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Lina Attalah is an Egyptian journalist. She co-founded the independent news outlet Mada Masr in 2013 and is its editor-in-chief. She was previously managing editor of Egypt Independent, the English-language edition of Al-Masry Al-Youm.
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An Egyptian court convicted Mada Masr editor Lina Attalah of running an unlicensed website, fined her about $54,000 and ordered the independent outlet closed. Mada Masr says its license applications went unanswered; press freedom groups condemned the ruling.
