The Jamal Khashoggi case and the expected return of Penaly Cairo International occupied the press this week, alongside other issues. Makram Mohamed Ahmed wondered if 'Islam and the West, diversity and integration', the slogan raised by Al-Azhar in the international symposium on the relationship between Islam and the West, can reflect any real hope for dialogue between Islam and the West. Mohamed Ahmed wrote that the symposium aims to discuss the relationship between Islam and the West in a transparent way that should consider the difficult conditions under which the peoples in the east live in the hope of reaching an equation that will save the world from the dangers of cold or hot wars. The writer hailed the questions raised by the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar: "Does Islam present a danger to Western civilisation? Do Muslim states possess weapons of mass destruction that can terrify the world? There are no problems between Islam and the West or between Islam and the other divine religions. Islam believes in the possibility of integration rather than conflict among civilisations and cultures.” Mohamed Ahmed wrote in the official daily Al-Ahram. Wa'el Al-Semari focused on a cultural event which he regarded as the best cultural news of the season: the decision to reorganise Penaly Cairo International that shut down after its last session in 2011. Al-Semari said he considered the absence of Cairo Penaly an important indication of the regression of the Egyptian cultural presence on an international level. Its return, he wrote, is a sign that Egypt has taken big steps towards cultural recovery. He noted that Cairo Penaly was cancelled because of financial reasons although its revenues far exceed it expenses. "In every session, Egypt gains more fans from around the world. It gains a sublime cultural presence that proves that Egyptians are rightful heirs of their grandfathers who established an artistic school at a time when the rest of the world was still looking for an alphabet,” Al-Semari wrote in the daily Al-Youm Al-Sabei. Amr Shobki was not surprised that the international media is so concerned about the Jamal Khashoggi case. He ascribed that to a few facts, namely that the crime falls within the kinds of crimes that have nearly disappeared in democratic, half-democratic and even non-democratic societies. Besides, Shobki added, Khashoggi worked as a journalist in an America newspaper, thus, he moved from the status of a Saudi writer to an international writer, acquiring international interest. “Khashoggi is part of the US and Western state. He studied journalism in the US, spoke English fluently, had permanent leave to stay in the US and worked in one of its biggest newspapers. Had the same scenario happened with any other person, the media would have reacted in the same manner, far from any claims of a conspiracy theory,” Shobki wrote in the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm. 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By Anwar, Al-Masry Al-Youm