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Egyptian journalists jailed for ‘insulting’ Interior Ministry
An Egyptian court sentenced three journalists to 3 months in prison on Tuesday for “spreading false news about the Interior Ministry”. The North Cairo Criminal Court also fined the journalists — all of whom work for the Al-Dostour newspaper — 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($ 1,300), reported Aswat Masriya, an...
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Reflecting on Palestine's grief, humour and steadfastness
Download the full transcript of the keynote address by Karen Koning AbuZayd at MEMO’s Palestine Book Awards 2015. This address was delivered on November 19th 2015, in London. Karen AbuZayd was the Commissioner-General for UNRWA from June 2005 to January 2010. Before joining UNRWA, AbuZayd worked for the Office of the United...