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Tuesday’s papers: Egypt’s newspapers celebrate 2013, slam protest draft law
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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