This Week in Egypt: Week 5-2023 ( Jan 30- Feb 5)


Top Headlines

  • Egyptian pound slides past EGP 30 against USD 
  • Egypt’s central bank leaves key interest rates unchanged
  • US Blinken says U.S. will keep pressing Egypt on human rights
  • Egyptian FM holds talks with Lavrov in Russia, a day after meeting Blinken
  • Egypt is poised to announce detailed plan for state stake sales
  • In a first, Egypt’s Orthodox Church holds mass for Christians in Saudi Arabia

Main Headlines

Monday

Tuesday

  • Egyptian FM holds talks with Lavrov in Russia, a day after meeting Blinken
  • Collective decline in Egypt’s stock market indexes at closing on Tuesday
  • In a first, Egypt’s Orthodox Church holds mass for Christians in Saudi Arabia

Wednesday

Thursday

  • Egyptian pound slips further against US dollar to 30.3 on Thursday
  • Suez Canal achieves highest monthly revenue in its history in January at $802 million

Friday

  • Egypt’s central bank leaves key interest rates unchanged
  • Egypt hosts new edition of Arab world’s largest book fair amid economic crisis
  • Air Arabia Egypt launches new route between Cairo and Jazan in Saudi Arabia

Saturday

Sunday

Reports

  • Blinken seeks detainee progress, but releases are Egypt’s ‘prerogative’. Elizabeth Hagedorn
  • Saudi writers’ criticism of Sisi’s economic model prompts Egyptian backlash. Middle East Eye 
  • LGBT people are hunted by gangs and police in Egypt. BBC 

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