Yesterday's talk shows dealt with several important issues, but the greatest focus was the National Reconciliation Authority's recommendation to prevent former members of the disbanded NDP for five years. El Qahera el Youm Host Amr Adeeb was absent due to his mother's illness, so the program was presented by Ezzat Abu Ouf, and Mohamed Mustafa Shourdy. Shourdy attacked protestors especially those of the air traffic controllers. He asked protesters be patient and work towards Egypt's progress. Eng Ibrahim Manna, the Minister of Civil Aviation, said during a phone call with the program that all statements made by air traffic controllers are incorrect regarding salaries. She said the salaries of new air traffic controllers are less than those of old traffic controllers. The first segment of the program dealt with the problems facing the development of inventions and inventors in Egypt. Guests: Tamer Badr al-Din, the chairman of the Egyptian Forum for entrepreneurs. Ahmed Medhat, inventor of the toothpaste producing toothbrush. Tariq Sharif, an inventor at the Suez Canal University. Mohamed Ahmed Gad, inventor of automotive safety devices. The second segment of the program focused on how different political groups envision Egypt's near political future. Guests: Dr. Osama Ghazali Harb, member of the Democratic Front Party Tariq Al-Malt, official spokesman of the Centralist Party. Dr el-Gazzar, founding member of the Freedom and Justice Party. Mohamed Adel, official spokesperson for the April 6 movement. 1O PM The show started by covering the National Reconciliation Committee's call to forbid former NDP members from political activity for five years, along with the air controllers' strike. The main segment dealt focused on an initiative by the Ministry of Culture to document the January 25 Revolution. Guests: Dr. Nevin Massad, professor of political science at Cairo University and member of the committee that will document the revolution. Dr. Hania Alhalgamy, professor at the American University in Cairo and member of the committee that will document the revolution. Ahmed Khairy, researcher and volunteer in the committee that will document the revolution. Dr. Nevin Massad said that the idea of establishing a committee to document the events of the January 25 Revolution was Dr. Saber Arab's, president of the books' section of the national archives. The committee consists of a variety of experienced historians, politicians and experts in information technology and others. Dr. Hania Alhalgamy said the committee aims to provide an opportunity for the Egyptian people to record their history for themselves. 90 Minutes News covered by the show included: - Imprisonment of Anas el-Feki, former Minister of Information, for 15 days pending investigations into allegations of financial corruption. - Imprisonment of Said Abdel-Khalek, former MP pending investigation into allegations of being involved in the battle of the camel, the ambush of men on camels in Tahrir square on February 2 2011. - Giza Criminal Court issues a decision to freeze Yuseph Wali and Amer Suleiman's assets. - The Prime Minister's media advisor announces dissolution of local councils in the coming days. The main segment focused on forbidding former NDP members from political activity for five years, along with those accused of disseminating false information on the regimes behalf. -A new contract was signed between Alwaleed bin Talal and the Ministry of Agriculture in order to develop land in Toshka. -Postponing the dissolution of local councils to August 26, minimum wages and dealing with the Egyptian pound. - The opening of the Church of the Virgin in Imbaba. - Detention of German tourists in Hurghada's Security Hospital suspected of being infected with the bacterium E.coli. The second segment hosted the Minister of Education, Ahmed Gamal el Din Musa in order to discuss with him upcoming secondary school exams and the reform of education. El Hayat el Youm News covered by el Hayat el Youm included: -National Reconciliation Committee recommended denying former leaders of the NDP from political activity for a period of five years. - The Council of Ministers signed a new contract with Alwaleed bin Tala regarding the sale of land for the company Toshka. - Egytpian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf opens the church of the Virgin Imbaba after renovation. - Sayed Badawi speaks at the rotary about the role of the Wafd party in politics. The main segment focused on Interpol's efforts in tracking down former regime figures, and hosted head of Interpol in Cairo, Brigadier General Magdi el Shafei, who said there was seven people whom Interpol are currently tracking down including Hussein Salem, Yousef Boutros Ghali, Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed, Hussain Sajwani, Yassin Mansour, Youssef Wahid Atta Allah and Hisham el Hazeq. In addition to this, 403 other Egyptian nationals are wanted for justice and Interpol has received intelligence on the whereabouts of most of them and is working hard on arresting them, said Shafei. El Hayah w el Nas (Life and People) Follow-up Azzouz Deeb News covered by the show included: -Groups of Jewish extremists and foreign tourists entered yesterday the mosque of Al Aqsa from the gate in memory of the occupation of the eastern part of Jerusalem. -Settlers burned a mosque in the village changer, and set fire to the mosque in the east of the West Bank city of Ramallah - Health Directorate of the Red Sea Governorate declares a state of emergency in a hospital at the coast of the Red Sea due to a suspected case of E.coli. - Egyptian Finance Minister, Samir Radwan, decided to raise special allowance for pensioners to a maximum of 30%. -Protest by lawyers took place yesterday against head of the union. - The release of El Maghraby, Egypt's oldest political prisoner who was arrested 33 years ago because of political issues, as well as his criticism of late President Anwar Sadat. -Salafi Sheikh Abu Yahya in custody pending investigations of the events of Imbaba. -Minister of Manpower Dr Ahmed El-Borai warns of social revolution. The main segment of the show included a dialogue with Mohammed Ghozlan, a member in the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood. Ghozlan discussed attacks being made against the Muslim Brotherhood for espousing Islamic values despite the fact the Brotherhood was willing to engage in dialogue with anyone provided they were not forced to refrain from using religious rheotric. Al Hawa (On Air) News covered included: • Minister of Interior decided to move Garana, Maghrabi and Ezz to another place in Tora prison. • Imprisonment of Salafi activist Abu Yehya for inciting hate and being responsible for the incidents in Imbaba. • Essam Sharaf attends the signing of a contract between the Ministry of Agriculture and Waleed Ibn Talal regarding evloping land in Toshka. • Trial of those responsible for sectarian strife in Imbaba held on 3 July. • Protest against the imprisonment of Abu Yehya. The first part of the show included a dialogue with author and journalist, Lamis Gaber on the meaning of freedom. Gaber said freedom in modern societies is based on respecting the freedom of others and that the freedom Egypt is now enjoying is a little dangerous because the opposition is not used to it. She said Mubarak should have a fair trial and the nation should seek legal redress, and so legal order should be upheld. The second part included differences in points of view regarding the concept of freedom. Guests Khaled Talima, member of coalition of youth revolution. Khalid Sadi, member of collation of youth revolution. Mohammed Abbas, member of coalition of youth revolution. The guests discussed the concept of freedom in general, how Egypt should capitalize on its newfound freedoms as well as what should be Egypt's post revolutionary priorities.
