Main Headline

Monday

• Egypt army storms Islamist held town of Dalga
• Nine Egyptian policemen wounded in Sinai blast
• Egypt’s liberal party to join protests against state of emergency extension
• Cairo University cancels deputizing University security
• Rebuffed Nour Party representative walks out on constitution drafting session
• Egypt reports gains against militiants  in Sinai
• Egypt defends decision to nix Al-Jazeera Misr

Tuesday

• Egyptian authorities detain Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesman
• Egypt considers a mixed political system. a mix political system
• Two military officers killed in in Sharqyia    
• Detained Canadians start hunger strike hunger strike
• Military engineers visit sites of damaged Minya churches the damaged churches in Minya
• Military trials continue to convict civilians

 Wednesday

• French citizen dies in police custody
• Egypt partially reopens Gaza crossing after week-long closure
• Thomas Cook restarts trips to Egypt for German holidaymakers
• Ousted leader Morsi telephones his family, and says he’s in good health
• Egypt’s Brotherhood leaders meet with influential journalist Heikal
• Nour Party delegation meets Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam over Constitution fears
• Cabinet says arrest powers not granted to campus security
• Egypt sets LE1200 as minimum wage for government workers

Thursday

• Police general killed during raid at Kerdasah
• Egypt Returns $2 billion worth of aid to Qatar
• Egypt shorten curfew hours as of Saturday
• Egypt sentences  5 Palestinian fishermen to a year in prison
• Heikal reveals minutes of his meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood’s figures
• Egyptian steel tycoon and Mubarak-era strongman Ahmed Ezz released on released on LE100 million bail

Friday

• Egypt holds popular funeral for slain police general
• Security forces teargas Morsi’s supporters, opponents in Alexandria
• Roadside bombs target security forces in Sinai
• One injury in Sinai as violence erupts
• Al-Nour Party’s representatives replaced in constituent assembly
• Two Al-Jazeera personnel detained

Saturday

• One dead, 34 injured nationwide during Friday’s pro-Morsi rallies
• Seven arrested in upper class Cairo neighborhood for anti-military graffiti
• 98 arrested in Egyptian town of Kerdasa
• Egypt: Presence of Abbas forces key to opening Rafah border crossing
• Egypt farmer held for naming donkey after top general Sisi
• Tamarod joins calls for a mixed political system in the new constitution

Sunday

• ‪Army will not nominate candidate Egypt’s presidency: Spokesman
• Egypt competes with the world’s unhappiest nations
• Protests marked start of academic year
• Morsi’s supporters plan more protests at home and abroad
• Egyptian business leaders to gather in New York for International Economic Reform Forum
• Islamists criticize constituent assembly

 Good report

On Delga: Egyptian army offers no respite for southern town

Good Read

• Egypt’s daring constitutional gang of 50 Nathan Brown
• What rule do Egyptians want for religion? H. A. Hellyer
• Deep Militarism  in Egypt. Joshua Stacher
• Who is Egypt’s next president?  Bassem Sabry
• Why general Sisi should not run for President of Egypt. Wael Nawara
• Dalga: The Brotherhood’s doublespeak continues. Mina Fayek

Plus

Why this four-fingered hand gesture could be bad news for Egypt’s future, and a rebuttal to the piece that is unfair and harsh in my opinion.

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s  prayers for Egypt.