It was a slightly more lively night on the talk shows after a run of Ramadan specials, with our talking heads covering the economy and foreign affairs.

The “psychological price barrier:” Amr Adib gave viewers a lesson on why just over 31 feels like a much bigger number than just under it, after the interbank USD-EGP rate — the exchange rate shown through Google search — breached the 31 mark yesterday to trade at around 31.05 (watch, runtime: 8:06). The official CBE rate remains unchanged at 30.94 per USD.

Egyptian-Turkish relations got some airtime after news broke of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s possible trip to Turkey later this week. Ala Mas’ouleety had coverage (watch, runtime: 3:49). We have all the details in What We’re Tracking Today, above.

AND- We’re not interested in hosting the 2030 World Cup: Egypt will not be submitting a bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy told the Al Match program on Sunday (watch, runtime: 42:00). He didn’t rule out bidding for World Cups further down the line or the 2036 Olympics. Sobhy had previously said Egypt would join Saudi Arabia and Greece for a joint bid to host the cup in 2030 or 2034.

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