On what was a relatively slow day on the airwaves, Kol Youm’s Amr Adib had little of interest to offer beyond President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announcing a number of measures meant to strengthen the social safety net. (We have that covered in this morning’s Speed Round).

This is the first time in years that citizens will feel a change in their real incomes, Adib said. He commended the measures which included pension increases, income tax breaks, and raises for state bureaucrats, to name a few (watch, runtime 2:39). Adib reminded his audience that the government’s economic reform measures will improve the quality of healthcare services, education, and infrastructure development, once they’re in full swing (watch, runtime 2:26).
The voluble host found an opportunity to revert to his favorite topic of the month, Qatar, by noting that El Sisi did not name Qatar when talking about countries that fund terrorism during the day’s speech, “even though Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and all the other countries that boycott Qatar called it out explicitly” (watch, runtime 2:17).