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How to improve Egypt's media law

Abdel Latif El-Menawy, the former head of Egyptian state TV who now heads Al Ghad Al Arabi satellite TV, explained in an interview with Al-Monitor why the Egyptian media has deviated from its role, and what the field needs now.
Anti-government protesters wave flags in front of the state TV building on the Corniche in Cairo February 11, 2011. A furious wave of protest finally swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXXQZZ
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CAIRO, Egypt — The book "Tahrir: The last 18 days of Mubarak," published in 2012, revealed what was secretly going on behind the scenes prior to President Hosni Mubarak’s famed resignation speech on Feb. 11, 2011. Most important among this information is the disassociation of the Egyptian military and intelligence services from the Mubarak administration. 

Abdel Latif El-Menawy, the author of the book and the former head of the news department at Egyptian state TV, says he revealed "what he was able to say at the time" of what he was privy to in his association with decision-making circles.

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