Arabic Newspaper Headlines Divided On Obama (SLIDESHOW)

President Obama is in Cairo, Egypt, to give his first speech in the Middle East on Thursday. One question has driven pre-speech debate: how will Obama be received by the Muslim world? Arabic newspapers, which offer some indication of people's expectations, are largely divided on the issue.

HuffPost Eyes and Ears reporter Mohamed Elshahed photographed and translated the day's top Arabic headlines from Cairo, which include: "America makes up with Muslim world from Cairo," "End American Bias Towards Israel," "Obama to Muslims of The World: I Speak to You From Cairo," "Don't Ignore Human Rights, But Don't Interfere With Internal Politics."

• • • • • • HuffPost Eyes and Ears reporter Mohamed Elshahed photographed and translated the day's top Arabic headlines from Cairo. AlGamaheer headlines: "America makes up with Muslim world from Cairo," "Five Issues Face OBAMA," "Cairo University Face-Lift Cost 15 million Egyptian Pounds."

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Comments

[Stile4aly]

01:22 AM on 06/04/2009

The source of that Saladin pin is from Civilization 4. As a gamer, I'm tickled.

[toxicbrainpoison]

12:16 AM on 06/04/2009

that saldin pictures pretty adorable. he looks like one of the 3 kings!

[augusteighteenth]

11:48 PM on 06/03/2009

They are criticizing where he is speaking from....is he not close enough? Should he be in Iran? Or Saudi Arabia? I mean, where do they want him to speak from?

[AmandaBC]

10:23 PM on 06/03/2009

Huffp0's headline #1:

ARAB PAPERS WELCOME AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Huffp0's headline #2:

Arabic Newspaper Headlines Divided

Go ahead and ce.nsor me for spotting the obvious contradiction...

[swan1]

08:37 PM on 06/03/2009

It is amazing how each side still has their propaganda. The hardliners on each side attempt to say he is for "the other side".

[boston2008]

08:24 PM on 06/03/2009

It's so interesting to see how the world reacts to the new face of america. It's like looking in a mirror almost to most people in that part of the world.