Also worth noting in brief:

  • Egyptian dating app Harmonica is developed taking into consideration local cultural norms and hanging romance for Egypt’s conservative millennials, New Statesman reports.
  • The improved ties between Egypt an Cyprus have raised Turkish concerns “over the past few years,” Mahmoud Fouly and Abdel-Maguid Kamal write for Xinhua, reviewing the regional tensions surrounding maritime border demarcation agreements.
  • A far-right Italian political party is up in arms over the Egyptian museum in Turin offering discounts to Arabic speakers, The New York Times reports. The party criticized the discount as being encouraging of Islamization and vowed to fire the museum’s director if the party, a part of a Silvio Berlusconi-led coalition, is elected, Bloomberg reports.
  • International outlets including Africa News and ENCA are taking note of Egyptian football fans’ recent return to the stadiums.
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