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Monday, 7 August 2017

Airwaves are so bland in Amr and Lamees’ absence

Sunday night’s shows were so vapid, we’re one platitude or poorly-constructed question away from openly praying for the return of Lamees Al Hadidi and Amr Adib.

Ten TV’s Amr Abdel Hamid spoke to Federation of Egyptian Builders member Daker Abdellah, who claims more than 2,800 of his 30k federation member companies have closed their doors since the float of the EGP. The government, he added, has been slow in paying out compensation to contractors under newly-enacted legislation (watch, runtime 3:45).

Meanwhile on Masaa DMC, host Eman El Hosary zeroed in on the Pharmacists Syndicatestrike in a bid to force the Health Ministry to re-price certain products (watch, runtime 11:31).

Over on Yahduth fi Misr, Sherif Amer was busy covering President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s commemoration of national science day. Deputy Higher Education Minister Essam Khamis told Amer that the state budget allocates EGP 17.5 bn to scientific research in FY2017-18 and that his ministry is close to launching new incubator programs for innovative tech projects.

On Mehwar TV, Moataz Demerdash spent a large chunk of last night’s 90 Minutes reporting on the Cairo University journalism professor implicated in a [redacted] harassment case. A video of the professor, who’s currently being investigated by prosecutors, allegedly trying to blackmail his way into the act has gone viral (watch, runtime 9:00).

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