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Thursday, 18 May 2017

Habib El Adly’s escape saga is Ramadan soap opera material

Habib El Adly’s “escape” saga is the stuff of which Ramadan soap operas are made, and what happens in the series finale is anyone’s guess, Al Masry Al Youm’s Mohamed Amin writes. The public will likely follow the drama series closely, Amin says, postulating that the Mubarak-era Interior Minister may have given security forces the slip in a strategic move to embarrass the ministry he once headed. Fahmy Howeidy also takes to the pages of Al Shorouk to liken El Adly’s escape to a badly produced film whose writers foolishly think viewers will actually believe the plot. Howeidy pokes holes in the story being presented about why the former Interior Minister has yet to fulfill his prison sentence, and reaches the conclusion that Mubarak-era figures are unlikely to be held fully accountable for the crimes they are accused of committing.

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