A blogger who spent a year in an Egyptian prison for his writings has been freed . The former graduate student at Cairo 's Al - Azhar University is a critic of conservative Muslims . A blogger who endured a four-year stint in an Egyptian prison for his writings has been released , saying he was jailed for defying convention . He said his former school encouraged terrorism ; he called Egyptian government a dictator .
A blogger who spent a year in an Egyptian prison for his writings has been freed . The former graduate student at Cairo 's Al - Azhar University is a critic of conservative Muslims . He said his former school encouraged terrorism ; he called Egyptian government a dictator .