A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Fifty Years of Egyptian Television

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia, who is often a great source of nostalgia and old pictures, reflects on the approaching 50th anniversary of Egyptian television, and links to a promo with clips (Arabic):


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I suspect someday we'll see the history of TV in the Middle East as having two distinct phases: the pre-satellite era, when TV was a state monopoly and blended propaganda with soap operas and old movies, and the post-satellite era, when even the state channels had to compete with the competition.

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