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Journalist side-lined for criticizing government in Al-Ahram column
From the Daily News Egypt:
Local press reports allege that Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif has twice disqualified journalist and poet Farouk Goweida from nomination for membership of the Supreme Council for Culture over the past three months in retaliation for a series of articles critical of the government.
The article series titled “The Land Mafia,” which were published in the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper, heavily criticized the government for not following due process when selling state-owned land to investors and businessmen.