Former MP Amr El Shobaki writes on why the newly formed Supreme Council for Tourism can’t save the ailing industry for Al Masry Al Youm. Egypt needs to admit mistakes and “gaps” in its security, explicitly referencing the Giulio Regeni case and Metrojet incident, before it can restore faith in its tourism sector to the outside world, he says.

Al Masry Al Youm Chairman Abdel Moneim Saeed writes on the misconceptions about the IMF loan, including the assumption that the IMF is imposing itself on Egypt, that the economic reform measures are new, and that the IMF is responsible for the condition of limited-income families.

Al Ahram columnist Farouk Goweda delivers a message from solar energy expert Hisham Suleiman on the measures taken to implement renewable energy projects. Goweda reviews the legislation allowing for the regulation of the renewable energy market, the Cabinet decision allowing the government to buy energy from the private sector, and the approval of 182 renewable energy companies.

Al Ahram columnist Salah Montasser penned a piece on Ahmed Zewail’s inventions: the femtosecond microscopy and the 4D electron microscopy.