Ahmed Magdy Youssef holds an MA in Global Journalism from Örebro University in Sweden. He has researched the media coverage of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and is currently monitoring the Egyptian media system through the national media watch group, Egypt's Media Credibility Index (MCE Watch).
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey’s coup failed everywhere, except in Egyptian mediaEgypt's media welcomed, unabashedly, the Turkish military coup; prematurely hailing Erdogan’s overthrow.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSeven trends dominating Egyptian mediaEgypt’s media outlets are trapped in a web of biases. Seven trends have dominated the country's media landscape over the past two years.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOnly in Egypt’s media: women raped because the “guys were having a good time”A long battle lies ahead. People need to start taking responsibility and stop trying to find scapegoats, whether the Muslim Brotherhood, the culture, women’s clothing’s, etc… We all need to stand side by side and make Egypt's streets safer for women.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOne satirist exposes Egypt's lopsided media viewpoint
Nowadays it’s hard to find any national newspaper, TV channel, radio station, or even website that avowedly criticizes the government or the military.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's most powerful man tries to tame the media
To reconcile two different media perspectives of him, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, commander of the armed forces, has resorted to attempting to control Egypt's media himself.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt shuts down more media channels
The vaunted reputation of the military-led government for neutrality is rather easily exposed, when we realise that the decision to close Al-Faraeen came only after Okasha's harsh criticism of both the Egyptian Defence Minister and the Minister of Information.