A Nile cruise for sightseeing on a tight schedule

In an otherwise slow news day in the foreign press, wecouldn’t help but wish it was winter when we read this Conde Nast Traveler piece on the Nile cruise. Other coverage of Egypt in the foreign press include:

• Alexandria’s infrastructure is in need of a serious overhaul to protect the city from environmental risks, such as rising sea levels, Sonia Farid writes for Al Arabiya.
• Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah’s “talent is resonating far beyond the game, and well beyond Liverpool,” Roula Khalaf writes for the FT.

• Egyptian comedian Shady Abu Zaid has been detained for 15 days following his arrest on Sunday, says rights lawyer Azza Soliman, according to the Associated Press.