It’s a pleasantly quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press, with no single story leading the conversation.

Among the very small handful of pieces worth noting:

  • Harriet Tubman would be proud: Abanoub Elias, who went into hiding after he raised the rainbow flag at the Mashrou Leila concert in 2017, escaped Egypt via the Rainbow Railroad, an underground network that helps LGBT individuals leave countries where they’re at risk of persecution, reports CBS.
  • Security forces killed 12 terrorists in Cairo yesterday, a day after an explosion near the pyramids injured at least 12 people, including South African holidaymakers, Reuters reports.
  • Egyptian women are learning ancient Indonesian martial arts to improve their self-defense skills and help guard themselves against [redacted] harassment, according to Reuters.
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