VOL. XLVI

No 38

22-September-2003

Arab Press Review

The Succession In Egypt

(MEES Translation)

The following commentary, by Beirut-based Egyptian journalist Mustafa al-Husaini and entitled Egypt: Jamal Mubarak For The Presidency, was published in the Lebanese dailyal-Nahar on 13 September:

The year 2003 in Cairo began with everyone preoccupied by what might happen in 2005. While in terms of the flow of political events this might seem a long way off, it is in fact the date of the next presidential...