Also worth noting in brief:

  • A planned gathering of international youth organized by the Egyptian government is being ridiculed on social media, the Associated Press reports.
  • Oxford Business Group published a recap of the IMF’s praise of Egyptian economic reforms during the fall meetings two weeks ago and prospects for further funding.
  • The North-West Mail is taking note of a 100ft, 150 tonne steel storage vessel that rolled out of the Bendalls Engineering plant in Cumbria, which, with a second 66-ton vessel, will be installed in a new BP gas refinery on the Nile Delta.
  • Egyptian feminist band Bnt Al Masarwa consider themselves not only the daughters of Egypt, but tell the stories of Egyptian women, Amira Salah Ahmed writes for Al-Monitor.
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