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Not one story dominated last night’s talk show coverage, as presenters touched on the meeting between El Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Gaza, El Sisi’s inspection of an armed forces division, the upcoming presidential elections, and the soaring parallel market currency rates.
El Sisi x Macron: The meeting hosted in Cairo yesterday between President El Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron received extensive coverage from the nation’s talking heads. Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 10:38) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:05) both had coverage. Al Qahera News also aired Macron’s comments to the press (watch, runtime: 16:41).
The war on Gaza:Ahmed Moussa scolded the US draft resolution in the UN Security Council that “grants Israel all powers to kill the Palestinian people” (watch, runtime: 10:15). Al Qahera News covered the Arab Group’s preparations for their own UN resolution with Arab League representative to the UN Maged Abdel Fattah (watch, runtime: 8:21). Developments in the war-stricken enclave also received coverage from Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 4:05 | 11:19) and Al Qahera News reported that a fifth convoy of aid trucks had made it into Gaza (watch, runtime: 8:16).
Last night’s hosts analyzed El Sisi’s inspection of armed forces division: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s inspection of a military division was a “political message from the land of military power” at home and abroad, strategist Samir Farag said on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 1:36:40). Most of last night’s hosts echoed the same message, including Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:16 | 5:53) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 3:38 | 3:36).
Presidential elections 2023: Hadith fi Misr hosted presidential candidate Hazem Omar to discuss his election pledges to remove taxes and fees from food and medicine, focus on productive investment, and reduce wasteful state spending. Omar also touched on national security issues and told Sherif Amer “Egypt seeks good and balanced relations with all countries, especially the Nile Basin countries…Egyptian water security is a red line and Ethiopia knows that well” (watch, runtime: 4:23 | 4:25 | 3:50).
Also on the airwaves last night: The parallel market for the USD is on fire, according toformer deputy supply minister Medhat Nafei on Hadith fi Misr, who called in to discuss the reasons for the soaring exchange rate on the parallel market for greenbacks. Nafei pointed to recent restrictions imposed by the Central Bank of Egypt on the use of credit cards and other factors as driving up the exchange rate. (watch, runtime: 3:08 | 3:21).
