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Al-Monitor mourns Bassem Sabry

The Al-Monitor family is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Bassem Sabry.

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Bassem Sabry at the International Press Institute's World Congress to receive the Press Freedom Award with other members of the Al-Monitor team in Cape Town, South Africa, April 14, 2014. — Al-Monitor

The Al-Monitor family is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Bassem Sabry.

“Bassem Sabry represented the true pulse and spirit of Al-Monitor,” said Jamal Daniel, founder and CEO of Al-Monitor. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Sabry, whose columns on Egyptian politics regularly appeared in Al-Monitor, was widely considered to be among the most incisive and respected analysts of the country’s politics. 

In addition to Al-Monitor, his writings appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic and Hurriyet Daily News, as well as Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Shorouk and Al-Tahrir.

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