Dossier: Giulio Regeni’s murder. How to obscure information and social research in Egypt
babelmed / Egypt
babelmed / Egypt
Today in Egypt social research and independent information is too risky of an enterprise. These fields are considered dangerous by the al Sisi government, since the reality that comes through is a far cry from the official narrative, revealing the unsaid: directed arrests, media censorship, and forced disappearances. What should be a normal application of the right of expression and the manifestation of thought, in Egypt has become a form of resistance. For this reason it is of utmost importance to publish in segments a dossier dedicated to the Italian researcher, Giulio Regeni, whose voice had evidently become too uncomfortable.
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Lea Martinoli (babelmed) Web Arts Resistances is a media platform born to tell of civil resistance initiatives to defend basic human rights and strengthen social connections through artistic creativity. A purpose not so far from what Giulio Regeni strove for in his work in social research; according to the people who really knew him, this is what his parents tell. |
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Heba El-Sherif (Mada Masr) Much of the scant commentary in Egyptian newspapers and on television talk shows on the case has oscillated between speculation that foreign media is conspiring to bring Egypt down — a staple state discourse — and calls to defend national interests, specifically the country’s economic deals with Italy and its mediating role vis-a-vis Libya. |
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