4:10PM
Egypt's New Press Dons
By 
Josh Stacher | Egypt Media
Josh Stacher | Egypt Media
The biggest news of the week is the changing of the editors in Egypt's big three state papers - al-Ahram, Akhbar al-Yom, and al-Gumhuriya.
At Al-Ahram:
Ibrahim Nafie was replaced by editor Osama Saraya and chairman Salah al-Ghamri.
At Akhbar al-Yom:
Ibrahim Saada was replaced by Momtaz al-Qut.
At Gumhuriya:
Samir Ragheb was replaced by Ali Ibrahim.
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There are rumors that the new press heads are either connected to the security services or Gamal Mubarak's influential NDP's Policies Secretariat.
Does anyone know, for certain, who is attached to where/what?
Perhaps Baheyya could shed some light?
At Al-Ahram:
Ibrahim Nafie was replaced by editor Osama Saraya and chairman Salah al-Ghamri.
At Akhbar al-Yom:
Ibrahim Saada was replaced by Momtaz al-Qut.
At Gumhuriya:
Samir Ragheb was replaced by Ali Ibrahim.
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There are rumors that the new press heads are either connected to the security services or Gamal Mubarak's influential NDP's Policies Secretariat.
Does anyone know, for certain, who is attached to where/what?
Perhaps Baheyya could shed some light?
Reader Comments (6)
Perhaps Arabist.netters should invest in a Baheyya Signal that would call for her assistance and illuminate the darkest corners of the blogosphere.
I think Saraya has a press-related post of some sort at NDP. He is said to have been on top of a list of three names that Ibrahim Nafie proposed. They seem to have a good relationship to which Saraya owse his new post.
Nafie apparently got a new office and will continue to write his columns and exercise his influence.
[...] to express their thoughts on the new government. The Arabist Network notes that there has been a shake-up at the top of Egypt’s three state-owned newspapers and wonder [...]
a) What exactly is a pingback?
b) No coverage of Imbaba?
I answered (a) by following the pingback link... :)
but what about (b) guys...?
I too await Josh's assessment and photos of Imbaba, but just briefly, it was slightly larger than the last protest, there seemed to be more Islamists, and there were some heated arguments between a few leftists and islamists about religiously-infused chants, with some name-calling flying back and forth. NDP bodybuilder-goons showed up too.