Egypt in the News on 31 March 2021

It’s another morning of Suez Canal coverage for Egypt, starting with the Financial Times’ Heba Saleh and Harry Dempsey, who say that freeing the Ever Given was a matter of national pride for Egyptians. The canal has long been a symbol of independence from colonial rule, Saleh and Dempsey write. Elsewhere, the Times of Israel notes that a 13-member Yemeni Jewish family departed for Egypt in an agreement the family struck with Iranian-backed Houthi forces.