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A wrestling arena in Ismailia that draws inspiration from the WWE has hosted 22 events since Egyptian Professional Wrestling Federation (EWF) founder Ashraf Mahrous set it up in 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20181119-egyptian-enthusiasts-get-american-wrestling-off-ground\">France\u2019s AFP<\/a> first reported the story, which has spread to outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albawaba.com\/editorchoice\/egyptian-fans-recreate-us-style-wrestling-schoolyard-1215200\">Al Bawaba<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/saudigazette.com.sa\/article\/548393\/World\/Mena\/Amateur-fightersin-Egypt-get-US-wrestlingoff-the-ground\">Saudi Gazette<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2018\/11\/19\/egypt-s-amateur-boxers-dream-of-famed-wwe\/\">Africanews<\/a> (who\u2019s put together an interesting video report), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1407156\/offbeat\">Arab News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other headlines worth noting in brief:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Austerity measures are not enough to resolve Egypt\u2019s \u201cdebt crisis,\u201d<\/strong> Maged Mandour writes for the <a href=\"http:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/sada\/77756?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldWbFpHTXdOV0k0WW1aaSIsInQiOiJWbUlhMUhYVElRUFI0NllnV0tpOUxUekExT1M1eVNoZExOQTV1ZEYwRmRsaXNGdXJPUlwvdTFDTTM4a3JjdEVGOTBoZDJOdWZMeWdmbzlBZzhaeXNkK1FjKzR0ZXJNQmhqUEdUSWFQODI3UnI0bUdXYjd1ZFZRSkg4R0dUY01IMjAifQ%3D%3D\">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/a>, saying that the issue is rooted in the military\u2019s role in the economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The abuse of homegrown psychedelic \u201cstrox\u201d<\/strong> is alarming officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/africaTech\/idAFL8N1XI9S4\">Reuters<\/a> reports. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Shawkan: <\/strong>Reporters Without Borders is <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/news\/shawkan-still-prison-three-months-after-completing-five-year-term\">calling for the release<\/a> of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid \u201cShawkan,\u201d who is still in prison despite completing his term, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifex.org\/egypt\/2018\/11\/19\/shawkan-prison\/\">the IFEX network notes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disregard for child rights: <\/strong>Egypt has disregarded basic children\u2019s rights for subjecting six children \u201cto horrific violations including torture, prolonged solitary confinement and enforced disappearance,\u201d according to findings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2018\/11\/egypt-children-face-shocking-violations-including-torture-and-enforced-disappearance\/\">published by Amnesty International<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abuse of red notices: <\/strong>Egypt is among countries who persecute foreign-based critics using Interpol\u2019s red notices, including China, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b87c0f32-ecc1-11e8-89c8-d36339d835c0\">the Financial Times notes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Politics in the Coptic Church<\/strong> undermine efforts for religious reform as Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria faces backlash from conservative Coptic bishops on church-state relations, Dr. Georges Fahmi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/expert\/comment\/politics-stymie-religious-reform-egypt-s-coptic-church\">writes for Chatham House<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>166th birthday of the Egyptian Museum: <\/strong>Egypt celebrated yesterday the 166th anniversary of the Egyptian museum asserting the establishment will not become out-of-date when the Grand Egyptian Museum launches, <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/egyptNews\/idAFL8N1XV4T6\">Reuters reports<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can only be called a \u201cweird\u201d day for Egypt in the international press, with our homegrown answer to WWE going viral a few weeks after it first made headlines and a passel of stories tackling the nation\u2019s human rights record. 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