1. The Ouster of Mubarak in Egypt
Aklile Wodajo
ENGL 403 Sec. 2
Spring 2013

2. Hosni Mubarak

3. Protesters

4. Women and young adults

5. Slogans

6. Police officers

7. Celebration at Tahir Square

8. Database and Newspapers
• Proquest database on WSU online Library
• New York Times and Daily News Egypt
• 10 newspaper resources
• 5 from each newspaper

9. Keywords
• Egypt
• Government
• President
• Power
• Mubarak
• Ouster
• Protest
• Youth
• Muslims
• Social network

10. Coverage of the Two Newspapers
New York Times
• Military of Egypt
• Mubarak’ cosntrol of the
military
• US involvement in the
Egyptian regime
• US Influence on President
Mubarak
Daily News Egypt
• Focus on protesters and the
opposition leaders
• The beginning movement
started
• Mostly young adults and
women
• Social media

11. Conclusion
Similarities
• Opposition leaders
• Mubarak’s negotiation with
the people and leaders
• Protesters role to oust the
president
Differences
• Social media coverage
• The military involvement
• The Muslim brotherhood
• Transitional government

12. Reasons the two newspapers were
different
• New York Times tried to cover the news in
global aspect
• Daily News Egypt focused in the local news