Egypt in the News on 5 October 2020

On a slow morning, no single story is leading the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press. Voice of America took note of our yet-to-recover tourism numbers, noting that “a few tourists walk among Egypt’s ancient wonders,” while Al Monitor says some 300 new mosques opened their doors in September following criticism over a slew of demolitions in Alexandria earlier this year. Meanwhile, Al Manassa reporter Basma Moustafa was detained in Luxor, where she was reportedly covering the alleged killing of a man by police forces, reports the Associated Press.