Local press review

Monday's papers: Islamists vs civil powers, round two

10 Dec 2012
After the National Salvation Front, representing numerous opposition parties, announced yesterday that it rejected the constitutional referendum that the president has set for Saturday, Monday’s papers report on the latest phase of...
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Sunday's papers: Competing statements from bitter rivals

Dozens of thousands of protesters gather in Tahrir Square against Constitutional Declaration, Cairo, 30 November 2012. Political forces called for mass protests all over Egypt to bring down the Constitutional Declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsy on 22 November.
09 Dec 2012
Sunday’s papers carry strong statements issued Saturday by weighty politicians on the bottleneck Egypt has been trying to pass through in recent months. The Armed Forces, which was largely sidelined after President Mohamed Morsy was...
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Wednesday's papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts

05 Dec 2012
Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Tuesday, the ongoing constitutional crisis, and media strikes against the...
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Monday’s papers: 'No to dictatorship'

03 Dec 2012
In an unprecedented move, privately owned papers including Al-Watan, Al-Tahrir, Youm7 and Al-Wafd share the same front-page headline: “No to dictatorship,” with a hint at the bottom saying the press strike will take place...
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Sunday’s papers: Morsy supporters fill the streets

02 Dec 2012
Sunday’s front pages report on the large pro-Mohamed Morsy protests staged Saturday, as opposition voices in Tahrir Square and elsewhere spoke out against the 22 November constitutional declaration issued by Morsy and the draft...
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Thursday's papers: On the brink of civil disobedience

Security forces arresting a protester during clashes in Simon Bolivar Square, near US embassy and Tahrir Square, 28 November 2012. Clashes continue between security forces and protesters, which left injuries, as security forces using teargas massively to disperse protesters away off US embassy.
29 Nov 2012
The ramifications of the president’s constitutional declaration, which grants Mohamed Morsy powers that go beyond even those enjoyed by his predecessors, are the source of speculation and dramatic headlines as the consequences...
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Wednesday's papers: Rumors and accusations fly amid protests

28 Nov 2012
Photos were the most dramatic element of Wednesday's newspapers, which focused on otherwise expected reporting of the anti-constitutional declaration protests that drew crowds evoking the 25 January revolution that toppled former...
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Tuesday's papers: Rallies, martyrs, judges, and labor

Dozens of protesters participate in protests against the constitutional declaration issued by president Mohamed Morsy, last Thursday, demanding to bring it down, Suez, 27 November 2012. Political forces called for massive protests in Tahrir Square, and other governorates against the constitutional declaration.
27 Nov 2012
Tuesday’s papers focus their top coverage on four main developments today: a host of rallies supporting and opposing President Morsy’s new constitutional declaration, the funeral processions for two teenage martyrs from the...
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Monday’s papers: The aftermath of Morsy's declaration

Clashes between opponents and proponents of Morsy's new Constitutional Declaration outside High Court of Justice during emergency meeting of Judges club near the Court, Cairo, 24 November 2012. The newly-appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah starts his work today, as President Mohamed Morsy dismissed Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, abd appointed Abdallah, who sworn-in before Morsy, last Thursday.    
26 Nov 2012
Almost all local newspapers highlight the massive stock market plunge on their front pages Monday. In the third largest single-day drop since January 2011, the country’s stock market lost LE29.3 billion of total market...
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Sunday's papers: The judges vs. the president

Tight security measures imposed by security forces in front of High Court of Justice during the emergency meeting of Judges club inside, Cairo, 24 November 2012. The general assembly of Judges club held emergency meeting to talk over the new Constitutional Declaration issued by Mohamed Morsy, which includes dismissal of Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, the prosecutor general.
25 Nov 2012
The judges’ face-off with President Mohamed Morsy takes the lead in Sunday’s papers, alongside the rest of the aftermath of Morsy’s controversial constitutional declaration that he announced on Thursday, giving himself...
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