Former prime minister Ahmed Shafik’s unexpected return to the political scene — and Egypt — did not earn as much airtime as we thought it would.

Kol Youm’s Amr Adib — who has been a highly vocal advocate of a pluralistic presidential election — monitored Shafik’s arrival at Cairo International Airport, where a rather thin crowd of supporters was waiting (watch, runtime: 2:20).

Emirati writer and political analyst Khalid Al Qassimi told Adib that Shafik was not banned from travel, but that his decision to make that claim via network-non-grata Al Jazeera was a “betrayal” and a rejection of the UAE’s hospitality (watch, runtime: 4:38). Emirati political science professor Abdel Khalek Abdullah also confirmed Shafik’s freedom of movement and criticized his decision to get political while still on UAE soil (watch, runtime: 4:21).

On Hona Al Asema, Lamees reminded viewers that Shafik’s name was removed from the airport’s watchlist in November 2016 and that he was acquitted of all legal charges brought against him, pointing out that he could have returned at any point this year (watch, runtime: 11:43).

She then spoke to Suez Canal Economic Zone deputy head Abdel Kader Darwish about the five-member shipping line alliance agreeing to resume operations in East Port Said Port, which it had suspended earlier this year to protest fee hikes. The SCZone decided in August to slash fees by as much as 50% to lure back the alliance, Darwish said (watch, runtime: 4:36).

Over on Mehwar TV’s 90 Minutes, Cairo Metro Company spokesperson Ahmed Abdelhady Bekir confirmed what has been said a thousand times, that Cairo Metro ticket prices will rise as soon as Line 4 is inaugurated. Ticket prices will rise with distance traveled.

Over on Masaa DMC, Eman El Hosary spoke to Gharbia Governor Ahmed Sakr about the reopening of Tanta’s St. George Coptic Church — which was bombed in April — after the military completed its restoration (watch, runtime: 3:48).