With the Suez Canal jam and Sohag train accident taking up plenty of attention, there isn’t much else about Egypt in the foreign press. Among the headlines to skim briefly:

  • Nawal El Saadawi is eulogized as a “key influence on feminists in the global south.” (Financial Times)
  • Human rights: Aly Mahdy, an asylum seeker who fled Egypt to the US in 2019, is calling for the release of his family members, who were detained after he called for protests to mark the anniversary of the 2011 revolution on social media. (The Washington Post)
  • Egypt’s largest annual flora exhibition (Ma3rad El Zohoor) is helping floral businesses weather the impact of the covid-induced slump in sales. (Xinhua)
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