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Ramadan’s talk shows display their forgiving side

Talaat Zakaria on Tony Khalifa's show
23 Aug 2011
Along with fasting during the day, the other main feature of Ramadan is the peak television and talk show season in Egypt.    During the first Ramadan since the revolution, though, many Egyptians have been surprised by the...
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Israeli commentators find reassurance in Egypt’s military rulers

A protester holds banner during protest against Israel, at Israeli embassy in Cairo, August, 20 , 2011. Protesters demand retaliation for killed policemen, expelling the Israeli ambassador from Egypt and halting gas exporting to Israel.
22 Aug 2011
As Israel’s diplomatic crisis with Egypt intensified this past week, commentators in the Israeli press have been unable to resist making comparisons with Turkey in mid-2010, when Israeli soldiers killed eight Turkish nationals during...
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Ramadan talk show questions Salafi dogmas

21 Aug 2011
Ahmed Abu Haiba, the host of a new talk show this Ramadan, has an ambitious agenda. He hopes that his daily show “To Reassure My Heart” can critically engage the current Islamist political discourse and deconstruct many of its...
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385 state TV and radio employees lose jobs to cuts

Radio and Television Building in Cairo
17 Aug 2011
Minister of Information Osama Heikal on Wednesday dismissed 385 Egyptian Radio and Television Union advisers, including 20 legal consultants, as part of plan to scale back the union's payroll. According to MENA, the decision is part of...
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Egyptian TV bans parts of show parodizing former regime officials

Senior ruling National Democratic Party leaders follow the activities of its 6th annual conference. In the photo, from right to left, Mr. Kamal el-Shazly political bureau member, Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Dr. Fathi Surur Chief of the People's Assembly, and Dr. Atef Ebeid former Prime Minister.
16 Aug 2011
Egypt's state-run TV has refused to air parts of a sitcom that parodize officials from the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, Al-Ahram newspaper's website said. The move seems to revive practices by the old regime against...
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Mubarak loyalists bring old state-run media ethos to the web

Pro-Mubarak Egyptians during a protest at Abdeen Presidential Palace, Cairo, March 24, 2011. Protesters shouted in support for former president Hosni Mubarak and in protest against removing his ruling era from school textbooks, let alone unwisely smearing his name.
10 Aug 2011
There is a part of the internet that will forever remain 24 January 2011, and much of it lurks on Facebook. The social networking site is littered with numerous “I Am Sorry, Mubarak” pages at various stages of activity - a bit...
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Director of Mubarak trial coverage speaks of obstructed angles, nose-picking

In this image taken from Egyptian State television on August 3, 2011, Gamal Mubarak is seen in a holding cell in the court room in the police academy on the outskirt of the capital Cairo, during trial along with his brother, father, ousted Egyptian president Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and his assistants.
09 Aug 2011
In his 18 years as a television news director, Ayman al-Habbal can’t remember covering a single event that compares with Mubarak's trial. “Maybe when they moved the Ramses statue to its new location,” he says. “...
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Israeli media largely condemns Mubarak trial

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meet at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. 
05 Aug 2011
For much of the world, Mubarak’s trial on Wednesday represents a watershed moment in the history of holding dictators to account for crimes committed against their people. However, in Israeli media outlets, the proceedings - in which...
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Bloggers accuse PM of neglecting the revolution in favor of personal power

Egypt's new government Prime Minister Essam Sharaf addresses the nation at his office, Cairo, March 7, 2011, as new ministers were sworn in today by the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, at a ceremony in the capital.
03 Aug 2011
Bloggers on Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s Facebook page have accused him of putting his personal ambitions for power above serving the revolution. They also denounced him for labeling protesters in Tahrir Square as “thugs...
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BBC Arabic staff continue strike

A file photo of the BBC Arabic service.
01 Aug 2011
The journalists of BBC Arabic are continuing a six-day strike against the management for what a representative has described as treating them like slaves. The strike began on 29 July. The staff has railed against a change in their rota...
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