Leading the conversation on Egypt this morning: The arrest of the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid his hideout in Fifth Settlement. The 76-year-old Ezzat has been on the run for the past seven years and was sentenced death in absentia on terrorism charges. He now faces a mandatory retrial. Picking up the story: The Associated Press | Reuters | New York Times | Arab News. Meanwhile, HRW and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are condemning rights activist Bahey Eldin Hassan’s sentencing to 15 years in prison.

From the Culture Desk: AFP takes a look at the plight of Egyptian cinema through the pandemic while Haaretz puts Egypt’s ‘refusal’ to normalize cultural ties with Israel in the spotlight.

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