Egyptians throwing dancing parties to raise money

Over to the French media, AFP has a story, picked up by Le Parisien, about Egyptians pooling funds to afford weddings, framing the piece as “helping Egyptians living in a period of deep economic hardship to find funding outside the banking system.” It’s not a new trend, but the practice of no’ta — and you won’t find the images in the story or the footage at the end of the accompanying video in the domestic press.