On account of International Women’s Day, feminism in Egypt is making the rounds in the foreign press this morning, with Rana Magdy writing about the history of women’s rights issues in Egypt for openDemocracy. There’s no denying that feminist discourse has been struggling in Egypt, particularly as it is deeply connected to what she says is the patriarchal state, which seeks to keep it controlled and contained, Magdy writes. One area where the entrenched patriarchy doesn’t seem to prevailed is sports, where Egyptian women athletes have been outperforming their male counterparts, according to Al Bawaba. Squash is one of the sports where Egypt continues to excel, but women are still doing better than men — as evidenced by Marwan Elshorbagy failing to make it past the first round of the Professional Squash Association Canary Wharf Classic in London — while Nour El Sherbini became the first Egyptian to in the World Squash Championships.