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We\u2019ve been blessed with another day of wonderfully light coverage of Egypt in the<\/strong>foreign press, <\/strong>with many outlets picking up the Associated Press\u2019 coverage<\/a> of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Cairo yesterday. Sputnik is also joining the conversation<\/a> with its own story that centers on the two leaders\u2019 discussions on the situation in Syria.<\/p>\n

There are two recent signs that suggest Pope Francis\u2019 trip to Egypt \u201cmay<\/strong> have been a papal trip that mattered,\u201d <\/strong>Crux<\/a> Editor John Allen Jr writes. \u201cOne is the construction of a new Christian church with Muslim support, the other legal charges against a powerful Islamic cleric who called Christians and Jews \u2018infidels.\u2019\u201d It is still too early to judge the impact of the trip, he says, but \u201crecent days have brought intriguing signs that the pontiff\u2019s message may have captured a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former US ambassador to Cairo Daniel Kurtzer <\/strong>has waded into the debate over US President Donald Trump\u2019s alleged blurting out of national security information during a sit-down with the Russians. The piece for Forward, the venerable weekly on Jewish-American interests, is headlined \u201cWhy Trump\u2019s Loose Lips May Be \u2018Extraordinarily Dangerous\u2019 \u2014 To Israel And Us.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the only story out there rising to the level of even mildly interested is The Australian<\/a>\u2019s (paywall) tale of a Coptic Egyptian family that was denied residency Down Under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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