Egypt in the News: NYT picks up on the mahraganat culture war

It’s a light morning in the foreign press: The New York Times notes the recent performance ban placed on 19 mahraganat singers by the Musicians’ Syndicate, framing it as a “battle” between “Egypt’s cultural establishment” and a “renegade musical genre.” Meanwhile, Xinhua covers a beauty contest for Egyptian Arabian horses in Sharqia over the weekend.