23 year old Alaa Seif Al Islam, Cairo's most famous blogger has been sentenced to two weeks in prison over politically oriented comments on his blog Manal and Alaa's bit bucket which he publishes with his wife. However, he is not the first Egyptian blogger arrested for similar reasons - 6 months ago, Abdel Karim was arrested and detained for 18 days.
Earlier this year, Alaa he received an international blogging award for his blog which attracts over 2000 visitors a day.
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