Last month, the general prosecutor issued a ban on the publication of an ongoing investigation conducted by the Central Auditing Organization (CAO) on corruption. The ban silenced all media outlets and triggered numerous speculations about the degree of the corruption and the liability of the CAO’s director. In 2015, 14 publication bans were issued on […]

Earlier last week, both Khaled Al-Bulshi, head of the Freedoms Committee and Mahmood Kamel, the youngest and newest member of the Union of Journalist Council announced a sit-in to improve the conditions of their imprisoned fellow journalists. Kamel spoke to Correspondents to hear the reasons behind the sit-in, the expected results, and the potential response […]

In April 1977, a number of mothers of missing people met at the Plaza de Mayo, located in front of the presidential palace in the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires and demanded that the destiny of their sons and daughters— detained or killed after failing to obtain any information through ‘legitimate’ channels— be revealed by the government. […]

The worst thing in the world is to leave someone’s fate to a matter of opinions and controversy. Ahmad Naji’s freedom, his future, and his personal safety have now become based on our personal judgment and opinions. We have no control over the widespread corruption, but it is shocking how a chapter from his novel […]

One Thursday in late May, 2015, a colleague from Akhbar Elyom called to inform me that a policeman inquired about the full name of Ahmed Naji and asked for a copy of Akhbar Al-Adab’s August 2015 issue. I said I did not know his full name and any information would only be obtained through the […]

I do not specifically know the number of statements that I signed related to freedom of speech nor the number of seminars and conferences I attended listening to eloquent words defending a writer’s right to creativity, nor the amount of topics and press statements that we used to collect on the limited freedom that we […]

I have been friends with Ahmad Naji since 2006. We met at Akhbar Al-Adab newspaper, where we sat in crowded rooms discussing books and mocking intellectuals. I  hadheard about his blog before I met him. Over the years, I got to know him better and became more familiar with his blogs. In the same year, […]

When Antonio of Shakespeare’s The Tempest was asked about his conscience while considering a murder, he said: “Ay, sir; where lies that? If ’twere a kibe, ‘twould put me to my slipper: but I feel not this deity in my bosom.” I remembered Antonio while Naji was telling the story of a fellow prisoner accused […]

Correspondents met with General Secretary of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS), which is now in conflict with the Ministry of Interior after doctors were allegedly attacked in a government hospital. On Friday, February 12 more than 10,000 doctors gathered inside and outside the Medical Syndicate in Kasr El Aini Street in Cairo in an emergency […]

Bassal Port Cotton Exchange (BPCE) is one of the world’s oldest cotton exchanges, and has historically  been the main hub for Egyptian cotton –  playing a major role in the booming cotton trade in the region. Bassal Port Cotton Exchange (BPCE) is one of the world’s oldest cotton exchanges, and has historically  been the main […]