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Articles of the author Mohamed Abdel Baky
Qatar's proxies in Washington
Over the past three months, Qatar has been trying to find a solution to the Gulf crisis that has pitted it against a Quartet of Arab states through lobbying activities in Washington. However, even after paying tens of millions of US dollars there (...)

07 - 09 - 2017
Regulating TV
The Higher Council for Media Regulation (HCMR) announced last week that it will create an agency to assess TV ratings and viewer figures. The new agency will conduct surveys of viewers and oversee media development research services, says HCMR (...)

24 - 08 - 2017
TV presenters suspended
Two TV presenters were suspended last week for violating “media ethics” and “public norms” after airing segments in their shows said to encourage affairs between women and men outside of marriage. The decision was made on 2 August by the newly (...)

10 - 08 - 2017
Young voices
The fourth round of Egypt's National Youth Conference closed on Tuesday. More than 1,300 young people attended the conference, along with MPs, heads of unions and universities, journalists, public figures and representatives of the National Council (...)

27 - 07 - 2017
Off air until further notice
Media Production City (MPC) has halted the transmission of Al-Hayat's six TV channels after the company that owns the network notched up 12 months' worth of arrears. The crisis adds a new chapter to the challenges facing the broadcast industry in (...)

13 - 07 - 2017
Expanding the online ban
Websites which the government says “promote extremism and spread false information about Egypt” have been blocked for a third week. The government first blocked 12 news websites — Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV network, Masr Al-Arabia, Al-Shaab, (...)

22 - 06 - 2017
Doha's backdoors in Washington
Over the past decade rulers of Qatar have been keen to buy influence in different Western capitals to lobby for the interest for the tiny Gulf kingdom that faces now regional isolation due to its support for radical groups. Despite alleged Qatar (...)

15 - 06 - 2017
Reshuffling the press pack
The National Press Organisation (NPO) announced the names of senior staff at state-owned newspapers during a press conference on 31 May. Abdel-Mohsen Salama, head of the Press Syndicate, replaces Hisham Lotfi as chairman of Al-Ahram. Lotfi had (...)

08 - 06 - 2017
Online ban
On 24 May 21 websites which the government says “promote extremism and spread false information about Egypt” were blocked. The move, announced through the official Middle East News Agency (MENA), was widely seen as a defining step in the (...)

01 - 06 - 2017
Regional visions
European and Egyptian intellectuals met earlier this week at the Egyptian Academy of Sciences in Cairo for a panel discussion titled “The Future of Europe”. Participants included Mustafa Al-Feki, the new director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina; Amr (...)

18 - 05 - 2017
Two chairmen, one party
The rift in the Free Egyptian Party (FEP) took a new turn as the committee supervising elections held by the “Sawiris' faction” named a new chairman of the party. On Saturday the committee announced 50 out of 192 nominees had been elected to the (...)

11 - 05 - 2017
Case closed
On Sunday 16 April Cairo Criminal Court ruled Aya Hegazi, a dual US-Egyptian national, not guilty. She had been detained for more than three years in a case that has sparked international concern. In his ruling the judge said the prosecutor had not (...)

20 - 04 - 2017
International condemnation
Palm Sunday's bombings of two Coptic churches have drawn international condemnation, with leaders from around the world issuing statements condemning the attacks. Pope Francis, who is due to visit Egypt on 28 and 29 April will not — as some media (...)

13 - 04 - 2017
Sending clear messages
As he concluded his visit to Washington, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi gave an interview to Fox News seeking to send clear messages in response to media reports critical of his government's policies. Former president Hosni Mubarak had usually (...)

13 - 04 - 2017
‘New era in US-Egyptian relations'
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Washington took place amid heightened security following calls by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) to protest against the Egyptian government. But the visit passed without disturbances. In the end a single (...)

06 - 04 - 2017
Relationship re-boot
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi used his five-day visit to Washington to establish channels of communication with the key figures and institutions involved in US foreign policy-making. Yet despite Al-Sisi's success in opening such channels more work (...)

06 - 04 - 2017
Party poopers
Last week saw rifts within the Free Egyptian Party (FEP) deepen as Essam Khalil was re-elected as chairman, sidelining members who remain loyal to the founder of the party Naguib Sawiris. Party members — more than the required quorum of 450 — (...)

30 - 03 - 2017
Lawyers on strike
A showdown between lawyers and judges escalated on Saturday 18 March when lawyers boycotted criminal court trials nationwide following the imprisonment of eight lawyers in Minya governorate charged with insulting the judicial system. Lawyers (...)

23 - 03 - 2017
Press Syndicate elections postponed
The committee supervising the Press Syndicate elections decided on 3 March to postpone the syndicate's general assembly to elect a new chairman and half the board to 17 March due to the lack of a quorum. With nearly 8,300 members eligible to vote, (...)

09 - 03 - 2017
Pushing the rift to the limit
The rift within the Free Egyptian Party (FEP) just got bigger after the founder of the party Naguib Sawiris took the dispute to court to contest the party's general assembly's decision to change its bylaws. In response, on 20 February the party's (...)

23 - 02 - 2017
Press race is on
The electoral battle for the chairman of the Press Syndicate entered a defining stage after its current Chairman Yehia Qallash announced he is seeking re-election. The elections are set to take place on 3 March with close to 60 journalists competing (...)

16 - 02 - 2017
Election time at the Press Syndicate
Press Syndicate elections are set to take place on 3 March this year, with more than 40 journalists competing for six seats on the syndicate's council and the chairman's position. The syndicate will open its doors for candidates to submit their (...)

09 - 02 - 2017
Forgetting the party invites
Following internal elections the Dostour Party faces possible challenges that could impact its legal status. The crisis erupted on Saturday when the party's election committee announced that its former spokesperson Khaled Dawoud was the new chairman (...)

02 - 02 - 2017
Dispute over protest law continues
Disputes over the protest law continued last week when, on 11 January, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled to ban demonstrations in front of the cabinet building and “surrounding areas”. The court ruled that protests against handing over Tiran (...)

18 - 01 - 2017
Al-Sisi in Port Said
“It is the first time we have seen a president in Port Said, as we have been ignored by the government for years,” said Ayman Tageddin, a 45-year-old businessman in the city. Tageddin, who owns a clothing shop, said he viewed the visit by President (...)

03 - 01 - 2017
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