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Subterfuge and State TV

November 19, 2011 by Louisa Loveluck

On 9 October, State TV reported that a march of Coptic activists had attacked members of the military, killing three. The allegations inflamed an already tense situation. It has since been revealed that the army fired on the protestors, not the other way round. In an embarrassing u-turn, the Egyptian authorities were forced to admit that there were no military deaths that night. However, the version of events implicating Coptic activists as the catalyst for violence gained widespread traction, even […]

Categories: Egypt, Media • Tags: Egypt, Journalism, Media, SCAF, State TV

Translating the Revolution

April 13, 2011 by Louisa Loveluck

“The poetry of this revolt is not reducible to a text that can be read and translated in words, for it is also an act in and of itself.” The Egyptian revolution has presented us with a number of intellectual challenges, not least the question of how to interpret events that seemed as globalised as they were localised. Although the uprising was a distinctly Egyptian expression of anger and frustration, many outside the country’s borders were also able to ‘live’ the […]

Categories: Egypt, Media • Tags: Egypt, Journalism, Languages, Media, Poetry, Revolution

Red Lines and the Egyptian Media

April 12, 2011 by Louisa Loveluck

Two contrasting stories caught the eye yesterday. Firstly, the announcement that media outlets will no longer need to obtain approval from the security services before releasing publications. On the face of things, this is a positive step forward, and one that is consistent with the apparent increase in press freedom that followed the fall of Hosni Mubarak. However, as with so much of of Egyptian politics, there is more to this announcement than meets the eye. As proven by the uncompromising treatment […]

Categories: Egypt, Media • Tags: Egypt, Human Rights, Journalism, Media

Sarah Phillips on Yemen

April 11, 2011 by Louisa Loveluck

The Guardian is carrying a great piece from Sarah Phillips on the struggle in Yemen, here’s a taster: I see pictures on Facebook of my young Yemeni friends demonstrating peacefully but assertively. Some of them are carrying gruesome pictures of those killed by the regime’s snipers to bolster their argument that the president has lost his legitimacy to rule and must leave. These heady days will remain with them on the difficult road ahead as biographical hooks in their political […]

Categories: America, Media, Yemen • Tags: America, Media, War on Terror, Yemen

Dislodging the Deep State

April 9, 2011 by Louisa Loveluck

The Egyptian military are under fire. Yesterday, 3000 gathered in Tahrir Square to demand that they deliver on their promised reforms and bring to justice former regime members. The rally was met with an uncompromising response as the army used tasers, batons and – allegedly – live rounds to disperse the crowd under the cover of a night curfew. This reaction only adds to a growing body of accusations that have trickled out over the past month: activists claim have made […]

Categories: Egypt • Tags: Egypt, Human Rights, Media

L E Loveluck

Cairo-based freelance journalist

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Subterfuge and State TV

Translating the Revolution

Red Lines and the Egyptian Media

Sarah Phillips on Yemen

Dislodging the Deep State

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