Cairo's newspaper vendors go silent as sales collapse

Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent.

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Newspapers and magazines are laid out and presented at a newsstand along Kasr al-Aini street in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on February 17, 2022. . -- Photo: Khaled Desouki / AFP

2022-03-03 11:07:32

Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent.

As elsewhere in the world, Egypt's print media has been in sharp decline as news has moved mostly online and readers tend to stay up-to-date via their smartphones.

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