US President Donald Trump’s intent on bringing stability to the Middle East should be a reminder of the need to support President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s “efforts towards reestablishing a stable and prosperous future” in Egypt, Magda Shahin writes in AUC’s The Cairo Review of Global Affairs’ Tahrir Forum blog. Shahin says early signals show that the US will “adopt a more constructive approach to Egypt and more effective policies for the region’s problems.”

Good luck, members of Congress: Our House of Representatives wants to be your new BFF. Sarcasm and our natural skepticism of our elected representatives aside, we’re on the same page as Rep. Dahlia Youssef when it comes to improving ties with the US. Youssef told parliamentary reporters yesterday “that an Egyptian-American parliamentary friendship association will be formed in Cairo next month. ‘Like we formed parliamentary friendship associations with MPs from Germany, England, and Russia, we will also probe the possibility of doing the same with American congressional leaders who will visit Cairo next month,’” Ahram Online quotes Youssef as saying. Gamal Essam El Din has a rundown on Youssef’s weeklong visit to Amreeka.