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On Tuesday 27 October, the New Cairo Misdemeanour Court fined Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah EGP 3 million (~$53,400) and ordered the closure of the website, in a case over operating a website without a licence. Attalah was released later that day after the fine was paid, Mada Masr said. Egyptian Streets has issued the following statement. --- Arabic-language newspapers began in Egypt, with Al-Waqa'i al-Misriyya first printed in Cairo in 1828. In 1998, Egypt became the first Arab country to…
