The sole story featured in the foreign press yesterday is gaining traction this morning: The Guardian and The Independent have picked up on Egypt’s efforts to prevent the auction of a 3,000 year-old quartzite bust of Tutankhamun, which experts believe was stolen from Karnak Temple.

Other headlines worth a moment of your time:

  • Formerly Egypt’s comedy superstar, Bassem Youssef discusses the limitations of satire and his new life in the US, in an interview with the Financial Times.
  • As the foreign press continues to draw parallels between Egypt in 2011 and Sudan and Algeria today, Killian Clarke in Foreign Affairs urges Sudanese and Algerian protesters to learn lessons from Egypt “to help keep their own transitions on track”.
  • The newly-released short story collection The Book Of Cairo captures the mixture of humor, disconnection, and “hidden lives” that coexist in our city, The National reports.
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