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Tuesday, 26 February 2019

EU-Arab League summit was the sole topic on the airwaves last night

For the second night in a row, the EU-Arab League summit was essentially the sole topic on the airwaves last night, with Masaa DMC, Al Hayah Al Youm and Hona Al Asema collaborating again on joint coverage and programming for the gathering.

Addressing European interventionism: Arab nations at the summit raised the issue of what they perceive as persistent EU meddling in internal affairs, summit organizer Amb. Raouf Saad told Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 02:29). The importance of the forum was that these issues get to be aired out, he added. Other “priority issues” discussed included Palestine, Libya and Syria.

Funding for a Turkey-style migration agreement was discussed: While there was no Turkey-style agreement, the issue of aid-for-migration did get to a level of discussing aid funds from the EU, Saad added (watch, runtime: 02:39).

Beyond a milquetoast interview with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (watch, runtime: 01:10) and praise from El Hekaya’s Amr Adib for the security measures taken for the summit (watch, runtime: 03:11), there was nothing much worth noting.

Adib did take the time to discuss Rami Malek’s Oscar win, patriotically declaring that Malek is an Egyptian despite holding an American passport (watch, runtime: 03:34) — an apparently complete definition of what it means to be an Egyptian-American.

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