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As we noted above, press and political freedom continued to dominate headlines on Egypt internationally. <\/strong>Beyond coverage of Al Masry Al Youm\u2019s fine, there\u2019s a wave of stories critical of the state of political freedom in Egypt. The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial board<\/a> writes that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi winning the election by c. 92% of the vote \u201csays all you need to know about the contest. Yet Mr. Sisi \u2026 should use his second term to allow more moderate voices to emerge as a channel for political dissent even as he stresses economic growth and crushing an Islamist insurgency in the Sinai.\u201d<\/p>\n

Activists tell <\/strong>The Telegraph\u2019s Raf Sanchez<\/strong><\/a> the election saw Sisi consolidate his power. <\/strong>They see \u201clittle chance of another mass show of people power like in Tahrir Square anytime soon.\u201d One college professor suggested that political space will open up again once Egypt\u2019s security situation is stable. HA Hellyer almost repeats the same point in his piece for the Atlantic<\/a>. Egypt desks at foreign papers must be paid by the word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we noted above, press and political freedom continued to dominate headlines on Egypt internationally. Beyond coverage of Al Masry Al Youm\u2019s fine, there\u2019s a wave of stories critical of the state of political freedom in Egypt. The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial board writes that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi winning the election by c. 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