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					How old-fashioned violence and repression thwarted the ‘Facebook revolution’ in Egypt
				
Max Gallien contrasts Tahrir Square in 2011 and 2016.

					Ian McEwan on free speech and religion
				
The celebrated English novelist on Islam’s ‘totalitarian moment’ and why freedom of expression is not religion’s enemy but its protector.

					Imported repression in the Middle East
				
A leaked document in June 2014 from Egypt’s ministry of the interior invited tenders for cyber-surveillance technology to combat blasphemy, sarcasm and ‘lack of morality’ – the technology would likely come from the west.  Max Gallien reports. 

					Egypt: the show is over
				
Bassem Youssef and the Egyptian struggle for freedom of speech.

					Has Innocence of Muslims ended the innocence of YouTube?
				
Join us to debate the role internet platforms like YouTube should play in setting free speech agendas in your country, your language and across the world. Online editor Brian Pellot kicks off the discussion. 

					Why the Arab world needs community radio
				
Social media and satellite television played a crucial role in the Arab uprisings, but Daoud Kuttab argues community radio must be embraced to effect positive change in the region.

					Egypt’s one-way traffic in books
				
Historian Khaled Fahmy describes how historic Egyptian books are more easily found in Western than in Egyptian libraries – and how a scholarly history of the Middle East was recently banned from entering Egypt.

					Al-Azhar’s ‘Bill of Rights’
				
Following the Arab Spring, a venerable Islamic institution’s new Statement on Basic Freedoms suggests where sharia law may (and may not) be compatible with international conventions to guarantee free expression.

					How impartial was the the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring?
				
A new report from former UN director of communications Edward Mortimer says the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings was “reasonably impartial”.

					How open access to scientific journals can help the developing world
				
Open access publishing models are having a significant impact on the dissemination on scientific information but their impact on the developing world is uncertain, writes Jorge L Contreras.

					Is it time for a global conversation on free speech?
				
A panel of experts joins FSD Director Timothy Garton Ash at London’s Frontline Club to discuss some of the world’s most pressing free speech issues.

					Mapping edits to Wikipedia from Africa
				
Egypt made more edits to Wikipedia than any other African country between 2010 and 2011, according to new research.

					Kazeboon: Egypt’s anti-military campaign
				
In 2011, a group of young Egyptians organised public film screenings to expose military violence against civilians, writes Hebatalla Taha. 

					Wadah Khanfar: Was Al-Jazeera partisan under his watch?
				
The former head of Al Jazeera denies allegations that the network was in any way partisan under his watch, a criticism frequently levelled at the broadcaster, which is funded by the emir of Qatar.

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part two
				
In the second part of this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part one
				
In this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Can Europe and the Middle East agree on the terms of freedom of expression?
				
A lecture by Timothy Garton Ash in Egypt at the AUC New Cairo.

					Khaled Fahmy: How the right to information can transform Egyptian politics (Arabic)
				
Khaled Fahmy, Professor and Chair of the History Department at the American University in Cairo, discusses robust civility and the role of the army for free speech in Egypt. To watch an interview with Fahmy in English, click here.

					The trial of Naguib Sawiris
				
Naguib Sawiris was accused of contempt for tweeting an image of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively sporting a bushy beard and veil, writes Jacob Amis

					Zur (fehlenden) Berichterstattung über Homosexualität im Nahen Osten
				
Im Nahen Osten berichten Medien über Homosexualität nicht in gleichem Maße wie über andere Themen. Von Brian Pellot

					(Not) reporting homosexuality in the Middle East
				
Media in the Middle East do not report gay issues in the same way as they would other news. By Brian Pellot.
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