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The Agricultural Quarantine Authority has issued new export regulations that seek to ensure the quality of goods exported from Egypt, Agricultural Exports Council head Abdel Hamid El Demerdash tells Al Borsa. The new directives make it mandatory for strawberry and pepper exporters to obtain signed letters from their respective packaging stations, where state-affiliated inspectors examine […]
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Fahim joins Endeavour Egypt’s board
MOVES- Tarek Fahim has joined Endeavor Egypt’s board of directors. Fahim is the Managing Partner at Endure Capital and joins Khaled Bichara, Amr Shady, Mohamed Azab, and Amir Barsoum on Endeavor’s board of the directors.
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ANC moves to oust Zuma, Germany to halt arms exports to countries mired in Yemen conflict
Further afield: Keep your eye on South Africa this week. The ruling African National Congress has started taking steps to kick Jacob Zuma out of his second “scandal-hit presidency,” writes the Financial TImes, “paving the way for Cyril Ramaphosa, its newly elected leader, to take over the helm and accelerate a clean-out of corruption in […]
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Pence’s arrival in Cairo tops coverage of Egypt in the foreign press
US Vice President Mike Pence’s arrival in Cairo on the first leg of his Middle East tour tops coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning. The VP’s visit comes as the region grows increasingly angry at US President Donald Trump’s administration, which “faces more daunting challenges in the Middle East than when he […]
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Swimmer Farida Osman on stereotypes
Top Egyptian swimmer and Olympic hopeful Farida Osman gave a short interview with Al Arabiya on breaking stereotypes and her goals for the 2020 Olympics. Osman is adamant on proving that female athletes in the Middle East can succeed, but prefers to let her swimming speak for her. Her her focus is squarely on training […]
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Other international coverage
Also worth a quick skim this morning: Autocracy in Egypt has a multitude of dictators spread across all aspects of daily life, Maged Mandour writes for Open Democracy. Singer Mohamed Mounir is “still a man of the people,” Saeed Saeed reviews for The National. Ancient Egyptian relics went on display at the Henan Museum in […]
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None of the three presidential nominees has pretended a plan or vision
We now have three contenders in the presidential race, but none of them has presented specific solutions to the nation’s very specific problems, Ahmed Galal writes in Al Masry Al Youm. He says that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Sami Anan, and Khaled Ali have all been fixating on what has been happening in the […]
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Yara Shalaby: Egypt’s only desert rally driver
Yara Shalaby, Egypt’s only active female desert-racing driver, is trying to make a run at a world cup event in Abu Dhabi this March, according to ESPN. Shalaby got her start in the sport five years ago and has cut her teeth on grueling long-distance races like the 1,800 mile Pharaons Rally. She not only […]
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Egypt-themed Immortal Redneck on shelves in February
Video game maker Crema announced the release of an Ancient Egyptian-themed first person shooter titled Immortal Redneck in February 2018, according to XBox Achievements. The hero in this case is The Redneck who somehow finds himself mummified in Egypt and having to shoot his way out of trouble around the pyramids (watch, runtime 1:31). Quick […]