The highlight of last night’s talk shows: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s phone-in to Channel One to laud Feryal Ashraf’s historic Olympic achievement as she won Egypt's only gold medal in Tokyo (watch, runtime: 16:11). El Sisi vowed to name one of the highways currently under construction after the karate champion — who is also the first Egyptian woman ever to claim an Olympic gold — while instructing the concerned authorities to pay particular attention to developing martial arts in Egypt.

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