@nancyayoussef God are you OK?? So sorry to hear that.
— The Big Pharaoh (@TheBigPharaoh) August 17, 2013
@TheBigPharaoh I am dear, thanks. Angry more than anything else. Police are encouraging chaos out there.
— Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف (@nancyayoussef) August 17, 2013
Violence against women has long been a part of the political unrest in Egypt, so much so that volunteers set up watchtowers in Tahrir Square and established a “Tahrir Bodyguard” Twitter account to provide escorts and respond to reports of assault. Now, with violence against Western journalists beginning to claim lives, it’s an especially dangerous place for female reporters such as Nancy Youssef, Middle East Bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers. She claims police encouraged a mob to beat her up.
Other tweets suggest that no one is safe, and a statement reportedly issued by Egypt’s State Information Service acknowledges that “Egypt is feeling severe bitterness towards some Western media coverage that is biased to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
At a time when the SIS expresses its respect for the freedom of opinion and expression, it noticed that some media coverage has steered away from objectivity and neutrality that are internationally common, according to a certain political agenda; a state of affairs that led to conveying a distorted image that is very much far from the facts and media coverage.
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Egypt's govt "urges all media outlets to be accurate in their coverage and not to rely on false information and use only verified reports"
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) August 17, 2013
Coup regime Deliberately targeting journalists ..killed 4 journalists arrested 5 journalists..Assault foreign journalists#coup #egypt
— abdelmoneim Mahmoud عبدالمنعم محمود (@moneimpress) August 17, 2013
My Twitter feed full of people looking for journalists arrested, detained, missing in #Cairo
— Kristen McTighe (@KristenMcTighe) August 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/knightcali/status/368856120778977280
Guardian correspondent Patrick Kingsley is currently detained in al Daher police stations after a citizens' arrest. @petersbeaumont
— Louisa Loveluck (@leloveluck) August 17, 2013
This is the first day in two years of news coverage in #Cario that I haven't been able to cover the story where it is on the street. #Egypt.
— Ed Giles (@edgiles) August 17, 2013
Foreign reporter based in #Cairo shaved his beard after he was attacked by pple chasing islamists. He's released after an ID check. #Egypt
— patrickbaz (@Patrick_Baz) August 17, 2013
Egypt customs now seizing pro cameras as well as body armour. Journalists being targeted by officials and public. #Egypt #Cairo
— George Davies (@Geozyg) August 17, 2013
At a Cairo cafe, a man slipped away to report on his phone that a Wapo journalist was asking questions. Just like the old days.
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) August 17, 2013
Another sign the old days are back in Egypt: a security guy sitting by the elevator in the hotel, watching people's rooms. Like in Syria.
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) August 17, 2013
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