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Article: The last frontier: in 2004, Egypt had a mere 40 registered blogs. Today, that number has risen to well over 1,000, creating a new medium for the diffusion of ideas. This situation has worked in favour of the growing opposition in the country, allowing activists to communicate their message of dissent. Joseph Mayton reports from Cairo.
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- The Middle East
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- August 1, 2006
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AS ALAA ABDEL FATTAH, an internationally renowned blogger, languishes in prison for his involvement at a public demonstration in May, Egyptians are taking to the internet in order to publicise their cause.
Alaa's blog, www.manalaa.net, won the Reporters Sans Frontieres award for Freedom of Expression. He continues to smuggle messages out of prison, which are then published on the web.
Manal, the second half of manalaa.net, and Alaa's wife explains, "Blogs reflect who we are as people and as we become more politically active it is reflected in our blogs."
But not all the attention the blogs have attracted has been welcome; the Egyptian ...