Thu 3 May 2012
14:39
<p>Saad Al-Katatny, Muslim Brotherhood&#39;s senior member, waves after being nominated by the Freedom and Justice Party for the post of the Parliament Speaker, during the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, January 23, 2012. Egypt&#39;s parliament began its first session on Monday since an election put Islamists in charge of the assembly following the overthrow of Mubarak in February.</p>
Photographed by Reuters
People’s Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katatny’s decision to suspend parliamentary sessions Monday without putting it to a general vote shifted the dispute over the Cabinet. Originally pitting Parliament against...
20:12
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Photographed by MENA
Tuesday’s papers pursue their coverage of the Cabinet reshuffle saga with contradictory headlines. For example, the privately owned Al-Shorouk leads with “Winds of change to sweep [Kamal] al-Ganzouri’s...
16:02
Central Security forces clashed with a journalist in a demonstration, an image for the suppression of freedoms in the Arab States as report of &quot;Frame House&quot;
Photographed by Amr Abdalla
As decades-old authoritarian regimes crumbled or eased their grip in countries as widespread as Myanmar, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, freedom of the press gained precarious new footholds last year, according to a survey by...
13:43
<p>Arab League Secretary General and would-be presidential candidate Amr Moussa during a symposium, Rotary al-Gezira Club, Cairo, 14 June, 2011. Moussa expressed reservations over holding parliamentary elections in September saying parties are not ready yet for elections. He also called for holding presidential elections primarlity.</p>
Photographed by Tahseen Bakr
Monday’s papers reveal how Egypt’s political scene has reached a boiling point amid escalating tension ahead of May’s presidential election. Independent Al-Tahrir publishes a story about violent...
22:24
<p>An Egyptian protester scuffles with security forces as they arrest a fellow demonstrator outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo, April 28, 2012. Saudi Arabia has decided to recall its ambassador to Cairo and close diplomatic missions in Egypt after protests outside its embassy to demand releasing the Egyptian lawyer and activist Ahmed al-Gizawy, who was arrested in Saudi Arabia few days ago.</p>
Photographed by AFP
Despite the continued controversies surrounding the upcoming presidential election, Sunday’s front pages are dedicated to what Al-Akhbar describes as a “significant crisis with Saudi Arabia.” The state...

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