Egyptian Court Orders News Site Closed as Critics Warn of a Crackdown NYT - World By: Erika Solomon and Rania Khaled 27 October 2026 at 17:21 Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief. © Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLina Attalah, co-founder and editor in chief of the Cairo-based online newspaper Mada Masr, in Cairo in 2020.
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