From the Egyptian daily, al-Masry al-Youm:

Chairman of al-Ahram newspaper Abdel-Monem Saeed said he has not received any complaints from authorities concerning the publishing of aPhotoshopped picture of leaders in negotiations held recently in Washington to put Mubarak ahead of the other leaders.

So that's all right then. The Egyptian authorities don't mind al-Ahram altering photographs to exaggerate the importance of President Mubarak on the world stage. But hasn't it occurred to Abdel-Monem Saeed to consider what his readers think?

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 26 September 2010.