On an exceptionally quiet news day for Egypt in the international press, we wonder: Does anyone other than WaPo remember Smurf Islands? The Washington Post is really scraping to the bottom of the barrel to portray Egypt as unstable by marking the second anniversary of the “massive” protests over Tiran and Sanafir. Writing for the Monkey Cage blog, Janis Grimm appears to be crossing her fingers in hope that it may happen again.

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