Other coverage of Egypt in the international media worth noting in brief:

  • Tom Rollins remembers last September’s “Rashid Tragedy” in Al Jazeera.The incident claimed the lives of more than 200 people who were trying to cross the Mediterranean.
  • Egyptian fashion designers are starting to take serious steps to compete withinternational brands, Nayrouz Talaat writes in Al Monitor.
  • Chinese state news agency Xinhua has a photo essay showing Egyptians celebrating Sham El Nessim in Cairo.
  • Are Salafis changing their tune on women in leadership roles? Al Monitor appears to see that the call by Zebiba Man (aka Yasser Al Borhamy) to study further a fatwa on women leaders is a step in the right direction.
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