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Still topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press is the British woman who is being accused of smuggling restricted meds into the country. 33-year-old Laura Plummer, who insists the meds were for her Egyptian husband’s back pain, has been referred to trial and her detention has been renewed for 15 days, the Associated Press […]

Egypt’s 1979 peace agreement with Israel should serve as “encouragement to Palestinians and other Arab states to reach their own peace agreements with the Jewish state,” Egypt’s ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat said, according to Times of Israel. “They should go back to Sadat’s address to the Knesset 40 years ago and they should see […]

Daniel Bardsley writes that a lack of role models is limiting the number of Arab women who become scientists in a piece for The National. “Negative perceptions of women with successful careers and the challenges that many face of juggling work with domestic commitments were also highlighted” during a special session the World Science Forum […]

From the Department of Really Bad Ideas: The House of Representatives is looking into a bill that could make “disparaging remarks on the country’s historical figures a jailable offence,” according to Gulf News. Representative Omar Hamrush wants to protect us precious petals because “the controversy resulting from insulting these symbols is dangerous and negatively affects […]

From the Department of Really Unfortunate Company Names: UK payment technology provider Bango announced that merchant partners can now launch carrier billing across all Egyptian mobile operators, according to Business Weekly. “Bango is a mobile payment company for mobile app stores to power direct carrier billing for their customers. Bango enables app store customers to […]

Also worth noting in brief Egypt’s US-backed war on terror has seen a “spate of disappearances and apparent extrajudicial killings,” Jacob Greene and Allison McManus write for The Intercept. Menna Farouk reports on the government’s “Fekretak Sherketak” initiative to support startups, in a piece for Startup MGZN. Oh, and if you are ever in Seoul, […]