There are tumbleweeds as far as the eye can see in the foreign press this morning, with only two articles worthy of note:

  • AFP is running an interview with political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah on his time in prison and his conditional freedom.
  • Lina Mowafy — curator, artist, and founder of the Arts-Mart gallery — is holding tight to her belief that the Egyptian visual arts scene is “on the cusp of worldwide recognition,” Heba El-Sherif writes for The National.