Maikel Nabil Sanad is dying, his family says. The jailed 26-year-old Egyptian blogger has been on a hunger strike for over two weeks to protest his imprisonment.  “Maikel was never afraid,” says his brother Mark, 19. “Since 2005, he wrote many articles against Mubarak and was never arrested, never taken to court. But the first time he writes against the military council, he gets arrested.” On the ground in Egypt, Sharif Abdel Kouddous has the story » Above: Nabil Sanad Ibrahim stands next to a poster of his son, Maikel, in front of the Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo. Image by Sharief Abdel Kouddous. Egypt, 2011.
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Maikel Nabil Sanad is dying, his family says. The jailed 26-year-old Egyptian blogger has been on a hunger strike for over two weeks to protest his imprisonment.

 “Maikel was never afraid,” says his brother Mark, 19. “Since 2005, he wrote many articles against Mubarak and was never arrested, never taken to court. But the first time he writes against the military council, he gets arrested.”

On the ground in Egypt, Sharif Abdel Kouddous has the story »

Above: Nabil Sanad Ibrahim stands next to a poster of his son, Maikel, in front of the Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo. Image by Sharief Abdel Kouddous. Egypt, 2011.

Press Freedom Post-Mubarak

May 27 - Tahrir Square: “Second Day of Rage”. Image by Sharif Kouddous. Egypt, 2011.

Wow! So much great new reporting, how will we share it all with you? 

On Monday, we launched a new project aptly titled, Egypt: The Revolution Continues since, you know, the revolution continues.

After covering the Egyptian uprising, former Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous is back in Egypt to report on the country’s struggle for democracy. He just published a piece on the fight for press freedom in a-Mubarak Egypt in The Nation.

“We have to ensure that the media is a part of the struggle to democratize our society in parallel to our efforts to democratize the government.”

-Hossam Bahgat, executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

We’ll keep sharing new reporting from some great new projects, but as always, check our website pulitzercenter.org for more