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      The Dreams of an Old Knight
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / February 25, 2013

      Hamdy El-Gazzar addresses Egypt’s latest protests in the words of poet Salah Abdel Sabour.

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    • Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez enters
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / February 23, 2013

      This week: Turkey labeled the ‘world’s biggest prison’ for media, defining freedom of speech in Egypt, a Cuban blogger embarks on a world tour.

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    • CAPTION
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / February 16, 2013

      This week: account of an attack against journalist Lars Hedegaard, the Mexican cartel’s intimidation tactics, and a Chinese blogger’s grassroots revolution.

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    • Pro-Morsi Rally
      The Wolf Addresses the Non-compliant Lamb Pt. 2 (Arabic Text)
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / January 28, 2013

      In the second part of an imagined monologue, Hamdy el-Gazzar addresses the unrest surrounding the new Egyptian constitution.

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    • Pro-Morsi Rally
      The Wolf Addresses the Non-compliant Lamb Pt. 2
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / January 28, 2013

      In the second part of an imagined monologue, Hamdy el-Gazzar addresses the unrest surrounding the new Egyptian constitution.

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    • Man Made installation by Egyptian artist Moataz Nasr.
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / January 26, 2013

      This week: Burma dissolved the censorship board, musicians battle censors in Iran, and a Google executive visits North Korea.

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      The Wolf Addresses the Non-compliant Lamb (Arabic Text)
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / December 17, 2012

      In an imagined monologue writer Hamdy el-Gazzar presents Egypt’s ongoing constitutional crisis.

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      The Wolf Addresses the Non-compliant Lamb
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / December 17, 2012

      In an imagined monologue writer Hamdy el-Gazzar presents Egypt’s ongoing constitutional crisis.

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    • Egypt December 4
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / December 8, 2012

      This week: free speech at U.S. universities, Internet regulations to be discussed at the ITU, and Iranian writers call for an end to book censorship.

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    • Conflict at Simon Bolivar Square
      “Jica”: A new Khalid Saiid on Mohamed Mahmourd Street
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / December 3, 2012

      On November 19, 2012, a march was held in Cairo to call for the reform of the Egyptian police. One of the protestors, Mohamed “Jica” Jaber, was killed.

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