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It\u2019s a quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press:<\/strong> Water security is getting ink from the<\/a>Financial Times<\/a>\u2019 Heba Saleh, who note the government\u2019s efforts to encourage smallholders across the country to abandon traditional irrigation methods in favor of techniques designed to save water. Meanwhile, the Washington Post<\/a> looks at how the Mersal Foundation<\/a> is saving Egyptian lives during the pandemic, often acting as a facilitator to find empty ICU beds and oxygen tanks for people with covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press: Water security is getting ink from theFinancial Times\u2019 Heba Saleh, who note the government\u2019s efforts to encourage smallholders across the country to abandon traditional irrigation methods in favor of techniques designed to save water. 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