It was a fairly quiet night on the airwaves with only two stories worth noting: Egyptian Women’s Day and a conversation with CIB’s Hisham Ezz El Arab.

What does Hisham Ezz El Arab think of the collapse of SVB? CIB’s newly-reappointed non-executive chairman Hisham Ezz El Arab joined Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 8:39) to weigh in on the global economy in light of the recent banking fears as well as Egypt’s economic situation.

Yesterday was Egyptian Women’s Day: All the talking heads covered an event attended by the president yesterday, who used the occasion to announce a series of decisions aimed at supporting women such as enshrining labor rights in legislation, expanding access to finance, and offering new tech training programs.

No imprisoned debtors this Ramadan: El Sisi also issued a presidential pardon to all debtors and directed for their release from prison before Ramadan. The state has so far released 40 female debtors and 45 male debtors.

The news received coverage from: Kelma Akhira’s El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 6:26 | 0:41 | 4:40), who pointed out that the gender pay gap is a global problem, not just present in Egypt and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 3:49), while Masa’a DMC host Eman El Hossary (watch, runtime: 7:45) talked with Dina Hussein, member of the Egyptian Women’s Council, who spoke against verbal divorce.

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