Egypt Launches English-Language Blog
Journalists take part in a protest against the detention of Ahmed Ramadan, a photojournalist with the private Egyptian newspaper “Tahrir,” in front of the Syndicate of Journalists in Cairo, Egypt
The Egyptian foreign ministry has launched an English-language blog that aims to counteract “inaccurate” reporting on the country by the foreign press.
Launched earlier this week, Egypt MFA Blog: Egypt Connects “provides a tool to supplement formal channels of information and to circumvent the labyrinthine editorial policies of the mainstream international media,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry wrote in a welcome note on the blog, which is run using the blogging site WordPress. Details
