The World Youth Forum was the belle of the ball on last night’s talk shows, with some shows (including Masaa DMC and Al Hayah Al Youm) taking the night off to make room for wall-to-wall coverage.

The forum is meant to send a message of strength from Egypt despite its struggle with terrorism, political analyst Moataz Abdel Fattah told Hona Al Asema’s Reham Ibrahim (watch, runtime: 30:03). El Hekaya’s Amr Adib was of the same mind, saying Friday’s deadly attack against Copts in Minya (the full details of which are in Speed Round, below) was unsuccessful in putting a damper on that message (watch, runtime: 5:22).

Rep. Ghada Agamy took to the airwaves to defend her proposed bill that would ban the niqab in public sector workplaces, saying that Egypt’s current security situation necessitates “decisive action.” The bill will be up for discussion at the House of Representatives next Sunday, 11 November (watch, runtime: 10:40).

Happy second float-aversary, everyone: On the second anniversary of the CBE’s decision to float the EGP, Hona Al Asema’s Reham Ibrahim had a prolonged chat with economist Ibrahim Mostafa and deputy Chemical Industries Export Council had Hani Cassis about the country’s progress over the past two years. Both gentlemen praised the move, but noted that the state budget remains strapped, which means enabling private sector investment is key to development (watch, runtime: 13:58 and runtime: 14:58).