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« Makram-Ebied resigns from al-Ghad | Main | Kifaya Website Down »
2:02PM

al-`Arabi newspaper delayed

al-`Arabi newspaper, the voice of the Nasserist opposition party, has been delayed for at least 24 hours. Usually, the highly critical paper is released on Sunday morning but can be picked up at a news-agent on Saturday night.

The paper's editorial staff is saying that it has been delayed but will be available by this evening.

It seems censorship/delays are on the rise in the wake of last week - with the Brotherhood's site only intermittently available and the Kifaya site down.

Updates to follow.

UPDATE:

I spoke to Abd al-Halim Qandil and there appears to have been a problem with al-`Arabi's computers rather than a censorship issue.

Yesterday was a slightly paranoid day for censorship. But…one has that in such a climate.

Apologies for jumping to conclusions.

Reader Comments (5)

the ikhwan website seems to ahve been blocked a looong time ago according to many reports. the ikhwanonline.org domain works at the moment.

the kefaya website was not censored or anything, there where technical problems, typical technical problems relating to sudden increase in traffic, a bunch of techies are meeting soon to discuss a new infrastructure for the website.

no Idea about al-araby.

May 29, 2005 at 5:34 PM | Unregistered CommenterAlaa

Al-Arabi was delayed for logistic reasons. Not political stuff-yet :)

May 29, 2005 at 11:34 PM | Unregistered CommenterEgyptian

Yeah, The Egyptian is right. I spoke to Abd al-Halim Qandil and there appears to have been a problem with the al-Arabi computers rather than a censorship issue.

Today was a slightly paranoid day for censorship. But...one has that in such a climate.

And as was rightly pointed out - al-Arabi was not banned for political reasons - - - - - - - yet.

May 30, 2005 at 2:42 AM | Unregistered CommenterJosh Stacher

al-Araby is out on newsstands today, with the some good pictures of last Wednesday on the front page.

May 30, 2005 at 10:00 AM | Unregistered CommenterMohamed

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