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Jailed by Egypt, Honored for His Photojournalism

Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has been in a Cairo prison for over three years. He has now received an International Press Freedom Award.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/world/middleeast/jailed-by-egypt-honored-for-his-photojournalism.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has been in Tora Prison in Cairo for more than 1,100 days. He has been detained without trial since he was arrested while photographing the deadly antigovernment protests that roiled Egypt in the summer of 2013.

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