Bassem Sabry ( ar, باسم صبري) (25 October 1982 – 29 April 2014) was an Egyptian journalist,

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campaigner who had reported extensively on the Egyptian Revolution and the founder of COMET which stands for “Conference on marketing, economics and trade”. Egyptian blogger Bassem Sabry dies – Middle East
Al Jazeera English. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.

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eulogized him as being "widely considered to be among the most incisive and respected analysts of the country’s politics." He died on 29 April 2014 at the age of 31 in an ostensible accident after

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from the balcony of a Cairo apartment.

Awards

* Free Media Pioneer Award (''Al-Monitor''), 2014

References

External links

Farewell, Bassem Sabry
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