The Arab-American Islamic Summit in Riyadh was easily the topic of the night on the airwaves last night.

On Kol Youm, Amr Adib loudly sang Egypt’s praises, saying that the Arab world was mending its relations with the US thanks to Egypt’s good relations with the Trump administration (watch, runtime: 2:16).

Over on Hona El Asema, Adib’s rather more temperate wife Lamees Al Hadidi hosted Cairo University political science professor Moataz Abdel Fattah to weigh in on US President Donald Trump’s speech. Abdel Fattah said that Trump seems to be interested in forming “real alliances” with the Middle East to “remedy the mistakes of his predecessors” — George Bush was too involved, and Barack Obama tried to un-involve himself all too quickly, creating a vacuum that left the Middle East weak and allowed the threat of terror to grow and go global (watch, runtime: 4:27).

Lamees was also impressed with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s speech, saying that it clearly outlined what is needed to ensure the success of the US-Egypt partnership to fight terror — subtly implying that the US should designate the Ikhwan a terror group (watch, runtime: 6:37).

Other issues of interest on the airwaves last night:

• Lamees spoke to Egyptian businessmen and member of the Advisory Council of Egyptian Scientists Hany El Nokrashy about the Dabaa nuclear power plant, which he said was unnecessary in light of Egypt’s recent natural gas discoveries and solar power generation capabilities (watch, runtime: 21:23).
• Deputy Immigration Minister Nashwa Moussa told Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Asal that her ministry is saving around EGP 12 bn that were earmarked for new premises by moving to the new administrative capital (watch, runtime: 4:04).
• Planning Minister Hala El Said also told Al Hayah Al Youm that her office was nearly done putting in place a new electronic system to register births and deaths (watch, runtime: 2:34).