Egypt in the News on 16 April 2019
The constitutional amendments are getting more digital ink in foreign news outlets: Receiving widespread coverage in the foreign press this morning is today’s final general assembly vote on the package of constitutional amendments which could see El Sisi stay in office until 2030. In keeping with tradition, the press doesn’t have many positive things to say (WSJ | The Guardian | Arutz Shiva).
Other topics circulating in the foreign press this morning include:
- Arab NATO: Egypt’s decision to back out of the so-called ‘Arab NATO’ have not totally killed off plans for a regional anti-Iran alliance, says The National.
- A ‘sudden rise’ in executions is taking a toll on prisoners and their families, writes the AFP.
- History: Russian archaeologists have unearthed a 1,500-year-old tomb at Fayoum with “funerary traditions” from both ancient Egypt and Rome, reports Sputnik News.
- Art: CNN Style and Artsy collaborated to publish a collection of“ancient Egypt's spellbinding mummy portraits.”
- Queens of Egypt exhibition: The WaPo has also highlighted the ongoing “Queens of Egypt” exhibition at the National Geographic Museum in Washington. We took note of the exhibition earlier this month.