Amr Adib said businesses opening in the Suez Canal Development Axis should be tax-exempt, he said, otherwise “[foreign investors] will not come; they will go to zero-tax Ras Al Khaimah” (watch, runtime: 0:55).

Adib was amazed by consumer appetite for Black Friday discounts, saying, “Egyptians love shopping … yet somehow all these people are eligible for the food subsidies system?” (watch, runtime: 3:27).

The ONTV host also called on the Ismail government to take diplomatic action against Qatar after Al Jazeera aired a report criticizing military conscription in Egypt (watch, runtime: 3:54). Adib then mockingly compared the Egyptian and Qatari armies.

Over on CBC, Lamees Al Hadidy focused on problems with the low-income housing program, noting that there are persistent complaints that monthly installments for homebuyers are too high. Mortgage Finance Fund director Mai Abdel Hamid called in to explain that anyone who can’t afford a subsidized mortgage can apply for a subsidized rental (watch, runtime: 27:46).

Lamees then showcased a report on the one-day shopping ban that Consumer Protection Agency head Atef Yacoub has called for 1 December (watch, runtime: 1:54), followed by a special coverage of the Special Forces (watch, runtime: 1:01). Her weekly debate segment closed the show, with discussion focusing on Black Friday, the press syndicate sentences, and the Nubian protests (watch, runtime: 29:39). On the latter point, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail reportedly said on Thursday that the government will allocate an additional EGP 270 mn towards development projects in Nubian communities, Al Mal reports.

Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Asal interviewed the head of the Supply Ministry’s Nile Consumer Complexes Company Adel El-Khatib, who blamed rice shortages on traders withholding supplies to the Food Industries Holding Company. Producers are demanding EGP 400 per ton more than the EGP 2,400 budgeted by the ministry, which is importing rice from India to bridge the supply gap (watch, runtime: 3:27).

He’s back and we apologize, but Ahmed Mousa aired what he claims was security camera footage that shows the confessed murderer of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank head Nevine Loutfy breaking into her house (watch: running time: 5:33). Soruces closed to the murder investigation had previously reported that security cameras had been cut prior to the incident. We also not that the video was blurred — and that Mousa is notorious for airing fake content, most famously this clip from a videogame, which he claimed was actual targeting cams of Russian bombers.