The Best Of 2008

As we have just begun a new year 2009 and we are saying goodbye to 2008,i would like to tell you what was the important topic that that has made headlines recently for all the famous newspapers in the world in my opinion, this topic was the winning of the elected president Obama for the united states of America.
America proved to the whole world that it is a country of DIDS not WORDS.This Obama dreamed to be a president although he is black, but he came over all the obstacles and proved to the whole world that I CAN do it, he gave to all of us a lesson in only one word "I CAN DO IT", just dream and work hard and you can achieve what you wish for.
There is a statement that says "Everything MAN can dream of, he has the ability to achieve it" so dream, and encourage yourself, tell yourself "I CAN DO IT' and you will see your own miracles, it is not only about what Obama did, it is about what Obama made us think of, freedom of dreams.
By (Monica Fayez)

Freedom of speech as far as contemporary journalism in Egypt is concern

Egypt now a days is entering a new era of freedom; this freedom can be called in my opinion the chained freedom because although journalists can say their opinion, but they have a red line that they cannot pass it; although it is called HER MAJECTY but what I see is that journalists have a self censorship that they have created for themselves.
Newspapers throughout the Arab region face a number of obstacles, including 1-repressive media laws, 2-a lack of editorial independence and multiple commercial challenges.3- Journalists live under a constant threat of being physically harassed, attacked or even murdered. Also, 4- economic factors can be obstacles for the free of speech because you as a journalist cannot say what you want if what you will say may destroy the financial help for your newspaper.5-Salary also play role in the free of speech for journalists, they don’t say much of the truth because they don’t pay much.
Finally, we still have a lot to do to have this freedom of speech we wish for without any obstacles that stand against us. Journalism is the world of trouble and as a journalist you should know that well before entering this world.
By Monica Fayez