Global media coverage of Egypt is relatively quiet this morning, with the world’s most influential English-language newspapers resorting entirely to pickups of wire copy. Coverage is tilted toward the new media law and the Associated Press’ argument that after being a “quiet partner of Israel in a blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip … there are signs that Egypt is easing the pressure in a step to repair its shattered ties with the Islamic militant group.”

Also worth noting this morning:

• There are plenty of coded messages for Egypt on everything from the rift with KSA to Egypt’s purported involvement in Syria and Yemen — plus ties to Iran — in this op-ed by the former general manager of Saudi mouthpiece Al-Arabiya.
• Saudi Arabia, India, and Egypt appear to have been the top three acquirers of weapons in emerging markets in 2008-15 (yes, last year — that’s not a typo) while Egypt was the number-one destination in 2015 alone with total acquisitions of USD 5.3 bn, according to a US Congressional report (pdf, Egypt data on pp. 48-49). The report has made headlines in the New York Times.
• An Egyptian-American Muslim high school teacher writes for the Washington Post on “The classroom challenges Trump presents to this immigrant Muslim teacher.”