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This June 29, 2012 photo shows late Egyptian blogger Bassem Sabry during a newspaper interview in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Mohamed Nouhan, Al-Shorouk newspaper)
by Diana Moukalled | May 6, 2014 | Opinion
The tweets came thick and fast on Twitter—expressions of sorrow for the sudden death of the young Egyptian blogger Bassem Sabry in an accident. Many of his friends and followers wrote about the magnitude of the loss of a promising writer and researcher whose writing...
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Egyptians hold national flags during a rally in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 30, 2014 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian journalist, blogger and pro-democracy activist Bassem Sabry has died at the age of 32, reportedly falling from a balcony on Monday, according to security officials. A prominent young voice during the revolution that toppled former...