Al-Watan reports that President Muhammad Mursī has decided to appoint Coptic thinker Samīr Marqus, Dr. Bākīnām al-Sharqāwī, Dr. Sayf ‘Abd al-Fattāh, and writer, Sakīnah Fu’ād, to his presidential advisory team.

The decision was announced by the president's spokesman, Dr. Yāsir ‘Alī, who also said that President Mursī would officially present the formation of the full team in a few days before his visit to China beginning on the 27th of August.