Saad Eddin Ibrahim heckled at Tel Aviv University
Arab Israeli students heckled Egyptian-American lecturer Saad Eddin Ibrahim during a Tel Aviv University address on Egypt-Israeli relations, Times of Israel reports. The students staged a walkout in protest of Ibrahim’s willingness to address an Israeli audience, accusing him of being a “traitor” and for promoting normalization with Israel. “The university responded to the incident, promising to look into it further. ‘We take seriously the disruption of a lecture during an academic event,” according to Ynet.
Also worth a quick skim this morning:
- Egypt, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Bangladesh are examples of potential export markets the UK should consider tapping post-Brexit, the FT suggests (paywall). “
- The Universal Healthcare Act is expected to give President Abdel Fattah El Sisi a boost in the upcoming presidential race, Ayah Aman writes for Al Monitor.
- Egyptian-American Hoda Kotb was named as as the permanent co-anchor of the “Today” show by NBC News, according to Bloomberg. Kotb replaces fired co-host Matt Lauer.
- Egyptian student Abdulrahman Hussain has been dubbed the “smartest child in the world” after winning first place at The Intelligent Mental Arithmetic International competition in Malaysia, Sabrina Barr writes for The Independent.
- The government is creating human rights departments, to receive complaints from citizens about human rights violations, in order to boost its human rights image, Rania Elabd writes for Al-Monitor.
- Women in Upper Egypt are still relying on superstitious rituals to increase their fertility, despite the dangers associated with these methods, which are often unsuccessful, says Al Monitor’s Rasha Mahmoud.
- Women-only pole dancing classes in Egypt are becoming more popular and less taboo, Emma Beswick writes for Euronews.