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Sarah Carr is a British-Egyptian journalist in Cairo. She blogs at www.inanities.org.
Basil El-Dabh is a reporter for the Cairo-based independent newspaper Daily News Egypt. An Egyptian American, he graduated from Georgetown University in 2010 with a B.A. in political economy. He has contributed to a number of outlets analyzing political developments in post-revolution Egypt, looking at such topics as the behavior of political parties, Mohamed Morsi’s presidency, and sectarianism.
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The Egyptian media landscape both before and after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster has been one in which the polemical television personality Tawfik Okasha has thrived. But Okasha, known for his conspiracy theories and strident rhetoric, particularly against the Muslim Brotherhood, has perhaps risen to greater fame and influence recently. With a convergence between anti-Brotherhood positions and Egyptian government policy and public opinion occurring since the mass protests that culminated in Mohamed Morsi’s removal by the military on July 3, Okasha’s views have become more mainstream.
