Egypt in the News on 1 February 2021

It’s a quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press: Water security is getting ink from theFinancial Times’ Heba Saleh, who note the government’s efforts to encourage smallholders across the country to abandon traditional irrigation methods in favor of techniques designed to save water. Meanwhile, the Washington Post looks at how the Mersal Foundation is saving Egyptian lives during the pandemic, often acting as a facilitator to find empty ICU beds and oxygen tanks for people with covid-19.