How Brotherhood media fabrications failed to undermine public trust in state institutions

CAIRO - 24 April 2026: Since 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood’s media outlets have transformed into "factories of falsehood," shifting from political opposition to the deliberate manufacture of "information alienation."

By utilizing primitive deepfake techniques and surgical quote-chopping, the group has persistently attempted to erode the trust between the Egyptian people and state institutions during critical national milestones.

The manipulation of former Health Minister Dr. Hala Zayed’s 2019 statements regarding physician training was not a professional error, but a "full-scale psychological operation." By deleting four minutes of context, they portrayed the Minister as elitist. Similarly, the group targeted President El-Sisi’s discourse on the national railway system.

While the original speech detailed a one-trillion-pound modernization plan, the group circulated a 15-second clip to falsely imply a rejection of progress—a narrative later debunked by the unprecedented overhaul of Egypt’s transport infrastructure.

The most dangerous details lie within the "Sinai File." Confessions from the operative Salama Al-Bass revealed a secret organizational structure dedicated not to combat, but to "directed cinematography." Al-Bass confessed to receiving massive foreign currency payments in exchange for:

Economic Surveillance: Gathering data on new factories and development sites in Sinai, then filming them from specific angles to suggest "failure."

Staged Content: Orchestrating fake raids or protests using paid actors to create "documentaries" for channels based in Turkey and London, where hostile voice-overs were added to incite against the state.

The deception extended to Egypt’s "Soft Power." Old interviews with legendary actor Adel Emam—some over a decade old—were repurposed and edited to suggest modern-day "artistic suppression." Furthermore, the New Suez Canal faced one of the largest economic smear campaigns in modern history.

The group initially labeled it a "useless bypass" and later fabricated documents claiming construction failure—lies eventually silenced by the record-breaking global maritime traffic witnessed after the canal's inauguration.

Information security experts emphasize that the group has migrated from "mobilizing in squares" to "mobilizing through screens," exploiting the viral nature of social media. However, this "digital insurgency" has faced a superior counter-weapon: Public Awareness.

The availability of original unedited footage on official state platforms has turned these propaganda attempts into "stray bullets" that only serve to expose the moral and professional bankruptcy of the organization’s media wings.