How slow is it in the foreign press? Molokhia is in the news, that’s how slow it is:

  • The BBC is doing a deep dive on molokhia, the Egyptian staple that was once outlawed for its alleged aphrodisiac effect on women, but is today a childhood comfort food. (BBC)
  • Did climate change contribute to the demise of Egypt’s Old Kingdom? A period of unusually dry weather in 2200 BC caused food shortages that helped spark political turmoil in Ancient Egypt, a Yale researcher claims. (Yale News)
  • Egypt’s #MeToo: Qawem — an app created in 2020 to help victims of [redacted] extortion — has over the past year received an alarming 250k appeals for help from Egyptian women who say their current or former partners are threatening to publish private photos of them. (Reuters)
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