Another beautifully quiet news day for Egypt in the international press on 4 January 2017

It’s another wonderfully quiet news day for Egypt in the international press:

• Angus Blair, head of the Signet Institute and chief operating officer at Pharos, speaks with Bloomberg on “Will the EGP hold steady in 2017?” (watch, run time: 2:27)
• Stratfor suggests that Egypt and Ethiopia will “find common ground despite the ongoing construction of the divisive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” even as distrust continues and competition for resources shows no sign of ending.
• Agence France Presse has a look at how the nation’s antiquities are faring amid falling tourism receipts. The Daily Mail has picked up the story, of course, and runs with its usual breathless headline: “Pyramids at risk: Egypt is struggling to maintain its rich archaeological heritage following a huge drop in tourism revenue.”
• Al-Monitor takes a rather meandering look at the emergence of terror outfit Hasm that fails to live up to the promise of its headline.