The arrest of human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate Khaled Ali is once again leading the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning. Most outlets, including the Independent and Al Jazeera, continue to suggest the move was politically motivated due to Ali’s hints making another bid for the presidency in 2018, despite noting statements by the Interior Ministry to the opposite. Almost right on cue with Al Jazeera’s piece was Amnesty International, which issued a direct accusation that the move was motivated to stop Ali from running.

Tying for second place were wire pickups of Egypt banning 21 websites(which Al Arabiya notes follows the ban by the UAE and Saudi of all Qatari media) and the back and forth between Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the former’s accusation of Egypt arming Sudanese rebels.

Also making the rounds on a slow pre-Ramadan news morning:

• Tutankhamun’s chariot and funeral bed have been moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum set to open in 2018, Reuters’ Ahmed Aboulenein reports.
• A 20-year-old Egyptian-Italian man was stabbed to death in the UK “after making eye contact” with four teenage boys, the Evening Standard reports.
• Xinhua is running pictures of the beauty of lantern-making in Egypt during Ramadan.
• Canada’s Global Research Center blames instability in Egypt and Nigeria on post-colonial Western imperialism.
• The National’s Heba El-Sherif interviews director Mohamed Shaker on his highly-anticipated Ramadan family drama La Tutf’e al-Shams (The Sun Will Never Set).