Moataz Matar

Moataz Matar
Born	(1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	journalist
Years active	2012-present

Moataz Matar (Arabic: معتز مطر) is an Egyptian journalist who became famous after the 2011 revolution thanks to his program Mu'taz broadcast on Al-Sharq satellite channel. He is known for his harsh criticism of the Egyptian government after the 2013 coup d'etat, as well as the deterioration of the political situation in the Arab World in general.

Career

He worked in the press in his early days, then worked as a sports media in the networks of art and modern, and after the January 25 revolution. The program of the station of Egypt on the Modern freedom channel of the modern network until left in February 2012 because of (cut off the sound for no reason) and missed a long time and then returned to present a program of the same name on the channel Misr 25 Muslim Brotherhood spokeswoman and continued for several months until he left the channel because The channel intervened in program policies, and then returned after the coup to present a program (with Moataz) on Al-Sharq.

Controversies

On 8 July 2015, the Egyptian Minor Offenses Court of Dokki sentenced Moataz Matar and his colleague Mohamed Nasser Ali in absentia to 10 years' imprisonment for attempting to "overthrow the regime, instigate the revolt against state institutions and apology for violence against the army and the police"..

On 5 June 2016, the same court sentenced the two men in absentia to two years imprisonment and a fine of EGP5,000 for instigating rebellion and spreading rumors against the armed forces, police and state institutions, and for making fun of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi..