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Mostafa Hashem Youssef is an Egyptian journalist for Al-Shorouk specializing in coverage of Islamists, the Sinai and war, and also writes for the Carnegie Middle East Center and the Atlantic Council. He covered the Libyan revolution 2011 and the 2012 war between Israel and Gaza.
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![Protesters rally in support of Al Jazeera journalists Abdullah al-Shami and Mohammed Sultan, who were detained by Egyptian authorities, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, June 1, 2014. According to Al Jazeera's website, the two journalists have been in detention since August last year for providing information to the Muslim Brotherhood. The government has declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist group". The Brotherhood says it is a peaceful organisation. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLIT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR3RQ4O.jpg/RTR3RQ4O.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=edQlO5Bw)
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![A youth stands in front of a barbed wire fence set up by soldiers after night clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2013. Egyptian police fired teargas to drive protesters out of Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, breaking up a demonstration commemorating 42 protesters killed two years ago while opposing the government that took power after Hosni Mubarak's downfall. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTX15LMN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/01/RTX15LMN.jpg/RTX15LMN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=OqNe0GC6)
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![Islamist protesters and activists from the "Ahrar movement" hold a banner of detained fellow demonstrators during a protest supporting them, against the Interior Ministry and members of the Brotherhood in front of the prosecutor-general's office in Cairo April 11, 2013. The demonstrators say the detainees were arrested during protests on April 9 outside Mansoura College. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) - RTXYHKW](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/12/RTXYHKW.jpg/RTXYHKW.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ruNU3ydB)
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