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International attention to our human rights record has spilled over into the business<\/strong> press <\/strong>as the Financial Times<\/a> quizzed EBRD boss Odile Renaud-Basso about \u201cauthoritarian turns\u201d in the bank\u2019s top markets, including Turkey, Belarus and Egypt. The bank wants to \u201chelp countries move in the right direction,\u201d the former head of the French treasury said, adding that \u201cdeveloping the private sector is also a way to support the development of the economy and civil society.\u201d The vast majority of EBRD\u2019s involvement in Egypt is not aid, but direct investment in high-potential businesses \u2014 most of them private-sector or creating openings for private companies \u2014 that aim to generate a return for EBRD while also strengthening the economy and civil society here. \u201cIf you cut off all financing I\u2019m not sure that you will support the evolution of the country \u2014 and the democratic evolution of the country,\u201d Renaud-Basso said of Egypt.<\/p>\n

French and other international media also led with human rights <\/strong>in their coverage of the Sisi-Macron meeting yesterday (Le Monde<\/a> | France24<\/a> | Reuters<\/a> | Financial Times<\/a> | VOA<\/a>). Meanwhile, the New York Times\u2019 opinion<\/a> section is home to a piece calling on the Biden administration to change its policy on Egypt as a means of setting an example for other countries, and the AP covers a decision to extend<\/a> the pre-trial detention of rights researcher Patrick Zaky.<\/p>\n

On a less somber note: Variety<\/a><\/strong> interviews director Marwan Hamed about Kira and El Gen<\/strong>, which he\u2019s billing as the \u201cmost expensive\u201d film in Egyptian cinema history. The story is based on Ahmed Mourad\u2019s book 1919, about resistance to the British occupation. The magazine also sits down<\/a> with Lift Like a Girl director <\/strong>Mayye Zayed<\/strong> to discuss much-lauded observational documentary on Egypt\u2019s weightlifting women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International attention to our human rights record has spilled over into the business press as the Financial Times quizzed EBRD boss Odile Renaud-Basso about \u201cauthoritarian turns\u201d in the bank\u2019s top markets, including Turkey, Belarus and Egypt. The bank wants to \u201chelp countries move in the right direction,\u201d the former head of the French treasury said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7233],"tags":[2214,2607,898,72,210],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-567824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-abdel-fattal-el-sisi","tag-arab-spring","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-enterpriseam","tag-human-rights","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d27f0008-997a-4bcc-b596-3150170ddaa8","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[567806],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt in the News on 8 December 2020 - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/12\/08\/egypt-in-the-news-on-8-december-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt in the News on 8 December 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"International attention to our human rights record has spilled over into the business press as the Financial Times quizzed EBRD boss Odile Renaud-Basso about \u201cauthoritarian turns\u201d in the bank\u2019s top markets, including Turkey, Belarus and Egypt. 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