Nile FM is Egypt’s premier English language station (www.nilefmonline.com). On Sunday evening there was a drive-time show with a DJ asking the following question: “If you could import anything from the West, what would it be?”

I wasn’t in the car for very long. Despite repeated,and increasing in desperation, requests from the DJ to submit answers of things that could be imported, the responses were: education, education, education, self-respect, education, a good public transport system, cleanliness, a good public health system, education, dignity, plus some that were obviously too political for him to read them out (the station has NO political reporting or comments of any form).