The average Egyptian throws away 73 kg of food every year, making Egypt one of the “biggest wasters of food,” according to a VOA News photo essay that cites an NGO’s claim that some 40% of food in Egypt is wasted. Egypt among the 20 countries with th ehighest number of children suffering from chronic malnutrition or stunting, according to UNICEF data.

Meanwhile:

  • Alexandrian Mina Bendary started the “Je Suis” academy in 2015 to battle “Christian discrimination” as an aspiring professional football player after he was repeatedly asked to use a Muslim name to get accepted to various clubs, according to AFP.
  • Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy says he cannot return to Egypt from Doha as he faces prosecution for his coverage of the 2013 Rabaa protests, according to Global Journalist.
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