local press review
Tuesday’s papers: Egypt’s newspapers celebrate 2013, slam protest draft law
Egypt
January 1, 2013
Tuesday’s papers: Egypt’s newspapers celebrate 2013, slam protest draft law
Egypt’s newspapers celebrate the New Year with a recount of the last year’s turbulent events, while the attack over a…
Thursday’s papers: Alleged gunmen in custody, rising tensions between Islamists and opposition
Egypt
December 20, 2012
Thursday’s papers: Alleged gunmen in custody, rising tensions between Islamists and opposition
Topping the news in Thursday’s papers are three chief developments: the arrest and detention of two Islamists, increasing tensions between…
Tuesday’s papers: Prosecutor general resigns, judges escalate conflict
Egypt
December 19, 2012
Tuesday’s papers: Prosecutor general resigns, judges escalate conflict
The news of the resignation of Prosecution General Talaat Abdallah and the ongoing judicial battle against the constitutional referendum filled…
Monday’s papers: Legitimacy or fraud?
Egypt
December 17, 2012
Monday’s papers: Legitimacy or fraud?
Monday’s papers indicate that the controversial results of the referendum on the draft constitution have widened the gap between Egypt’s…
Wednesday’s papers: ‘Yes’ vs. ‘No’
Egypt
December 12, 2012
Wednesday’s papers: ‘Yes’ vs. ‘No’
Scenes of streets full of protesters supporting or denouncing President Mohamed Morsy's decisions have become the daily routine over the…
Monday’s papers: Islamists vs civil powers, round two
Egypt
December 10, 2012
Monday’s papers: Islamists vs civil powers, round two
After the National Salvation Front, representing numerous opposition parties, announced yesterday that it rejected the constitutional referendum that the president…
Sunday’s papers: Competing statements from bitter rivals
Egypt
December 9, 2012
Sunday’s papers: Competing statements from bitter rivals
Sunday’s papers carry strong statements issued Saturday by weighty politicians on the bottleneck Egypt has been trying to pass through…
Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
Egypt
December 5, 2012
Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in…
Monday’s papers: ‘No to dictatorship’
Egypt
December 3, 2012
Monday’s papers: ‘No to dictatorship’
In an unprecedented move, privately owned papers including Al-Watan, Al-Tahrir, Youm7 and Al-Wafd share the same front-page headline: “No to…