Al Jazeera
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 08:35 PM1 min readVerified Wire
Egypt orders closure of leading independent news site Mada Masr

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Editor Lina Attalah was freed once a $53,400 fine was paid, only to learn of a one-year sentence passed in her absence.
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