• Monday, 26 April 2021

    Talk shows on 26 April 2021: School’s out for summer

    Covid-19 was again at the top of the agenda on the nation’s talk shows, with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s vaccination leading coverage. The talking heads used El Sisi getting the jab to reinforce the message that all vaccines used...
  • Sunday, 25 April 2021

    Heikal exits stage left

    Osama Heikal has resigned as Minister of State for Information, citing “personal reasons” in a letter handed over to Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly. Heikal was censured by MPs in February over the ministry’s slow progress on major projects, public comments...
  • Monday, 12 April 2021

    Railway, media authorities are deeply in the red

    The National Railway Authority (NRA) and the National Media Authority (NMA) posted the largest losses among all state institutions in FY2019-2020, according to a report by the House Planning and Budgeting Committee on last fiscal year’s budget picked up by...
  • Monday, 5 April 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on 5 April 2021

    The Golden Parade continued to dominate the nation’s airwaves last night: Lamees El Hadidi’s Kelma Akhira dedicated another full show entirely to covering Saturday night’s ceremony, featuring interviews with some of the event’s musicians including Nader Abbassi (who led the...
  • Wednesday, 31 March 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on 31 March 2021

    It was not a good day for Information Minister Osama Heikal, who is still under fire, especially after he didn’t attend yesterday’s meeting at the House Culture and Media Committee that was set up to discuss the committee’s report on...
  • Sunday, 21 March 2021

    Turkey tells Ikhwani press to lay off Egypt in latest bid for reconciliation

    Turkish officials have told Ikhwani mouthpieces and other dissident media based in Turkey to tone down their criticism of Egypt, head of the Istanbul-based Al Sharq television station and former Egyptian MP Ayman Nour told Reuters, marking the country’s latest...
  • Sunday, 14 February 2021

    Information Minister Osama Heikal censured by House committee

    Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal has been censured by the House Media, Culture and Antiquities committee, which alleges the minister has delivered insufficient results after spending state funds and claims he has a conflict of interest arising from...
  • Thursday, 11 February 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on 11 February 2021

    Cabinet’s approval of proposed incentives for natural gas car conversion scheme was all over the airwaves last night, with Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan (watch, runtime: 0:32) and Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 14:39) taking note. We have the details...
  • Sunday, 18 October 2020

    Egypt’s talk shows: New academic year kicks off, Osama Heikal feuding with talking heads, Senate’s first day in session

    Unfolding last night: Information Minister Osama Heikal appears to be in a war of words with the nation’s talking heads and other media figures after suggesting that the majority of those aged below 35 in the country no longer watches...

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