Tag: counter-maspero

Egyptian bloggers and dissent

Posted on 22/05/201125/02/2021 By 3arabawy

Aalam Wassef’s videos over the past years have been inspirational to me and many other Egyptians.

I never got to meet him in person till the uprising, and I’m truly honored.

#Jan25 Egypt’s intifada and social media

Posted on 27/01/201115/02/2021 By 3arabawy

Mark Levine interviews me for Al-Jazeera’s English website.

When reporting becomes activism

Posted on 01/12/201007/01/2021 By 3arabawy

Al-Jazeera English website interviews Philip Rizk, Khaled Hamza and me on media and activism in Egypt.

I’ll never get tired of repeating this: In a dictatorship, independent journalism by default becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation.