press review
Tuesday’s papers: Military has questions, not answers
Egypt
December 20, 2011
Tuesday’s papers: Military has questions, not answers
“The armed forces show sorrow, denial, condemnation; they accuse and question but do not give answers,” reads a headline in…
Thursday’s papers: Election results and restrictions on Ganzouri
Egypt
December 8, 2011
Thursday’s papers: Election results and restrictions on Ganzouri
Thursday's papers focus their news coverage on two chief political developments announced Wednesday ― results from the parliamentary elections, and…
Thursday’s papers: Judges encounter difficulties during voting
Egypt
December 1, 2011
Thursday’s papers: Judges encounter difficulties during voting
Judges' difficulties monitoring the electoral process — from trouble protecting ballot boxes, being attacked inside voting booths and irregularities in…
Tuesday papers: Celebrating Egypt’s ‘first’ parliamentary elections, without forgetting Tahrir
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Tuesday papers: Celebrating Egypt’s ‘first’ parliamentary elections, without forgetting Tahrir
The Egyptian press on Tuesday celebrates Egypt’s “first” parliamentary elections in decades, praising the high turnout of voters and the…
Sunday’s papers: In wake of last week’s violence, what now?
Egypt
November 27, 2011
Sunday’s papers: In wake of last week’s violence, what now?
The fallout from last week's fighting continues to be covered in Sunday's papers. After day-long running battles between protesters and…
Thursday’s papers: Who will be Egypt’s next prime minister?
Egypt
November 24, 2011
Thursday’s papers: Who will be Egypt’s next prime minister?
The Muslim Brotherhood’s mouthpiece Freedom and Justice daily claims that informed sources have pointed to outgoing Finance Minister Hazem al-Beblawy…
Tuesday’s papers: Speculation over what’s next in Tahrir clashes
Egypt
November 22, 2011
Tuesday’s papers: Speculation over what’s next in Tahrir clashes
As Egyptians prepare for a million-man march in Tahrir, speculation over what will come next with regard to elections is…
Thursday’s papers: We are all regime remnants
Egypt
November 17, 2011
Thursday’s papers: We are all regime remnants
Thursday’s papers are a dominated by announcements of a return to Tahrir Square Friday and continuing dissension around a supra-constitutional…
Friday’s papers: A new law for houses of worship and another pipeline explosion
Egypt
November 11, 2011
Friday’s papers: A new law for houses of worship and another pipeline explosion
Friday's papers discuss continued adjustments to the unified law on houses of worship and another bombing of the natural gas…
Thursday’s papers: Campaign tensions escalate and human rights lawyer says Mubarak will go free
Egypt
November 10, 2011
Thursday’s papers: Campaign tensions escalate and human rights lawyer says Mubarak will go free
The coverage of electoral campaigns that kicked off last week takes up the lion’s share of most local newspapers Thursday.