Egypt's media war

As journalists face arrest, we ask why the media is seen as being either with the army or with the Muslim Brotherhood.


Egypt is in the midst of a self-declared war on terror.

Since the Muslim Brotherhood was branded a terrorist organisation eight months ago, Egypt’s current leader Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his so-called ‘security solution’ has left no middle ground in the debate.

Egyptians - and their media - are either with the military or they are considered to be with the 'terrorists'. As a consequence, news organisations have come under huge pressure and the jailing of Al Jazeera journalists has sent a chill through the foreign media contingent in Cairo.

On the domestic side, Egyptian journalists who have not aligned themselves with the Sisi government have had to be very careful about what they report.