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Mohamed Fahmy and the pipsqueaks

02/14/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Make no mistake; Mohamed Fahmy is not safe yet. He’s out on bail, but a re-trial looms. And given the events of the last few days, and months, there’s no reason to suppose it will go according to what Mr. Fahmy’s supporters, as well as our naïve, ineffectual Conservative government, hope is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Australia, Canada, Conservatives, Egypt, foreign, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, international affairs, John Baird, journalism, law, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper

Mohamed Fahmy and our silent Prime Minister

06/24/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, says Canada is “very disappointed” with the guilty verdict given Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy along with two others in Egypt yesterday. In the States, meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry called the verdicts “chilling and draconian.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “completely […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Canada, David Cameron, Egypt, international affairs, John Baird, John Kerry, law, Lynne Yelich, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper, Tony Abbott

The Video: John and Tarek say hi

10/10/2013 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Canada, Egypt, film, Israel

U.K. assaults Pirate Bay — and digital rights

05/04/2012 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Saskboy Children learn how to use computers and work around restrictions by experimentation and reading. So too must adults when they are confronted with restrictions. It’s a good idea to learn how to evade censorship before the flow of information is shut off — otherwise, working around the problem becomes much more difficult because […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: censorship, Egypt, internet, Pirate Bay, U.K.

McLuhan saw this coming

02/15/2011 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle Lost in all of the hum online about Egypt and the CRTC was that 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan. He was right. When I tweeted that, my friend Rod Mickleburgh of The Globe and Mail shot back: @davebrindleshow mcluhan was certainly right when he gave my […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: broadcasting, Canada, CRTC, Egypt, internet, internet journalism, Marshall McLuhan, new media, social media, television

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