Mada Masr was born in a difficult time. The Cairo-based independent digital news site launched on June 30, 2013, as then-president Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the Egyptian army. Its founders ...

The persistent targeting of Mada Masr and its staff is indicative of the Egyptian authorities' systematic prosecution and detainment of journalists. This statement was originally published on ...

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UNTIL LATE November the staff at Mada Masr, an online newspaper, would sometimes wonder, only half in jest, why they had not been arrested. These are bleak times for Egypt’s press. No country, except ...