Also worth noting this morning:

  • Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (a.k.a Shawkan) is turning 30 behind bars, where he’s been for four years on charges of murderand potentially faces the death penalty, according to France24.
  • The New York Times’ Cairo bureau chief Declan Walsh tells all about the prevalence of smartphones and social media in Egypt, and how “the internet can be teeth-grindingly slow.”
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