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Mohamed Heikal, 29, is editor in chief of Cairo's weekly Akher Sa'a ("Last Hour" -circ. 80,000) and one of the best newsmen in Egypt. With a long list of exclusive stories to his credit, he won Egypt's most coveted journalistic prize three times, last year was the first Egyptian newsman to visit Korea. Two months ago Heikal's magazine spoke out boldly against the secret government subsidies from previous regimes which Egyptian newsmen have long pocketed. He accused the Egyptian press of "servile flattery," an attitude that was welcomed by the members...
...Egypt, the editor of a Cairo weekly, Akher Saa, sent two reporters scurrying to check reports that the population of a village 125 miles south of Cairo turned into cats every night. The villagers soon set the reporters straight: it was only children under 14 who turned into cats in Sakelta. Soon after the children are tucked in each night (said the villagers), the youngsters become rigid, their breathing stops, and their souls take the shape of cats roaming the streets. "I called one day on Grocer Ahmed Khawaga and asked for some free candy," recalled one kiddy-cat named...
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