Today's papers are full of news pertaining to the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his continued hospitalization, along with questions of where the toppled leader will be held whilst serving his prison sentence. Also making news and capturing headlines is the incumbent President Mohamed Morsy, who is haunted by legal appeals seeking his testimony regarding the Wadi el-*Natrun Prison jailbreak when he was reportedly released during the uprising on January 2011. Other news making headlines are the protest rallies and marches being staged by university students and employees across the country. At the forefront of all the daily papers' coverage is news of the retrial of Mubarak, his sons and former security chief Habib el-Adly, facing retrials on charges of corruption and their roles in killing nearly 900 protesters during the January 25 Uprising. Mubarak's court appearance in the defendants' cage on Saturday – where he was still lying on a wheeled hospital stretcher, donning a white training suit and a new pair of sunglasses, his hair dyed black – continues to make headlines. While Mubarak has been held in the Maadi Military Hospital since late last year authorities are inquiring whether he is fit enough to be returned to Tora Prison, or at least its prison hospital. Questions abound as to where this ousted autocrat will be held pending his retrial; and more questions abound regarding his newly-found grin and his hand-waving in court on Saturday. Privately-owned Al-Watan carries an article about appointing a new judge after the presiding judge on Saturday recused himself, and another reporting on a specialized committee of doctors tasked with assessing Mubarak's medical condition and determining whether or not he is well enough to leave the military hospital and return to the prison hospital at Tora. One of independent Al-Shorouk's main headlines declares, “Four medical reports confirm Mubarak is unfit to be transported to Tora.” The article mentions that the Prison Authority received these reports from the Maadi Military Hospital regarding his condition during his 111 days at the medical facility. The report suggests that Mubarak is unable to stand without assistance and requires further medical attention. “Mubarak won't be going home today,” reads the top headline in party paper Al-Wafd. The article mentions that the former president's remand in custody — pending retrial — has just expired, and his place of detention is still being determined by the prosecutor general's office. Legal appeals from the prosecuting team have called for Mubarak's return to Tora Prison. The Muslim Brotherhood's mouthpiece, the Freedom and Justice Newspaper, publishes a headline reading “Good bye, Maadi Military Hospital: Prosecutor general forms committee to return Mubarak to Tora Prison.” The Brotherhood's paper suggests that Mubarak's health is fine and that he is more than fit to be returned to prison. The paper also reports on the reactions of members of the Shura Council to Mubarak's “new look” who sarcastically asked if the military hospital had a hair dresser in its employment. Drawing attention to his hair being dyed and the way in which he was waving, the paper quotes one member as saying, “Does he not know that he is standing trial?” Al-Ahram, the state flagship paper, also reports on members of the Shura Council being “angered” by Mubarak's continued stay in Maadi hospital. On its front page, Al-Wafd runs a photo of Mubarak grinning from behind bars, with a headline reading “International media: Hosni was on vacation, and his grin indicates he is gloating at the populace.” Al-Watan runs a headline reading “International press analyzes Mubarak's grin: Indicator that Egypt has even further deteriorated under the Muslim Brotherhood's rule.” According to the article — which cites coverage in the Washington Post, New York Times and Financial Times — Mubarak is smiling because he knows that Egypt now realizes that it is faring worse under the Brotherhood than under his rule. Al-Watan mentions that these papers cite the shortages of fuel, grains and national reserves, accompanied by widespread electric power outages and other socio-economic grievances as reasons that Mubarak was now likely gloating at the people who overthrew him. The paper suggests that with a renewed sense of confidence, Mubarak was waving at his supporters and sympathizers. Al-Watan runs headlines regarding the current president and the law. “Mubarak and Morsy, both in the hands of the judiciary,” one headline reads, and another “Courts summon Morsy in Wadi el-Natrun and slander cases.” The article mentions that Morsy and Prime Minister Hesham Qandil may be summoned to the Al-Fashn Misdemeanours Court in the Upper EgyptianBeni Suef Governorate on 19 May on charges of Qandil's slandering and defaming the people of Beni Suef. In February, Qandil delivered a speech in Beni Suef in which he attributed diarrhea amongst children to women's neglect of their personal hygiene and the cleaning of their breasts. He also claimed that women from the same governorate are raped while they work in their fields. The legal charges have been leveled against both the prime minister and president (responsible for appointing him) on account of these controversial and crude statements. Yet Morsy is also reportedly being summoned on account of the prison break from Wadi el-Natrun during the January uprising in 2011. Youm7 focuses on the Wadi el-Natrun case, with a headline, “Prosecuting lawyers in Wadi el-Natrun jail break summon Morsy for questions regarding the case.” This paper reports that prosecuting lawyers are seeking to question Morsy about the jailbreak as he was one of the prisoners released. Prosecuting lawyers are accusing the Palestinian Hamas movement and the Lebanese group Hezbullah of orchestrating the jailbreak, which reportedly led to the release of members from both groups — along with Egyptian Islamists who were being held in Wadi el-Natrun. In independent Al-Tahrir Newspaper, “Former chief of investigations at Wadi el-Natrun Prison, regarding Morsy's escape: The jailbreak was well planned and coordinated.” The paper reports that the incumbent president, along with three of his top aides, were released. In other news, Al-Tahrir reports that several universities are boiling with discontent including: “Ain Shams University students evacuated from campus after fights with swords and knives break out... College of trade and commerce in Mansoura University attack and beat their dean… Three schools suspend classes in Aswan.” Al-Wafd reports “Engineering and pharmacy students boycott their classes at Cairo University, while clashes erupt at Ain Shams University.” The article mentions that Ain Shams' students staged protest marches and rallies, both inside and outside the university's gates, in protest against repeated “acts of thuggery” directed against recent demonstrations. Meanwhile, Cairo University's pharmacy and engineering students are reportedly boycotting their classes in response to disciplinary actions which members of their student councils are being subjected to by the university's administrative board. Al-Wafd also reports that students at Mansoura University are protesting against their administration and the arrest of several students – whose detentions have been renewed for a further 15 days pending investigations into violent clashes that took place at this university last week. Al-Shorouk reports “University employees protest at Ministry of Finance.” The article mentions that hundreds of workers and employees from public universities staged a march and protest rally outside the Finance Ministry on Sunday where they demanded that their specialized funds and budgets not be additionally taxed. Egypt's papers: Al-Ahram: Daily, state-run, largest distribution in Egypt Al-Akhbar: Daily, state-run, second to Al-Ahram in institutional size Al-Gomhurriya: Daily, state-run Rose al-Youssef: Daily, state-run Al-Dostour: Daily, privately owned Al-Shorouk: Daily, privately owned Al-Watan: Daily, privately owned Al-Wafd: Daily, published by the liberal Wafd Party Youm7: Daily, privately owned Al-Tahrir: Daily, privately owned Al-Sabah: Daily, privately owned Freedom and Justice: Daily, published by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party Sawt al-Umma: Weekly, privately owned Al-Arabi: Weekly, published by the Nasserist Party Al-Nour: Official paper of the Salafi Nour Party
