It’s a pleasantly quiet morning to end a very hectic week. We hope all of you are looking forward to the weekend as much as we are.

The highlight of the day is likely to be Tourism Minister Rania Al Mashat’s unveiling of her turnaround plan for the industry. Tourism numbers have roared back over the past 12 months, but the sector suffers from chronic underinvestment in infrastructure, people and marketing since the bottom fell out of the market in 2011. Mashat, who previously told Bloomberg TV that the government could establish a private equity fund to invest in the nation’s hotels and resorts, is expected to unveil her strategy at an event hosted by our friends at AmCham today headlined “Egypt’s Tourism Reform Program (E-TRP) Revealed.” We’ll have full coverage on Sunday.

FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE MORNING: 22-year-old Rahma Khaled has become the nation’s first TV presenter with Down syndrome. She will anchor a segment of DMC’s morning show every Tuesday. You can watch her first appearance here, and we have more in our roundup of talk shows, below. We’re still kinda misty-eyed as we slide into dispatch time.