Leading the conversation on Egypt today: Prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid was allegedly attacked on Sunday in the second assault against him since October. A group of armed men reportedly beat, threatened and threw paint on him, Human Rights Watch reports. The story is receiving coverage in international media, with CNN quoting him as saying that he has since filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General. The BBC also has the story.

Other headlines to skim:

• Should Arab countries follow Egypt’s non-aggression model with Israel? Although the US is urging other Arab countries to sign non-aggression pacts with Israel similar to Egypt’s, the peace between Cairo and Jerusalem is a “cold” one and public opinion across the Arab world would likely make such pacts ineffective, writes Israel Kasnett in Israel Hayom.
• An Ancient Egyptian mummy named Hermione is not getting enough visitors where she has been displayed in Girton College, Cambridge for the past century, even though she might have been the first woman professor of all time, according to the BBC.