Reham Farouk elected head of Egypt's parliament media and culture committee

Reham Farouk, of the Mostaqbal Watan party, has won the chairmanship of the Egyptian House of Representatives' Media, Culture and Antiquities Committee.

• Farouk won the chairmanship in elections for the second regular session of the third legislative term, succeeding Thuria Badawi.
• Engi Anwar and Dina Wahdan were elected vice-chairs, and Duha Aasi secretary of the committee.
• Farouk said the committee will pursue recommendations on developing culture palaces and secure budgets for their renovation.
• Farouk said the committee will increase support and budgets for technology in national newspapers and place social media and AI tools under a regulatory framework.