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Egypt Cracks Down On Insults to Religion

Egypt's media and unviversities are under pressure from government censors.
Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef gestures as he talks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE) - RTXYIZ3

When Mona Prince opened her Facebook inbox on April 13 and saw the message from a colleague, she thought at first that it was a bad joke. She read an appeal by students of the Suez Canal University, where Prince works as a professor of English. It was the invitation to join a rally — and to demand her expulsion.

"I was shocked when I realized that the call was meant seriously," Prince, 43, said in an interview with Al-Monitor — numerous interrogations and murder threats later. She can no longer pursue her work and will probably have to answer to the court, her professional future uncertain.

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