Egypt releases its most prominent political prisoner
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#709B9)
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Egypt's most prominent political prisoner, has reunited with his family after six years in prison. Abd el-Fattah, a dual UK-Egyptian citizen and former blogger, was a key figure in the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The University of Oklahoma's Samer Shehata discusses the timing of the pardon with The World's Marco Werman.