Arrested in May during a demonstration in Cairo,
Alaa Abdel-Fattah, one of the most popular pro-democracy voices in Egypt, is continuing to blog from his jail cell by sending postings via cell phone, the
Associated Press reported Tuesday.
A number of independent newspapers have appeared in Egypt over the last few years. The most prominent of these is the daily Al Masry Al Youm, which in 2004 was the first independent political daily to receive a publication license in Egypt since 1958. The paper has become the country's fourth largest daily, with a claimed circulation of over 50,000 copies. Al Amsry Al Youm is widely viewed as "the most professional newspaper in Egypt," and established its position as fourth largest daily partially through a television campaign promoting itself as an independent and professional publication.
