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Egyptian military soldiers stand guard atop armored personnel carriers at Maspero, an Egypt’s state tv and radio station, not far from Tahrir Square in Cairo Saturday, July 6, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Hiro Komae

Back to the future for Egypt’s state media

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2013 | Media

Cairo, Reuters—”The army and people, one hand!” was the rallying cry of jubilant masses of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the night Hosni Mubarak fell, and again last Wednesday, when the army overthrew elected President Mohamed Mursi. It...

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Demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag during a protest outside Jerusalem’s magistrates’ court in support of Samer al-Issawi, one of four Palestinians held by Israel who have been on an intermittent hunger strike, February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Hamas Bans Working with Israeli Media

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Hamas government in Gaza has issued orders to its officials not to meet with or grant interviews to the Israeli media. According to a report published by the UK-based The Guardian newspaper, the governmental decree—issued earlier this...