March 2023 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Egyptian journalist Khaled El-Balshy was elected as the head of Egypt’s Journalism Syndicate (EJS) on Friday, 17 March, according to the Judicial Committee supervising the Journalist’ Syndicate midterm elections. El-Bashy won, securing a total of 2,450 out of 5,062 eligible votes against his opponent Khaled Miri, editor-in-chief of nationally owned news outlet, Al-Akhbar Al-Youm, who