El Hekaya’s Amr Adib and his better half, Al Kahera Alaan’s Lamees El Hadidi, continued to have the airwaves more or less to themselves last night while most other talk show hosts dim their studio lights during the holy month.

Decision to reopen hotels is worrying Ziad Bahaa El Din: El Hadidi phoned lawyer and former politician Ziad Bahaa El Din, who voiced a concern that the move to allow hotels to accept domestic guests is premature (watch, runtime: 11:10). Plans for a phased return to normalcy progressed earlier this week when the government announced that hotels would be able to reopen for local tourists from the middle of May. Bahaa El Din said that the decision could send a message to people that they could return to normal life and further the spread of the virus. The government should, instead, reassess its priorities for a better idea of which sectors to bring to life to boost the economy, he said.

The government has a plan to bring stranded Egyptians home from Kuwait over the coming months. The state will operate 32 flights to repatriate Egyptian expats from Kuwait, some of whom were arrested by authorities for violating the kingdom’s residency laws, Saad told El Hadidy. Planes will fly twice weekly starting Wednesday, meaning that it could take up to 16 weeks to bring everyone home from the Gulf state. We recap this story in this morning’s What We’re Tracking Today section, above.

Adib also touched on the same topics with cabinet spokesman Nader Saad (watch, runtime: 12:03).