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(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/oct\/12\/easyjet-loss-october-half-term-canary-islands\">The Guardian<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A pair of Sphinx statues in a UK couple\u2019s garden were discovered to be<\/strong><strong> genuine Egyptian artifacts<\/strong> dating back some 5k years and have been sold for nearly GBP 200k at an auction yesterday. Antiquities theft? The English? Perish the thought. Certainly nothing more than a perfectly normal mistake to have made, yeah? (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science\/1504683\/egypt-archaeology-news-garden-ornament-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-statue-suffolk\">Express<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Egyptian burn victim Hend El Banna is helping others with her condition <\/strong><strong>overcome stigma<\/strong> through her \u201cEhtewa\u2019a\u201d (inclusion) association, a charitable organization she runs from Alexandria, Egypt, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/egyptian-group-helps-burn-victims-fight-stigma-2021-10-11\/\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a quiet morning for Egypt in the global press: Bookings to Egypt and Turkey from the UK have soared 400% since our removal from the red list, an Easyjet executive says. 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