Hilton Hotels’ plan to nearly double its number of facilities in Egypt over the next seven to ten years appears is topping international headlines this morning, with most coverage focusing on how the announcement signals the return of health to this ailing sector. A close second: The visit of a Kardashian to Egypt.

Other coverage on a very slow news morning:

• Sheikh Imam and Ahmed Fouad Negm’s Richard Nixon-mocking song “Sharaft ya Nixon Baba” lived on to become “a rallying cry in Tahrir Square in Cairo” in 2011, Tafline Laylin writes for OZY.
• Egypt’s accumulate foreign currency reserves could be used to improve citizens’ food security, Benjamin Walsh comments for Future Directions International.
• Regional unrest has Egypt stocking up on weapons and bolstering its naval capabilities, Shounaz Mekky writes for Arab News.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists says that “Egyptian authorities should stop censoring Al-Mesryoon newspaper and harassing its journalists.”
• “Egypt’s outer space ambitions face real world setbacks,” suggests Al-Monitor in a piece that left us scratching our heads.