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Leading coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is the sentencing of <\/strong>[redacted] offender Ahmed Bassam Zaki to three years in prison<\/strong> on charges of blackmailing and [redacted] harassing two women on social media. The verdict, which was handed down by the Cairo Economic Court, can still be appealed. Zaki is also facing a separate trial for allegedly [redacted] assaulting three minors. (Associated Press<\/a> | AFP<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Also worth keeping on your radar this morning:<\/strong> Reuters<\/a> looks at how Egypt is working to maintain its position as the world\u2019s biggest orange exporter by sticking to strict quality control measures. Ezzedine Fishere suggests in the Washington Post<\/a> that US president-elect Joe Biden can rattle the sanctions saber to make Egypt and other countries in the Middle East change their human rights policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leading coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is the sentencing of [redacted] offender Ahmed Bassam Zaki to three years in prison on charges of blackmailing and [redacted] harassing two women on social media. The verdict, which was handed down by the Cairo Economic Court, can still be appealed. 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