FM Shoukry to meet Syria’s Bashar Al Assad today?
It was a bit of a one-note night on the airwaves last night, with state media dedicating much of the airtime to covering statements by the president and prime minister yesterday about the government’s Sinai development plan. Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 6:33), Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 5:34), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 1:55), and Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 3:42) dedicated most of their coverage to the story.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s planned visit to Syria and Turkey today also got attention, with journalist Emad El Din Adib telling El Hekaya’s Amr Adib that the visit “resembles an opportunity [by Cairo] under the umbrella of humanitarian aid to help achieve peace and stability or de-escalate tensions in the region” (watch, runtime: 20:20). Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa said the visit by Shoukry is the first by an Egyptian FM in over a decade (watch, runtime: 7:18).
Chicken prices received far less attention than on Saturday, though Masa’a DMC dedicated a few minutes to noting a decline in prices on the back of increased imports entering the country (watch, runtime: 5:13).
Zamalek’s post-Mortada Mansour era received attention from Adib (who previously had beefs with the pugnacious club president). Sports pundit Mohamed Khairy told the show that naming a new head from among the board would lead to Mansour getting his club membership revoked (watch, runtime: 6:46).