Egypt in the News on 9 September 2019
There is no single topic that is leading the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning.
Social media accounts from Egypt and other countries in the Middle East that were shut down by Facebook in early August had been publishing content supportive of Sudan’s military following the ouster of former president Omar Al Bashir, Declan Walsh and Nada Rashwan write in the New York Times. Facebook has said it did “had not found sufficient evidence to link the operation the governments of Egypt or the United Arab Emirates.”
Egyptian and Maltese authorities say that thousands of rare birds have been killed in Egypt and smuggled into Malta, the Times of Malta reports. A raid in August, uncovered 700 dead birds which were linked to possible hunting crimes in Egyptian national parks.
Other headlines worth a skim:
- Newspaper digitization: The government’s decision to digitize the national press is “a tacit admission of its inability to effectively manage the publications,” the Arab Weekly argues.
- Egyptian start-up revives traditional weaving: The growing popularity of Cairo-based e-commerce site Kiliim, named after the traditional art of hand-weaving, is bringing the once-dying craft to local and foreign markets, the National reports.
- Save the fish: An Egyptian fisherman has launched a campaign to increase the Nile’s fish population by introducing thousands of baby fish into the river, Xinhua reports.
- An Egyptian delegation met with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza yesterday to mediate between Israel and Hamas, reports Israel’s Ynetnews.