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<\/a> In a day of slow news coverage on Egypt in the international press, we found ourselves bawling with laughter at this gem:<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi is a \u201cmoron,\u201d Zahi Hawass, who showed the footballer around the pyramids, <\/strong>said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think he was at all interested. I didn\u2019t see any interest in his face in what I was telling him,\u201d he said. Egypt\u2019s patron saint of tour guides contrasted Messi\u2019s visit to Will Smith\u2019s, saying Smith is \u201can intellectual \u2026 He reads and asks questions all the time.\u201d Hawas later apologized to Messi, saying his comments were misconstrued and that the Argentine speaking Spanish only was probably why there was not a clear communication line between the two, according to Al Mal<\/a>. Instead, Hawas berated the translator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a day of slow news coverage on Egypt in the international press, we found ourselves bawling with laughter at this gem: Lionel Messi is a \u201cmoron,\u201d Zahi Hawass, who showed the footballer around the pyramids, said. \u201cI don\u2019t think he was at all interested. 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