales et bilatérales, surtout entre Nord et Sud sont toujours marqués par des intérêts de ce genre… des intérêts de realpolitik, donc ce ne sont pas vraiment des principes qui gèrent vraiment ces relations. Nous prenons nos gardes avec les gouvernements en tant que relation parce que ça fait partie de garder notre indépendance de toute façon.

Season 3, Episode 7: Reading May Ayim through Poetic Revolutionaries in Berlin This episode opens with spoken word poetess Savannah Sipho reading May Ayim’s poem titled “blues in Schwarzweiß” (“Blues in Black and White”) during a recent critical walking tour in Berlin called Dekoloniales Flanieren, or Decolonial Flaneur (August 21, 2020), organized by the Nachbarschaftsinitiative Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße led by students, scholars, and professors from Humboldt University, which aimed to establish a broad coalition with activists, artists, Institute for European Ethnology, Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD), SAAVY Contemporary, and the recently established Decolonize Berlin to mobilize demands to change a racist street name in the Berlin District of Mitte called M*Straße or M Street—which is an abbreviated form of a street name that has been called out for its anti-Black racist language for well over 30 years—where the Institute for European Ethnology and other departments of Humboldt University are also located. After decades of activism and one day before Dekoloniales Flanieren took place, the District of Mitte in Berlin announced on August 20th that M*Straße will be renamed to honor 18th-century philosopher, professor, jurist, and poet Anton Wilhelm Amo. In conversation with Kristyna Comer, Savannah Sipho shares more about her reading of May Ayim’s poem during Dekoloniales Flanieren as well as more about her creative process and the transformative experience of writing and performing poetry while also acknowleding spaces and organizations led by the Black POCs in Berlin that continue to support and empower Black artists. This episode begins and ends with poetry: At the end of the episode, Savannah reads “exotik” by May Ayim and Decolonization in Action host edna bonhomme reads one of her own poems titled “Foremothers.” A special thanks to Savannah Sipho and edna bonhomme for contributing their readings to this episode. — Biographies — Savannah Sipho Savannah Sipho—born and raised in Berlin—is a 24-year-old student of Area Studies Asia/Africa. She was inspired by May Ayim's life and poetry to start writing as a young girl. Identity, the array of emotions, racism, and life in Berlin are recurring themes in Savannah Sipho’s writing. She had her debut performance in May 2019. edna bonhomme edna bonhomme is an art worker, historian, lecturer, and writer whose work interrogates the archaeology of (post)colonial science, embodiment, and surveillance. A central question of her work asks: what makes people sick? As a researcher, she answers this question by exploring the spaces and modalities of care and toxicity that shape the possibility for repair. She has collaborated and exhibited critical multimedia projects in Berlin, Prague, and Vienna. In addition to her academic interests, Edna has written for publications such as Africa is a Country, Al Jazeera, Analyis und Kritik, The Baffler, Daddy Magazine, Der Freitag, Mada Masr, The Nation Magazine, and more. Bonhomme earned her PhD in History of Science from Princeton University. www.ednabonhomme.com — Show Credits — Interview and Post-production Kristyna Comer Poetry “blues in Schwarzweiß” by May Ayim, read by Savannah Sipho, recorded by Michael Westrich “exotik” by May Ayim, read and recorded by Savannah Sipho “Foremothers” by edna bonhomme, read and recorded by edna bonhomme Images Profile photograph by Leo Wolters; Courtesy of Savannah Sipho Cover image: still image from video documentation by Thị Minh Huyền Nguyễn of Savannah Sipho’s reading of May Ayim’s “blues in Schwarzweiß” with Claire Irene Künzel, co-organizer of Dekoloniales Flanieren who curated and introduced the third stop of the critical walking tour Music All music is from Freesounds.org (Creative Commons) — Please visit www.decolonizationinaction.com for the complete show notes for all episodes. —

This panel, entitled, "Revolutions from the Kitchen: On Technologies of Resistance and Radical Care," was part of the Alt_Cph20, co-produced with Salon Hysteria as part of the summer seminar series Hysterical Utopias, and curated by Ida Bencke. The conversation was between edna bonhomme, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, and Nazila Kivi on technologies of resistance and radical care. The talk is hosted by Alt_Cph20, Patterns in Resistance and co-produced with Salon Hysteria as part of the summer seminar series Hysterical Utopias. LUIZA PRADO DE O. MARTINS Is an artist and researcher engaging with material and visual culture through the lenses of decolonial and queer theories. O. Martins holds an MA from the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, and a PhD from the Berlin University of the Arts. She is a founding member of the Decolonising Design collective and the research duo A Parede. Her current artistic research project, titled “A Topography of Excesses,” starts from a call to re-appropriate the concept of excess in relation to gendered and racialized bodies in the modern/colonial gender system. https://www.luiza-prado.com/ NAZILA KIVI Is an independent scholar on reproduction and decoloniality, editor, essayist and co-founder of the feminist magazine Friktion. She teaches gender study courses, among others the course From Witches to Cyborgs: Gender, Race and Resistance.SALON HYSTERIA Salon Hysteria is a space for next level conversations on society, politics and science. edna bonhomme Is an art worker, historian, lecturer, and writer whose work interrogates the archaeology of (post)colonial science, embodiment, and surveillance. A central question of her work asks: what makes people sick? As a researcher, she answers this question by exploring the spaces and modalities of care and toxicity that shape the possibility for repair. She has collaborated and exhibited critical multimedia projects in Berlin, Prague, and Vienna. In addition to her academic interests, Edna has written for publications such as Africa is a Country, Aljazeera, Analyis und Kritik, The Baffler, Daddy Magazine, Der Freitag, Mada Masr, The Nation Magazine, and more. Bonhomme earned her PhD in History of Science from Princeton University https://www.ednabonhomme.com/ More information about Patterns of Resistance can be found here: https://altcph.dk/event/revolutions-from-the-kitchen-on-technologies-of-resistance-and-radical-care/

This is the audio version of Saleem Haddad's reaction to the death of Sarah Hegazy, which he posted on Instagram and which I'm re-posting here with permission. Sarah Hegazy was a Queer activist from Egypt who was arrested after being one of many who raised a rainbow flag at a concert by Mashrou3 Leila in Cairo in 2017. She was tortured in Sisi's jail, driven to exile and sought asylum in Canada. She took her own life a few days ago. The Sisi regime has since used that event as an excuse to crack down on Egypt's LGBTQ population, a crackdown which continues to this day. The silence of straight Arabs in Egypt, the MENA region and the rest of the world is complicity. You can also listen to the episode on Sarah by The Queer Arabs Podcast. “Society clapped for the regime when it arrested me and Ahmed Alaa.” Sarah Hegazy, from her 2018 article translated into English by Mada Masr. Read here: https://madamasr.com/en/2020/06/15/opinion/u/a-year-after-the-rainbow-flag-controversy Story of the case from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620110576/after-crackdown-egypts-lgbt-community-contemplates-dark-future I've interviewed Saleem Haddad previously (episode 18).

Le syndicat des médecins égyptiens a mis en garde lundi 25 mai contre une « catastrophe sanitaire » à venir, blâmant la « passivité et la négligence » du ministère de la Santé face à la propagation du nouveau coronavirus parmi le personnel soignant en Égypte. Plus de 350 médecins ont été infectés et 19 sont morts du nouveau coronavirus, a précisé le syndicat dans un communiqué. Quatre médecins sont décédés durant la seule journée de dimanche dernier. Cette jeune pharmacienne, qui ne souhaite pas donner son nom, travaille dans un hôpital dans le sud du Sinaï, à plus de 400 kilomètres du Caire. Elle dénonce des pénuries et des conditions de travail dégradées en ces temps de coronavirus. Une situation d’autant plus difficile à vivre pour elle qu’elle ne se sent pas du tout soutenue par sa hiérarchie : « On nous reproche même de vouloir changer de masque dans la journée alors qu’on sait très bien qu’il perd de son efficacité au bout de quatre heures ou quand il est mouillé. » Le syndicat des médecins estime que docteurs et infirmiers sont particulièrement mal protégés en Égypte, car ils manquent d’équipements et de tests. Mais ce n’est pas le seul problème, d’après ce praticien, membre du syndicat des médecins : « On manque d’information sur ce qu’il faut faire. Quand on a un patient atteint du Covid, qui doit-on appeler ? Un jour on nous dit de faire quelque chose, et le lendemain on doit faire complètement autre chose. Notre premier problème, c’est qu’on manque de matériel et d’équipements pour se protéger du coronavirus. Et il n’y a aucune stratégie ou politique prévue pour diagnostiquer et soigner les équipes médicales. » Les chiffres officiels restent relativement bas en Égypte, mais les hôpitaux sont devenus de véritables clusters de la maladie. Mada Masr, le dernier média libre d’Égypte y a mené de longues investigations. Notamment dans l’Institut national du cancer au Caire, où des équipes médicales ont été massivement infectées au début du mois d’avril. Lina Attalah, la rédactrice en chef revient sur l’enquête :« Les infirmiers et les infirmières ont beau dire au management de l’hôpital qu’ils sentent qu’ils ont les symptômes, le management leur a dit qu’ils n’ont pas besoin d’être testés. Ca m’a mise en colère parce que c’était le comportement du directeur de l’hôpital et du management de l’hôpital envers son équipe. Mais c’est aussi le fait que c’est un hôpital où presque tous les patients ont des problèmes d’immunité. » Un sentiment de colère partagé par des professionnels de santé qui se sentent bien seuls dans la lutte contre le coronavirus. 

We talk about a few new books — ones that provide a welcome escape, and ones that seem particularly daunting — and about how hard it is to write, read, think and imagine the future right now.   Show Notes: Noor Naga's novel-in-verse Washes, Prays was published this spring. You can read more about it on Mada Masr and ArabLit. Aziz Binebine's Tazmamart, Cellule 10 recently appeared in English as Tazmamart, translated by Lulu Norman. His brother Mahi Binebine's The King's Fool is forthcoming in Ben Faccini's translation in August. Impostures is al-Hariri's classic Maqamat, many-Englished by Michael Cooperson and available now. Mazen Kerbaj's coronavirus diaries are online at kerbajdiaries.com. Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi is a classic of Italian literature and recounts a 17th century plague in Milan.  There has also been a fair amount of quarantine writing, such as the NYRB's Pandemic Journal. The Point is publishing a series of articles on what we watch and read during quarantine.  Repression in Egypt continues even with covid-19. Alaa Abdel-Fattah went on a month-long hunger strike, Mada Masr editor Lina Attallah was detained and released on bail, and the latest to be targeted were a couple young (and apolitical) TikTok stars.  New Arabic Translation Challenges are published each Tuesday with roundups on Saturday. Details here or by following #ArabicTranslationChallenge on Twitter.

Dans la presse de ce lundi 18 mai 2020, l'arrestation, en Egypte, hier, de la rédactrice en chef du journal indépendant égyptien Mada Masr, Lina Attalah, finalement libérée sous caution quelques heures plus tard. Et aussi : l'émotion en Algérie, après le décès, en fin de semaine dernière, d'une jeune médecin, des suites du coronavirus. Et, en France, une messe dominicale en "drive in".

Abrimos com LE MONDE, que titula, China no banco dos réus da  OMS. A Organização mundial da Saúde reuniu-se hoje em videoconferência na sua assembleia anual em plena pandemia. Uma centena de estados membros nomeadamente da União europeia reclamam a avaliação da gestão sanitária coordenada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde. É um fracasso para Pequim, que queria evitar a instauração de um inquérito independente sobre o vírus e a menção do papel de Taiwan na crise. A demissão do Director geral da organização não deverá, no entanto, constar da agenda antes da pandemia mundial ser controlada. O acesso universal rápido e equitável a uma vacina deverá ser considerado como um bem público mundial, acrescenta, LE MONDE.  Por seu lado, LE FIGARO, nota que o mundo paga caro as estratégias divergentes da pandemia, com o secretário geral da ONU, António Guterres, a lamentar e a criticar na abertura da Assembleia mundial os países que ignoraram as recomendações da OMS para responder à mesma pandemia. Sobre medidas europeias, o Presidente francês, Macron e a chanceler alemã, Merkel apresentaram durante uma vidioconfêrencia uma iniciativa comum sobre a recuperação económica da Europa, nota, LE FIGARO. Como acelerar a recuperação económica, é precisamente o título do jornal LA CROIX. O Estado, as empresas e os franceses terão todos um papel a desempenhar no relançamento da actividade económica ainda entravada pela luta contra o coronavírus.  LIBÉRATION, titula, desconfinamento não é assim tão difícil. Enquanto uma parte da população recupera sua liberdade de circulação, uma outra parte mantém-se confinada, angustiada pelo Covid-19. Mas nem todos sao hipocondríacos, pois, este fim-de-semana foi um grande momento para muitos franceses entusiasmados nos parques, nas compras ou certas praias, apesar das máscaras e dum perímetro de circulação ainda limitado aos 100 metros em média. A raiva social lança o seu desconfinamento, titula, L'HUMANITÉ. Dinheiro para os hospitais e não para o capital, das fabricas aos bairros populares, do privado ao público a crise sanitária alimentou o sentimento de revolta e a legitimidade  das reivindicações sociais. Com o fim progressivo da quarentena, a revolta tenta impor-se ao poder macronista que não pretende mudar, nota o jornal comunista.   A nível político, LE FIGARO, destaca em título, esses deputados do partido presidencial República em marcha que desafiam Macron. São cerca de 20 deputados, da ala esquerda do partido que, desiludidos com a política de Macron, querem criar um novo grupo par a nflectir a linha do governo. Este novo grupo parlamentar baptizado Ecologia, democracia, solidariedade, pode provocar uma perda da maioria absoluta na Assembelia nacional. Este período de confinamento terá dado razão ao grupo de deputados que há varios meses entrou em desacordo com a linha governamental e se mostrou descontente com a organização da maioria, acrescenta, LE FIGARO. Morte de Michel Piccoli em França, sistema sanitário deficiente na RDC e imprensa maltratada no Egipto No mundo do cinema, a morte de Michel Piccoli, antiestrela do cinema francês, escreve, LIBÉRATION. Monumento do cinema frances, o actor morreu a 12 de maio aos 94 anos anunciou hoje  a sua famiíia. Da sua longa carreira LIBÉRATION destaca sua performance nos filmes Desprezo, Coisas da Vida ou Habemos Papa.  Sobre o continente africano, LE MONDE refere-se à RDC, a cobertura dos pacientes de Covid-19 confusa e também um desafio. Com infraestruturas sanitárias deficientes o país tem uma falta crónica de material médico. Por outro, os médicos devem lutar contra a incredulidade perante o coronavírus. Pedem-nos para gerirmos a crise mas não temos meios, deplora o médico, Aimé Babibanda. Na RDC a luta contra o covid-19 é complicada devido pois ao fraco equipamento sanitário mas também a uma população que recusa acreditar na realidade do vírus.  Enfim, LA CROIX, dá relevo ao Egipto e a perseguição feita à imprensa livre. Lina Attalah, chefe de redacção do jornal online, Mada Masr foi ontem detida para ser solta horas depois num país que se torna uma autêntica prisao para jornalistas críticos ao marechal, Al Sissi.  A jornalista foi detida às portas da prisão Tora, que acolhe vários prisioneiros políticos, quando tentava entrevistar Leila Soueif, mãe de um militante em greve de fome há mais de um mês protestando contra as condições de detenção nomeadamente após a propagação do coronavírus. A jornalista, Lina Attalah seria solta mais tarde depois de pagar uma caução, acrescenta, LA CROIX.

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Corona-Kabinett berät über Zustände in der Fleischindustrie Ein weiterer geballter Corona-Ausbruch in einem norddeutschen Schlachtbetrieb erhöht den Druck auf die Bundesregierung, die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Branche stärker zu regulieren. 92 Mitarbeiter eines Schlachthofs im niedersächsischen Dissen wurden positiv getestet, wie der Landkreis Osnabrück am Sonntagabend mitteilte. Das Corona-Kabinett der Bundesregierung will beraten, wie der Arbeitsschutz in der Branche in Corona-Zeiten verbessert werden kann. Arbeitsminister Heil plant Berichten zufolge, Werksverträge weitgehend zu verbieten. Agrarministerin Klöckner fordert eine Selbstverpflichtung der Schlachthöfe. Virtuelle Jahresversammlung der WHO zur Corona-Pandemie An diesem Montag beginnt die Jahresversammlung der Weltgesundheitsorganisation. Das Treffen findet erstmals als Online-Tagung statt. Hauptthema ist, wie eine globale Antwort auf die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus gefunden werden kann. WHO-Chef Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sprach von einer der wichtigsten Jahresversammlungen seit Gründung der WHO. Zur Abstimmung steht eine von der EU eingebrachte Resolution, die zum gemeinsamen Kampf gegen die Pandemie aufruft. Überschattet wird das Treffen von den zunehmenden Spannungen zwischen den USA und China in der Frage, wer für die Krise verantwortlich ist. Fed-Chef Powell stimmt USA auf lange Krise ein US-Notenbank-Chef Jerome Powell rechnet mit einem Einbruch der US-Wirtschaft um 20 bis 30 Prozent im zweiten Quartal. Danach könne es wieder bergauf gehen, unter der Annahme, dass es keine zweite Pandemie-Welle gibt. Bis zur vollständigen Erholung könne es allerdings bis Ende 2021 dauern, schränkte der Chef der Federal Reserve in einem Interview ein. Zudem wolle er nicht ausschließen, dass die Voraussetzung dafür sei, dass es einen Impfstoff gegen das Coronavirus gebe. Die Menschen müssten volles Vertrauen haben, damit sich die Wirtschaft erholen könne. Maas: Ab 15. Juni möglichst keine weltweite Reisewarnung mehr Bundesaußenminister Heiko Maas hat sich zuversichtlich geäußert, dass ein Sommerurlaub trotz der Corona-Pandemie zumindest in Europa möglich wird. Es gebe vielfach positive Entwicklungen. Einige Länder hätten angekündigt, ab Juni oder Juli ihre Grenzen für Touristen wieder zu öffnen. Und auch die Bundesregierung wolle ihre Beschränkungen lockern, sagte Maas in der ARD. Deutschland wolle nach dem 15. Juni eigentlich keine generelle weltweite Reisewarnung mehr haben. Maas will an diesem Montag mit seinen Kollegen aus zehn Urlaubsländern über mögliche Lockerungen von Reisebeschränkungen beraten. Tödlicher Kunstflug-Unfall in Kanada Bei einer Flugshow zu Ehren der Corona-Helfer in Kanada ist eine Pilotin ums Leben gekommen und ein weiteres Besatzungsmitglied verletzt worden. Die Militärflugstaffel "Snowbirds" ist momentan im ganzen Land im Einsatz. Das Unglück ereignete sich in Kamloops im südwestlichen Bundesstaat British Columbia. Videoaufnahmen zeigen, wie zwei Maschinen im Formationsflug starten. Dann nimmt der Unglücksjet plötzlich eine Steilkurve, bevor beide Schleudersitze gezündet werden. Die Maschine vom Typ Canadair CL-41 "Tutor" stürzte in einen Vorgarten eines Wohngebiets und ging dort in Flammen auf. Corona-Ausbruch in NRW-Flüchtlingsheim In einer Unterkunft für Flüchtlinge in Nordrhein-Westfalen ist es zu einer starken Ausbreitung des Coronavirus gekommen. In der Einrichtung in St. Augustin bei Bonn wurden 70 Menschen positiv getestet. Die Testergebnisse weiterer Bewohner stehen noch aus, wie die zuständige Bezirksregierung mitteilte. Ob sich auch Betreuer und Sicherheitskräfte angesteckt haben, ist nicht bekannt. In dem Flüchtlingsheim finden bis zu 600 Menschen Platz, knapp 500 sollen dort zuletzt gelebt haben. Die Unterkunft ist eine der zentralen Unterbringungseinrichtungen des Bundeslandes NRW für Flüchtlinge. Chefredakteurin der Nachrichtenseite Mada Masr in Ägypten inhaftiert Ägyptens autoritäre Führung ist erneut gegen eines der letzten regierungskritischen Medien vorgegangen. Sicherheitskräfte nahmen die Chefredakteurin der unabhängigen Nachrichtenseite Mada Masr fest. Lina Attalah sei während eines Interviews vor dem Tora-Hochsicherheitsgefängnis in Kairo abgeführt worden, teilte ihr Anwalt mit. Sie hatte dort die Mutter des Demokratieaktivisten Alaa Abdel Fattah interviewt. Die Festnahme ist ein weiterer Rückschlag für die sehr begrenzte Pressefreiheit in Ägypten. Als eines der letzten Medien berichtet Mada Masr kritisch und investigativ über die Lage im Land.

للاستماع إلى بودكاست بعد أمس http://aj.audio/click  We talk about the landscape and history of independent publishing in the region, our own experiences working for and launching publications, the conundrum of funding, and the magic of little magazines.  Show Notes: This episode is partly inspired by an exhibition at the MMAG Foundation in Amman: How to Reappear Through the Quivering Leaves of Independent Publishing The exhibition was curated by the publishing platform Kayfa ta, founded by artists Maha Maamoun and Ala Younis  Here is a review by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie of the same exhibition when it took place in Beirut  The exhibition featured the work of the Post-Apollo Press, among others Some of the contemporary magazines mentioned in this episode are:Rusted Radishes,Bidayat,Qadita,Ma3azef,The Public Source,Raseef22, Nejma, Mada Masr,7iber, as well as comix collectives:Skefkef,Samandal,Toktok,Garage,Fanzeen,Lab 619 The Moroccan magazine Souffles, published from 1966 to 1971, was a hugely influential experiment  Zahia Rahmani and other scholars at the French Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art have created an eye-opening archive of non-European critical and cultural magazines City of Beginnings: Poetic Modernism in Beirut, by Robyn Creswell (2019) is “an intellectual history of Lebanon during the early Cold War” that focuses on the magazine Shi'r (“Poetry”)  Another Lebanese magazine, Hiwar, was (in)famously funded by the CIA.

We recorded this episode in Cairo with author, translator, and Mada Masr culture editor Yasmine Zohdi. We talked about making art in difficult and precarious times; how to acknowledge the political context; censorship and self-censorship.  “What we talk about when we talk about trees,” by Yasmine Zohdi, ran in Mada Masr in December of last year. We also spoke about the shrinking of cultural spaces in Cairo. Zohdi also translates, including her husband Muhammad al-Hajj's beautiful Nobody Mourns the City's Cats. MLQ was in Cairo for the ARCE symposium on popular culture. Essays from and inspired by the symposium will be appearing at The Maydan. An excerpt of the Egyptian novel Prizes for Heroes was translated as part of Mada Masr's translation series. The Egyptian film Yomeddine (“Judgement Day”) was part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.

Il a le nom d’une légende de la boxe, mais lui prétend se battre contre le régime du président égyptien Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. Mohamed Ali, un entrepreneur du bâtiment désormais en exil en Espagne, s'illustre depuis septembre dernier dans des vidéos où il dénonce la corruption du président égyptien et de ses proches, qui aurait coûté des millions de livres égyptiennes. Il a inspiré malgré lui un mouvement de contestation, tué dans l’œuf. Il entend désormais ranimer la flamme de l’opposition en exil. Le style est décontracté. Le débit, celui d’une mitraillette. Dans un lieu tenu secret à Barcelone, l’entrepreneur et comédien se confie à la caméra, cigarette à la main. Autodidacte au bagou charmeur, Mohamed Ali a fait fortune à la vitesse grand V, surtout après la révolution de 2011. Grâce aux projets de construction menés par l’armée, avec à sa tête Abdelfattah al-Sissi. Au numéro un égyptien, Mohamed Ali réserve un torrent d’accusations. Dans une de ses vidéos, il énumère les propriétés que le raïs et ses proches auraient accumulées aux frais de l’État égyptien. « Une villa à Ma’moura (Alexandrie, NDLR), trois à Marassi (sur la Méditerranée), sans compter celle de Marsa Matrouh (à la frontière avec la Libye) ! Mais tu l’as dit : nous sommes pauvres, il faut se serrer la ceinture ! », hurle-t-il face caméra. Le président égyptien, qui aime se montrer proche du peuple, se sent obligé de répondre. Il précise qu’il s’agissait de constructions au profit de l’État. Mais cela sonne comme un aveu pour les milliers de jeunes qui partagent en masse les vidéos de Mohamed Ali et manifestent les 20 et 21 septembre malgré l’interdiction et la peur. Comment expliquer la popularité soudaine de ce transfuge du système ? « Les gens étaient prêts à entendre quelqu’un parler sincèrement de ces problèmes », estime Amr Darrag, un ancien ministre sous Mohamed Morsi, ex-président issu des Frères musulmans, renversé par l’armée et décédé cette année en prison. « Mohamed Ali apparaît au public égyptien comme quelqu’un qui émane du système, quelqu’un de crédible, bien informé. Et puis il le reconnaît : j’ai été un corrompu, j’ai contribué à ce système. Tout en admettant ses défauts : l’abus d’alcool, les relations extra-conjugales. Autrement dit, il s’est affiché », continue l’ancien ministre lui-même en exil en Turquie. En effet, l’homme d’affaires est grillé auprès de ses anciens associés et ses ex-collaborateurs restés en Égypte ont en partie été appréhendés. La répression s’abat surtout sur les manifestants : 4 000 personnes sont arrêtées d’après les ONG égyptiennes. Mohamed Ali, lui, se dit traqué. Dans des médias de plus en plus contrôlés par le régime, il est accusé pêle-mêle d’être Frère musulman (la confrérie est interdite), drogué ou mû uniquement par le profit. Lui affirme qu’il aurait pu rester en Égypte et continuer de s’enrichir. Mohamed Ali n’a pas de preuve formelle pour étayer ses accusations. Son témoignage met toutefois en lumière l’irruption de l’armée, surtout depuis l’avènement de Sissi dans des secteurs jusqu’ici réservés au secteur privé et où elle dicte désormais les règles. « Les comportements que dénonce Mohamed Ali, on le sait par d’autres sources, sont avérés », confirme Yezid Sayigh, associé principal du Carnegie Middle East Center à Beyrouth, qui documente ces faits depuis des années. Et le chercheur de décrire un système où « des entreprises du secteur privé sont forcées de réduire leurs marges voire travaillent à perte dans des projets initiés par l’armée ». Ces entreprises le font parce qu’elles savent que si elles refusent, elles seront hors-jeu pour les prochains contrats. La plupart du temps, donc, elles acceptent les pertes pour assurer leur avenir, comme l’a fait Mohamed Ali durant des années. « Un fait éclairant, c’est que juste après les premières vidéos, certaines entreprises ont été approchées par l’armée pour être enfin payées. Clairement, la mauvaise publicité a joué », relate l’auteur d’un rapport très remarqué sur la prédation de l’économie par les forces armées. L’entourage du président Sissi s’agite. Mada Masr, un des rares médias libres, est perquisitionné au lendemain de révélations sur les remous causés par les suites de l’affaire Mohamed Ali. Une partie de l’opposition en exil se prend à rêver et approche le tranfuge pour annoncer fin novembre une coalition contre Sissi. « Il s’est donné pour mission de convaincre certains partis d’opposition qu’il était temps de surmonter leurs différences, de s’unir contre Sissi », résume l’ancien ministre Amr Darrag, désormais éloigné des Frères musulmans. Pour autant, Mohamed Ali nie être intéressé par un rôle politique. « Si le président Sissi s’en va, il rentrera pour continuer d’entreprendre et de faire du cinéma », affirme l’ancien ministre, qui est en contact régulier avec lui et soutient la démarche. Pour l’heure, poursuivi pour évasion fiscale en Égypte, Mohamed Ali a vu son passeport annulé. Ses vidéos continuent quant à elles de réunir chaque jour des milliers de vues.

Angela Joya discusses the raid on the last independent media center in Egypt: Mada Masr. Thanks to international protest, the authorities allowed Mada Masr to re-open and resume publications. As opposition to Egypt's President Al-Sisi continues, the government intensifies the repression of free speech.

En Égypte, l'étau se resserre autour des rares médias indépendants. La dernière victime de cette répression : le média Mada Masr. Trois journalistes de cette rédaction ont été arrêtés puis relâchés ce dimanche. Les policiers étaient venus perquisitionner les locaux du site d'information en ligne, au lendemain de l'arrestation de Shady Zalat un autre journaliste de la rédaction.

Over the weekend, Egyptian security forces stormed the offices of Mada Masr, an investigative media outlet, and detained its staff for several hours. According to Mada Masr, two freelance translators and two crew members from FRANCE 24 were also present in the office and questioned during the raid. This comes amid a wider crackdown on dissent and free speech in Egypt. For more, we speak to Justin Shilad, the Committee to Protect Journalists' Middle East and North Africa Research Associate.

L'arrivo da Beirut di 113 profughi siriani attraverso i corridoi umanitari e il raid al giornale indipendente egiziano Mada Masr.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP has become a “crime cult” masquerading as a political party, where they're all complicit with the criminality of this administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump attacked Nancy Pelosi for offering a bill to lower drug prices that he praised just about a month ago; the Trump administration says its anti-foreigner polices are not to blame for driving foreign students away; and, Trump took credit for saving the lives of thousands of Hong Kong protesters by refusing a commitment to sign bipartisan legislation supporting the pro-Democracy movement.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Australia is investigating allegations that China tried to install a spy in parliament; and, Egyptian security forces raided the office of independent news site Mada Masr, detaining three reporters and its senior editor.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/25/1901704/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

Un fiume salvato da 20 mila donne nel Tamil Nadu, l’esperienza di uno studente cinese alle manifestazioni di Hong Kong, i titoli omofobi su Stonewall sui giornali di 50 anni fa, le minacce saudite al Guardian, il progetto ambientalista Kefaya Plastic, la morte dell’ex presidente Morsi sui giornali egiziani e la richiesta di Human Rights Watch di un’inchiesta indipendente.

Un fiume salvato da 20 mila donne nel Tamil Nadu, l’esperienza di uno studente cinese alle manifestazioni di Hong Kong, i titoli omofobi su Stonewall sui giornali di 50 anni fa, le minacce saudite al Guardian, il progetto ambientalista Kefaya Plastic, la morte dell’ex presidente Morsi sui giornali egiziani e la richiesta di Human Rights Watch di un’inchiesta indipendente.

..le massicce proteste che a Hong Kong vogliono bloccare la legge per l'estradizione con la Cina; un viaggio fra i migliori reportage internazionali sul massacro dei manifestanti in Sudan e lo stallo nelle trattative con i militari; la protesta degli immobiliaristi di New York contro le nuove tutele per gli inquilini; perché non c'è lotta per l'ambiente senza lotta per la giustizia sociale.

L’uccisione di Lyra McKee in Irlanda del Nord, Notre Dame cristiana e in 3D, cosa dice il rapporto Mueller, uno che ha votato per Brexit e si è pentito, un candidato maschio vincerà le primarie dei Democratici Usa con le idee di Elizabeth Warren, come è stata prodotta l’immagine del buco nero, cosa si profila in Algeria, la prima intervista con Alaa Abdel Fattah dopo il carcere, lo strazio della Libia, Bruce Shapiro sul perché arrestare Assange è un attacco alla libertà di stampa.

L’uccisione di Lyra McKee in Irlanda del Nord, Notre Dame cristiana e in 3D, cosa dice il rapporto Mueller, uno che ha votato per Brexit e si è pentito, un candidato maschio vincerà le primarie dei Democratici Usa con le idee di Elizabeth Warren, come è stata prodotta l’immagine del buco nero, cosa si profila in Algeria, la prima intervista con Alaa Abdel Fattah dopo il carcere, lo strazio della Libia, Bruce Shapiro sul perché arrestare Assange è un attacco alla libertà di stampa.

This week we are speaking with 2 SOAS students from Egypt about Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship. Hossam Fazulla is a researcher and writer from Cairo. He has spent the last 7 years bridging the gap between art and human rights as Director of Freedom of Artistic Creation at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) and as a former trainer at Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. Fazulla's work focuses on cultural policies and the contemporary Egyptian cultural scene. Fazulla has authored several publications including Why You Can't be Creative in Egypt (2017), Cultural Policies: Foundation, Evolution and Problems (2015), and co-authored Censor of Creativity (2013).Salma Khamis is a researcher and writer from Cairo, whose interests lie somewhere in between journalism and academia. She conducted research on Muslim-Christian relations and religious diversity in Egypt and formerly worked at one of the country's leading independent news outlets Mada Masr. These days, Salma's research interests are more focused on literary studies of contemporary Egyptian cultural products. She examines representations of Egyptian identity constructions across various art forms, with a marked emphasis on revolutionary culture.Discover about this topic more on our website.Twitter: @global_futuresInstagram: @global_futuresSubstack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are speaking with 2 SOAS students from Egypt about Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship. Hossam Fazulla is a researcher and writer from Cairo. He has spent the last 7 years bridging the gap between art and human rights as Director of Freedom of Artistic Creation at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) and as a former trainer at Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. Fazulla’s work focuses on cultural policies and the contemporary Egyptian cultural scene. Fazulla has authored several publications including Why You Can’t be Creative in Egypt (2017), Cultural Policies: Foundation, Evolution and Problems (2015), and co-authored Censor of Creativity (2013). Salma Khamis is a researcher and writer from Cairo, whose interests lie somewhere in between journalism and academia. She conducted research on Muslim-Christian relations and religious diversity in Egypt and currently works at one of the country's leading independent news outlets Mada Masr. These days, Salma’s research interests are more focused on literary studies of contemporary Egyptian cultural products. She examines representations of Egyptian identity constructions across various art forms, with a marked emphasis on revolutionary culture. Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-4-egypt

nuovi soggetti si uniscono alle proteste in Sudan, l’insediamento al Congresso americano delle nuove deputate, le pessime decisioni di Kevin Spacey e Louis C.K. dopo le accuse di molestie; il “muro delle donne” in India, nel 2018 è cresciuto il numero delle sparatorie nelle scuole americane, una vittima di sparatoria racconta la propria esperienza come chirurgo

nuovi soggetti si uniscono alle proteste in Sudan, l’insediamento al Congresso americano delle nuove deputate, le pessime decisioni di Kevin Spacey e Louis C.K. dopo le accuse di molestie; il “muro delle donne” in India, nel 2018 è cresciuto il numero delle sparatorie nelle scuole americane, una vittima di sparatoria racconta la propria esperienza come chirurgo

L’insorgere delle proteste in Sudan, le manifestazioni contro il governo in Ungheria, l’assoluzione delle ONG in Egitto dopo anni di processo, le intimidazioni contro gli ambientalisti in Kenya.

L’insorgere delle proteste in Sudan, le manifestazioni contro il governo in Ungheria, l’assoluzione delle ONG in Egitto dopo anni di processo, le intimidazioni contro gli ambientalisti in Kenya.

Le rivelazioni su Facebook e il suo ruolo nelle elezioni Usa del 2016; la carovana dei migranti è un ritratto delle Americhe; perché più della metà delle donne bianche americane vota ancora repubblicano; i risultati dell’indagine Cia sull’assassinio di Kashoggi; perché il fotografo Shawkan resta in carcere in Egitto anche se doveva essere liberato due mesi fa; i lettori del Guardian scrivono cosa ha significato Stan Lee per loro; lo speciale Marsiglia di Libé dopo il crollo degli edifici; la sospensione di Jim Acosta dalla sala stampa della Casa Bianca.

Le rivelazioni su Facebook e il suo ruolo nelle elezioni Usa del 2016; la carovana dei migranti è un ritratto delle Americhe; perché più della metà delle donne bianche americane vota ancora repubblicano; i risultati dell’indagine Cia sull’assassinio di Kashoggi; perché il fotografo Shawkan resta in carcere in Egitto anche se doveva essere liberato due mesi fa; i lettori del Guardian scrivono cosa ha significato Stan Lee per loro; lo speciale Marsiglia di Libé dopo il crollo degli edifici; la sospensione di Jim Acosta dalla sala stampa della Casa Bianca.

Journalist Lindsey Parietti, an Altamont native, went to Egypt to learn Arabic and stayed for eight years, covering the revolution and co-founding an online newspaper, Mada Masr. She’s now in England, working on a series for the BBC, and has just won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for her documentary, “Blood Island,” about chimpanzees poached in Africa for medical research by the New York Blood Center and then abandoned on an island without food or water. — Photo from Lindsey Parietti See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mada Masr, an online newspaper, is one of the few Egyptian media outlets that dares to challenge the status quo amid the repressive political climate that has taken hold since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2013. Heba Saleh spoke to chief editor and founder of the news site Lina Attala at the news site's offices in Cairo.Listen to FT News on iTunes or Stitcher. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Egypt is enduring the harshest crackdown on civil liberties and political freedom in its modern history. As media outlets, civic institutions, and political parties buckle or vanish under inordinate pressure, Mada Masr has managed to maintain a small space for free expression, publishing critical and engaging content in Arabic and English.   Founder and editor Lina Attalah, speaking in Cairo, discusses the risks and challenges of editing a publication that regularly publishes stories irksome to the government. She also discusses Mada’s experiments with collective management and reader engagement, as the publication seeks to succeed as a journalism business.   List of participants include:   Lina Attalah, Editor of Mada Masr Thanassis Cambanis, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation    

Anti-terrorism laws are sometimes used to muzzle the media. Journalists Denis Nkwebo in Cameroon and Mohanad El Sangary in Egypt detail the challenges they and their colleagues face in trying to navigate deliberately opaque laws and not land in prison. Anti-terrorism laws were enacted in 2013 in Egypt and in 2014 in Cameroon. And one of the things that Denis Nkwebo and Mohanad El Sangary said to each other was how surprisingly similar their situations were. In both countries the laws' provisions are criticised for being too broadly worded, for carrying the death sentence as the maximum penalty, and for allowing those accused of terrorism to be detained indefinitely. Cameroon's law says citizens can be tried in military court; in Egypt, citizens can be tried either before a military or a special court. A climate of fear In Cameroon, journalists have been arrested under terrorism charges because they either reported on Boko Haram, or on the unrest in the Anglophone regions where some residents feel they are treated as second class citizens and do not enjoy the same rights as Cameroonians in the French-speaking regions. Denis Nkwebo is based in Douala where he is the deputy editor-in-chief of the French daily, Le Jour. He is also the President of the Cameroon Journalists Trade Union and a member of the Steering Committee of the Federation of African Journalists. “Under section seven of the [anti-terrorism] law… if you fail to denounce to the authorities those planning a public demonstration, you could face charges,” says Nkwebo. Eleven journalists working in the north-western and south-western Anglophone regions have been arrested and only one, Awah Thomas, still remains in custody. This climate of fear has made journalists including those living in Francophone areas less willing to cover what is going on in the English-speaking regions. In both Cameroon and Egypt, it is an offence to report anything that contradicts the government’s statements, or that of the military. “Journalists are harassed. Many media owners have been stopped from airing programmes on what is happening in that part [of Cameroon],” Nkwebo comments. Mohanad El Sangary is a freelance journalist based in Cairo. He is one of the few journalists willing to come and speak on our show and give his name. In addition to the anti-terrorism law that has installed an atmosphere of fear in Egypt, there is a nationwide state of emergency in place which also allows the government to censor the media before publication. “The government has blocked more than 420 news website in Egypt,” explains El Sangary. “They have stopped some newspapers from circulating, [like] Daily News Egypt, the only newspaper printed in English, under the pretence that the owner is [a member of the] Muslim Brotherhood.” A game of cat and mouse to escape jail To circumvent such stringent rules, Egyptians use VPN websites. But El Sangary says it is “a game of cat and mouse” because the government keeps blocking the VPN. More often than not, he says, people follow journalists on social media to keep abreast of the news. Twitter and Facebook are the preferred platforms. “News outlets like Mada Masr find creative ways to fight the blockade. So they publish their articles on their Facebook page. But unless there is a political change on the ground, there isn’t going to be a real solution,” El Sangany explains. In Cameroon as well as in Egypt, journalists do not trust the judiciary to uphold the rule of law. “In Cameroon, [there is] the case of Ahmed Abba. He was brought in front of a military court. At no point in time was the judiciary able to bring evidence against him. But he [got] ten years. “We are very afraid of the trend the judiciary is taking in this country. It is not the place of the journalists to face a military court!” Nkwebo exclaims. In Egypt, El Sangary describes a more complex situation where part of the judiciary is controlled by the government and part is not, and where others are governed by what the journalist describes as their ideologies. Solidarity is the answer to oppression Answering a question posed by Nkwebo, El Sangary says that working together on a continental scale could be a solution to put a stop to such oppression. “We need to organise ourselves in groups and unions [that can] lobby freedom of speech in Africa. Of course, it is going to be dangerous because of our governments. But we can, at least, try to find publishing venues to support each other. And if a journalist in Cameroon goes missing, then everyone in Africa, in the world, knows he or she went missing.” El Sangary wanted to know whether the anti-terror laws are really effective in fighting back terrorism in Cameroon. Nkwebo does not believe this is the case. “These laws have never stopped Boko Haram. It has simply stopped journalists from going to the field. I, personally, have stopped travelling to the far North [to cover Boko Haram] because you don’t know what happens to you if you go there,” says Nkwebo. "In my case, I was assault on orders from the ministry of defence," he adds. Not giving up When journalists work under such a climate of repression, when their lives are in danger, when self-censorship becomes a method of survival, how do they find the inspiration to continue doing the work and not give up? For Nwebo: “We are permanently negotiating with some authorities to be allowed to do our work. It is an obligation for each and every journalist to defend the truth… to go wherever there is need for information, whatever the risks may be.” For El Sangary: “The reason I write is to make a difference. We write out of hope and hope trumps fear.” Follow Denis Nkewbo on Twitter @DENISNKWEBO Follow Mohanad El Sangary on Facebook Follow Zeenat Hansrod on Twitter @zxnt

“This is an unprecedented moment of restriction for us as journalists - and people in general in Egypt,” says Lina Attalah. She and other journalists founded an independent online news outlet, Mada Masr, in the wake of the Arab Spring. But in these turbulent times, it hasn’t been easy. At Storyology, we paired her up with Peter Greste, the journalist who came to Egypt in 2013 for a “very vanilla” story and found himself imprisoned on trumped-up charges of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood. Conversations from Storyology is a miniseries in the WalkleyTalks podcast, produced by Kate Golden for the Walkley Foundation with help from 2SER in Sydney, Australia. This episode was edited by Ninah Kopel. Music is “Puzzle Pieces” by Lee Rosevere. Subscribe to the Walkleys newsletter at walkleys.com/subscribe.