Other coverage of Egypt in the international press
Other international coverage worth a skim:
- Amr Hamzawy writes in Al Jazeera that the clampdown on students in Egypt did not achieve the complete depoliticization of public universities and that their interest in “public affairs and political matters was not quashed.”
- Arutz Sheva has a report suggesting that the friction between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is over the peace initiative. The friction is because of Abbas objecting to Egypt’s regional peace initiative plan that included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Famagusta Gazette Cyprus says Cyprus and Egypt are heading towards “excellent relations” following a meeting between Cypriot House Speaker Demetris Syllouris and Egyptian Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr.
- Middle East Now cultural festival’s eighth edition will open in Florence on Tuesday, 4 April, ANSAmed reported. Screenings include Egyptian movies “In the Last Days of the City” by Tamer El Said and “Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim” by Sherif Elbendary.
- BBC reports on a Sunny cooking oil campaign to defy gender stereotypes that backfired, culminating into the Consumer Protection Agency legally intervening. You must have seen the “Are you a spinster?” billboard.