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Leading the conversation on Egypt this morning: <\/strong>The arrest<\/a><\/strong> of the acting leader of the <\/strong>Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat<\/strong>, during a raid his hideout in Fifth Settlement. The 76-year-old Ezzat has been on the run for the past seven years and was sentenced death in absentia on terrorism charges. He now faces a mandatory retrial. Picking up the story: The Associated Press<\/a> | Reuters<\/a> | New York Times<\/a> | Arab News<\/a>. Meanwhile, HRW<\/a> and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/a> are condemning rights activist Bahey Eldin Hassan\u2019s sentencing to 15 years in <\/strong>prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Culture Desk:<\/strong> AFP<\/a> takes a look at the plight of Egyptian cinema through the pandemic while Haaretz<\/a> puts Egypt\u2019s \u2018refusal\u2019 to normalize cultural ties with Israel in the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leading the conversation on Egypt this morning: The arrest of the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid his hideout in Fifth Settlement. The 76-year-old Ezzat has been on the run for the past seven years and was sentenced death in absentia on terrorism charges. He now faces a mandatory retrial. 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