Egyptian journalist and chief editor of the publication Mada Masr, Lina Attalah, was chosen among TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Attalah, who co-founded Mada Masr and became a recipient of the Knight International Journalism award this year, was chosen to be part of this list for her dedication to honest journalism in spite of intense adversity, and her commitment to “constantly [making] the choice to do stories they [Mada Masr] know will bring ‘good trouble,'” in the words of Filipina journalist Maria Ressa. TIME’s 100 Most Influential People are traditionally nominated by the 100 of the previous year, and Attalah was the choice of Ressa, an investigative journalist who co-founded the news website Rappler and was named TIME’s Person of the Year 2018 along with a group of journalists. Time Magazine highlighted the challenges Attalah and her team went through as they pursued risky and sensitive stories. Mada Masr, whose office was stormed by security forces late in 2019, has had its main online domain blocked in Egypt for several years, but continues to find ways to publish its work, and Attalah was…
Egyptian Journalist Lina Attalah Named One of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People
September 23, 2020
