Top Headlines 

• Former Egyptian premier Shafiq says intends to run in 2018 election
• In an exclusive video to Al-Jazeera, Ex-Egypt PM Ahmed Shafiq says he is “blocked from leaving UAE” 
• Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates blasts “thankless” Shafiq in tweets
• Former Egyptian PM gives TV interview, denying he was kidnapped
• Russia negotiates deal for its warplanes to use Egypt bases
• Al-Azhar Grand Imam performs Friday prayers at Rawda mosque

Ex-Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq – via AFP

Main Headlines

Monday

• Arab League expresses “extreme concern” over Ethiopia’s Nile dam
• Egyptian lawyer is referred to court for inciting rape and sexual harassment
• Egyptian journalist wins Nelson Mandela innovation award
• Sixteen men arrested last month during a crackdown on homosexuality in Egypt have been sentenced to three years in prison
• Egypt court drops citizenship case against Ayman Nour

Tuesday 

• Police kills 11 militants, arrests six during a shootout in Ismailia
• Egypt is outraged after a Guardian article on Sinai mosque attack over last week’s mosque attack in North Sinai
• Security forces killed three and arrested another five suspected militants in a crackdown in Central Sinai
• Qatar Airways ends operations in Egypt
• Renaissance Dam will not harm Egypt: Ethiopian ambassador
• Egypt removes caps on deposits and withdrawals of foreign currency in a sign of improving dollar liquidity

Wednesday

• Former Egyptian premier Shafiq says intends to run in Egypt’s 2018 election
• In an exclusive video to Al-Jazeera, Ex-Egypt PM Ahmed Shafiq says he is ‘blocked from leaving the UAE”
• Death toll in N. Sinai mosque attack rises to 309
• Sisi instructs army to use all available force to restore Sinai security within three months
• Egypt’s FM Shoukry rejects Israeli minister’s call to resettle Palestinians in Sinai

Thursday

• Russia negotiates a deal for its warplanes to use Egypt bases
• Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates blasts “thankless” Shafiq in tweets
• Egypt’ former president Mubarak denies having approved 1983 plan to resettle Palestinians in Sinai
• A third candidate emerged for the 2018 Egyptian presidential elections, as 41-year-old military colonel Ahmed Konswa
• Security forces in central Sinai destroyed three hideouts used by militants and seized large quantities of weaponry
• Egypt’s football legend Mahmoud El-Khatib wins Ahly club championship

Friday 

• Shafiq presidential campaigns to kick off with France tour
• Shoukry and Lavrov discussed the security of Egypt’s airports
• Al-Azhar Grand Imam performs Friday prayers at Rawda mosque
• Egyptian committee seizes assets of 19 people, 14 companies due to links with the Muslim Brotherhood
• Cairo University dismisses five professors due to placement on country’s terror list
• Saudi Arabia ‘extremely happy’ to be drawn with Egypt in 2018 World Cup

 Saturday

• Former Egyptian PM Ahmed Shafiq arrives in Cairo from UAE
• Presidential hopeful Shafiq to sue Al Jazeera over “leaked” video
• Shoukry: ‘No legal reason’ restricting Ahmed Shafiq

Sunday

• Former Egyptian PM gives TV interview, denying he was kidnapped
• After return home, former Egypt premier says he is still mulling election bid
• Wife of army colonel who declared bid for president confirms his detention

Good Reports

• Islamic State: is silent on Egypt massacre decried even by its supporters. Samer Al-Atrush
• The tales of Palestinian fighters in Sinai. Omar Said
• Inside the Rawda mosque: Eyewitness accounts. Al-Masry Al-Youm
• How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State. Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz
• Sufi Islam: What you need to know after Egypt’s deadly mosque attack. Deutsche Welle
• Sinai carnage presses Egypt to seek new alliance with tribes. Amina Ismail and Mahmoud Mourad

Good Read

• Egypt’s diversifying Nancy Okail and Hassan Hassan
• To find the extremism behind the Egypt terror attack, start with anti-Sufi preachers. A Hellyer
• Copts ring church bells for Egyptian Muslims, in Christian sympathy. Jayson Casper
• In a big regional drama: Shafik declares his presidential bid. Zeinobia

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Interview  

• CNN’s Christiane Amanpur with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

Plus

• Egypt mourns death of actress, singer and cultural icon Shadia

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt