Believe it or not, ladies and gents, the talking heads are back to discussing real world topics that impact our economy after what seemed like a case of a back-to-school week for them.

Hona Al Assema’s Lamees Al Hadidy led last night with criticism of CBE Governor Tarek Amer’s statements on Friday (more on this in the Speed Round) that we should not worry about the USD-EGP exchange rate. Lamees took offense to Amer downplaying the inflationary impact of the EGP float, going so far as putting words in his mouth that the two were not related (watch, runtime: 17:36).

Lamees then moved on to discuss the implications of doubling the price of entry visas for tourists to USD 60 starting 1 July. Tourism Development Authority head Hisham El Demery defended the move, telling Lamees that this would have very little impact on tourism, as Egypt draws its tourists with cheaply priced tour packages. He does feel that the sudden timing of the move could have been handled better. Khaled El Menawwy, billed as an advisor to the tourism industry, countered that the decision would “destroy” the industry. Blue Sky travel agency chairman Hossam El Shaer warned that foreign tour operators would turn to Tunisia and Turkey, which he said do not charge operators for visas. He expects the move will garner a wave of negative publicity in Europe (watch, runtime: 28:19).

Kol Youm’s Amr Adib covered the displacement of Coptic families from Al Arish City in Ismailia and the full-court press the cabinet is playing to make sure they are taken care of. Adib aired interviews with some of the families (watch, runtime: 32:09). Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly called in to discuss the homes the ministry’s plans to build homes in Ismailia in cooperation with Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly (watch, runtime: 3:29). Waly told Adib that 19 displaced families are now residing in the ministry’s hostels, and other 39 families were moved to youth hostels in Ismailia (watch, runtime: 8:08). The Higher Education Ministry will also ensure students will be able to complete their coursework in one of the canal city universities and facilitate transferring credits, said minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar (watch, runtime: 4:55).

The award for least interesting topic of the night goes to … Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal who interviewed CAPMAS head Abu Bakr El Gendy on the collection of health data (watch, runtime: 1:16).