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Zeinobia sarcastically describe the latest news about the Egyptian president intervention to stop a law that was approved by majority of MBs (who were all members of the same party lead by the president).
The controversial law was against the freedom of press. The more stranger is the changing attitude of the NDP members, a change by 180′ degrees, yesterday all those haters to the Journalism and bad journalists and today all those lovers and cheer leaders for the daring supportive decision of the President, Zeinobia said.

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