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Sunday, 9 June 2019

Egypt’s talking heads are back from the annual Ramadan hiatus

The talking heads returned from their annual Ramadan hiatus last night. We’re still not sure whether we missed them. Maybe Lamees, but she’s been off-air for a while now, hasn’t she?

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki began hais two-day visit to Egypt yesterday and sat down with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Hona Al Asema’s Riham Ibrahim said (watch, runtime: 1:17). We have more in this morning’s Diplomacy + Foreign Trade.

July could become ‘Egyptian heritage month’ in Canada’s largest province: Ontario, Canada’s largest province by population, has moved a step closer to dedicating the month of July to celebrations of Egyptian heritage after the province’s legislative assembly sent draft legislation to committee for review. The bill has now passed first and second reading. Al Hayah Youm’s Lobna Assal got her wires a bit crossed when she (like the Emigration Ministry and others in the domestic press) claimed that the bill had already been approved and / or would roll out nationwide. She spoke with the author of the bill, Egyptian-Canadian MPP Sherif Sabawy (website | twitter), who explained that the month would see the raising of the Egyptian flag, parliamentary meet-and-greets for members of the Egyptian diaspora, and various cultural events (watch, runtime: 8:44).

The upcoming two-day African Anti-Corruption Forum (ACCF), set to kick off on Wednesday in Sharm El Sheikh, also made it to Al Hayah Al Youm, brought to you by Assal’s co-host Khaled Abu Bakr (watch runtime: 1:43).

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