Main Headlines

Monday

• Egyptian foreign ministry demands France and EU to denounce terrorism in Egypt
• Constitution panel sets a 75% vote to approve articles
• Qatar agrees to convert $2 bn into Egypt bonds: reports
• Shafiq says won’t run for presidency if El-Sisi does
• Court approves freezing assets of Mubrak-era journalist
• BP says makes “significant gas discovery” in Egypt

Tuesday

• Egypt rights groups denounce military trials of civilians
• Egypt bans unlicensed preachers in crackdown on Islamists
• The Committee to protect the democratic path to hold its first meeting
• 15 arrested in road attack on Tamarod’s Mahmoud Badr
• Constitution is in safe hands, Azhar representative says
• Morsi loyalists call for double evening protests

Wednesday

• Suicide bombs strikes security headquarters in border town in Sinai
• Gama’a al-Islamyia condemns attacks on military forces in Sinai
• Presidential decree forms Supreme Electoral Committee
• Egypt sends journalist to military court for ‘aiding militants’
• Muslim Brotherhood calls for further civil disobedience
• Brotherhood’s Akef, Katatni and Beltagy referred to criminal court
• Brotherhood’s Akef, Katatni and Beltagy referred to criminal court

Thursday

• Egypt to extend state of emergency for two months
• Al-Jazeera in legal action claiming Egypt harassment
• Hamas is training Egyptian Islamists according to Egypt’s state TV
• European Parliament passes resolution on Egypt
• Egypt’s court acquits security officials in Suez over 2011 uprising killings
• Egypt exempts public school students from fees
• Nour Party ‪condemns restrictions on mosques

 Friday

• FJP leader al-Erian urges Egyptians to rally against coup
• Limited clashes in brotherhood’s ‘tribute to martyrs’ Friday
• Scores of Brotherhood’s supporters cut Cairo’s Salah Salem Road
• One killed in Alexandria during Friday clashes
• Zawahiri condemns crackdown on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
• Pro-Brotherhood supporters assault State TV reporters
• Demonstrators march in Cairo’s Maadi to support police, and army

Saturday

• Mubarak retrial resumes in Cairo
• Egypt arrests two Gaza fishermen: Hamas
• Egypt detains a Turkish citizen on charges of espionage: Report
• Cabinet to discuss minimum and maximum wages
• Islamist preacher Hegazy acquitted in Brotherhood headquarters case
• Controversial Faraeen TV channel was taken off the air again

 Sunday

• Egypt army continues Sinai crackdown against militants
• Army seizes weapons stockpile in Sinai, says spokesman
• Military court postpones trial of Sinai’s journalist Abu Deraa until Sept 18
• Cairo Metro runs as usual despite Islamist planned underground protest
• Turkish envoy: PM Erdogan’s comments on Egypt’s al-Azhar sheikh “were misunderstood”
• Egypt to cut prices of food sold in government outlets
• CBE “pressured” Qatar to transfer deposit to dollar bonds, sources say

Good Reports

• Is a violent insurgency taking root in Egypt? Louisa Loveluck
• The squid. Nour Youssef via the Arabist

Good Read

• Egypt: Nothing was inevitable. Ibrahim El-Houdaiby
• Returns to the bad old days. Steven Cook
• The uncertain fate of Egypt’s political parties. Bassem Sabry
• Strategy. Mahmoud Salem

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt.