{"id":638915,"date":"2017-10-17T03:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/17\/egypt-in-the-news-on-17-october-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T03:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:55:09","slug":"egypt-in-the-news-on-17-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/17\/egypt-in-the-news-on-17-october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt in the News on 17 October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s another relatively quiet news day for Egypt in the international press.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Egypt is the \u201cbest of the worst\u201d option for Syrian refugees,<\/strong> Paul Cullen writes for the Irish Times<\/a>. More than 120k Syrians have been granted asylum in Egypt, which is \u201cone of the few countries in the developing world that does not house refugees in camps, and allows freedom of movement.\u201d Although UNHCR-registered refugees are safe from deportation, life in Egypt is getting harder for refugees and locals alike because of the challenging economic conditions, Cullen notes. Most Syrian refugees would rather be in Europe, but they are getting messages that they are \u201cnot welcome\u201d and the journey there is cost prohibitive and dangerous. \u201cEgypt, despite its shortcomings, treats Syrians better than any other Arab country<\/strong>, according to one Syrian student. It is, he says, \u2018the best of the worst.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The EGP float has made Egypt\u2019s real estate market attractive to Saudis <\/strong>who have reportedly been flocking to buy apartments in Omm El Donia, writes Renam Ghanem for the Saudi Gazette<\/a>. With apartment prices starting at around USD 80,000, many from Saudi Arabia have been buying homes primarily in Cairo, Ain Sokhna, the North Coast, and Sharm El Sheikh. And apparently it\u2019s not just apartments, with villas also enticing Saudi buyers.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard for a journalist to cover a revolution without being involved on some level,<\/strong> Jack Shenker for the New York Times<\/a>. Shenker draws parallels between John Reed\u2019s coverage of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and his own experiences covering Egypt in 2011, writing that while traditional journalistic norms dictate a neutral stance toward the subject matter, revolutions present such a storm of passions that the real story is often lost if we ignore \u201cthe mundane spaces where norms are shifting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also making the rounds this morning:<\/p>\n