{"id":594221,"date":"2019-10-23T04:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T04:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/10\/23\/last-nights-talk-shows-for-wednesday-23-october-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T04:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T04:10:38","slug":"last-nights-talk-shows-for-wednesday-23-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/10\/23\/last-nights-talk-shows-for-wednesday-23-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Last night\u2019s talk shows for Wednesday, 23 October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a reasonably eventful night on the airwaves last night,<\/b> despite the absence of Lamees El Hadidi, who this week rejoined the country\u2019s cast of talking heads. El Hadidi\u2019s new show, Al Kahera Alaan, airs on Al Hadath TV on Sunday and Monday evenings.<\/p>\n

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s visit to Sochi to head the two-day Russia-Africa Summit<\/b>, which kicks off today,stole the limelight. Hona Al Asema\u2019s Reham Ibrahim was among those with a pen, a paper, and a loud mouth (watch, runtime: 1:58<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Will El Sisi bring up the flights? <\/b>We remain none the wiser about the current state of play in the negotiations to get Russian airlines back to Sharm El Sheikh after hearing from Russian political analyst Leonid Sukainen, who offered precious little political analysis. \u201cWe have been anticipating over the recent period the resumption of Russia-Egypt flights [to the Red Sea],\u201d he told Al Hayah Al Youm\u2019s Khaled Abu Bakr in a phone call (watch, runtime: 4:20<\/a>). Sukainen expects El Sisi to discuss energy, military, and economic cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

The Brits are returning to Sharm: <\/b>The UK lifted yesterday its four-year ban on direct flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Abu Bakr noted (watch, runtime: 1:51<\/a>). He spoke to Egyptian Tourism Federation member Ali Ghoneim<\/a>, who claimed that the UK was persuaded to return by El Sisi\u2019s diplomatic trips around the world. He also said that the \u201cintensive presence of the private sector in international conferences\u201d was also a factor, which in our view is probably the more plausible explanation. We have more in Speed Round, below.<\/p>\n

Talking heads pounce on the BBC for interviewing Mohamed Ali: <\/b>The State Information Service rebuked the BBC after it announced<\/a> it would broadcast an interview with contractor-turned-exile Mohamed Ali. The report claimed that the BBC has a \u201chistory of lack of professionalism and credibility\u201d and slammed its coverage of the 2017 Daesh attack in Giza. The BBC\u2019s ongoing coverage of the Egyptian judiciary was also a bone of contention. Abu Bakr (watch, runtime: 10:25<\/a>), Masaa DMC\u2019s Ramy Radwan (watch, runtime: 32:21<\/a>), and Hona Al Asema\u2019s Reham Ibrahim (watch, runtime: 8: 26<\/a>) all featured lengthy segments slamming the British broadcaster.<\/p>\n

Also getting some airtime yesterday:<\/p>\n