Attalah was briefly detained and ordered to pay more than $50,000 amid a government crackdown on independent media.

The court-ordered closure of Mada Masr, after years of legal and security harassment, and the continued detention of six Matsda2sh journalists signal an intensifying crackdown on independent media. It comes as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is preparing for a post-2030 political transition, warns about threats to…

Political Gridlock in Israel After No Clear Winner Emerges from Tuesday’s National Election, Israeli Troops Violently Disperse Protest in Occupied West Bank, Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and One Month in Prison, Lina Attalah, Editor of Independent Egyptian Outlet Mada Masr, Released from…

This “severe blow” to independent media is an “unprecedented escalation,” says a journalist who previously worked there.

Drop Site Daily: October 27, 2026

MEE staff on Tue, 10/27/2026 - 13:41 The conviction of respected journalist Lina Attalah and the closure of the independent news site represents a devastating blow to press freedom in the country Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Cairo-based online newspaper Mada Masr, pictured…

A court in Cairo has ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr. The court also ordered the site’s editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, to be detained until she pays a fine of over $50,000. She was convicted on charges of managing an unlicensed website. Mada Masr is “the flagship independent media…

The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for an Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief.