NYT > World News Egyptian Court Orders News Site Closed as Critics Warn of a Crackdown Par : Erika Solomon and Rania Khaled 27 octobre 2026 à 13:21 Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief. © Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLina Attalah, co-founder and editor in chief of the Cairo-based online newspaper Mada Masr, in Cairo in 2020.