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Monday, 29 July 2019

Egypt in the News on 29 July 2019

Domestic clothing manufacturers in Egypt have expressed concern that they will lose market share thanks to an initiative designed to bring Chinese textile makers into the country, the Nikkei Asian Review reports.“It is all wrong as it will put the national textile industry at stake,” Mahmoud El Daour, former head of the apparel division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce said. “What we need is a trading city to be a marketplace for local textile production.”

Other stories worth your time:

  • Women are leading a push to claim their rights in Egypt and throughout the MENA region, having been spurred on by the upheaval of recent years, writes the Times of Israel.
  • Egyptian military strategists are recommending that security in the Red Sea be increased to offer more protection of maritime movement in the Suez Canal, as tensions with Iran escalate, the Arab Weekly reports.
  • EgyptAir has apparently broken a world record after it flew the longest-ever sustainable flight to Cairo from Seattle “powered solely by sustainable aviation fuel,” says the National.

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