November 4th, 2008 by Tariq

Michael Allen has another post worthy of reading today at Democracy Digest, this time he sums up the conclusion of Egypt’s National Democratic Party’s annual conference. There is nothing new to mention here: “most commentators [agree] that it had failed to meet the meeting’s declared purpose of offering ‘New Thoughts for Egypt’s Future’” More interestingly, however, he mentions the influence of the parallel cyber-conference, and the effects of blogging on the old actors of the Egyptian stage, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the NDP. “As the regime has stifled freedom of criticism, harassing journalists and seeking to curb satellite TV, the web has become a vital outlet for expressing grievances and criticism of the regime - and for confronting opposition elites too.”

On a related note, here is an interesting video on internet freedom in Egypt.

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