Main Headlines

 Monday

• First session in Morsi’s trial passes without major clashes
• TV crews attacked by Morsi supporters: Media reports
• Military officer shot dead in Ismailia
• Four injured during Morsy trial
• Pro-Morsi alliance praises former president’s ‘resistance’ during trial
• Egypt not on a ‘proper path to democracy’ Egypt deputy PM, who blames Morsi
• Turkish deputy PM says he hopes Morsi trial won’t be ‘a shame’ for Egypt

Tuesday

• Kerry and Al-Faisal agree to help Egypt’s ‘economic transformation’
• Salafi Nour Party opposes article on gender equality in Egypt constitution
• Morsi’s trial is ‘test’ for current administration: Amnesty International
• Egypt Central Bank returns half a billion dollars to Qatar
• Freedom of information threatened in Egypt: Watchdog
• Differences between Egypt and Ethiopia stall progress at Nile dam meeting
• Egypt top diplomat embarks on visit to Senegal

Wednesday

• Egyptian court dismisses appeal against Brotherhood ban
• Erdogan’s statements are driving Egypt into a path it wants to avoid: Presidency
• Mubarak-era tycoon Ahmad Ezz to be retried in monopoly case
• Egypt denies Israeli firm securing the Suez Canal
• Egypt has swapped Qatar for the UAE on the Suez Canal project
• Egypt’s Shias to commemorate Ashoura in al-Hussein mosque
• French woman reported missing in Egypt is found

Thursday

• Egypt parliament upper house to be eliminated in draft constitution
• US congress delegation against cutting aid to Egypt.
• Cabinet preparing bill on abusive graffiti
• Water Resources Minister: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to meet in December
• Brotherhood vows to endure despite ban
• MB protests organizer arrested in Bani Suef south of Egypt

Friday

• Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in Feb/March: Foreign minister
• Christians threaten to walk off Egypt’s constituent assembly over article defines Islamic law
• Russia to send foreign and defense chiefs to Egypt
• UK Foreign Office has relaxed travel restrictions to Egypt
• Bassem Youssef: CBC contract still on

Saturday

• Egypt eyes $4billions arm deal with Russia
• Constituent Assembly will not extend its deadline: Salmawy
• Social Popular Alliance Party shaken by 304 resignations
• Security has arrested 28 Muslim Brotherhood loyalists for police stations assaults
• Activist groups protest at Shura Council against military trials
• Egyptian border guards has destroyed 10 more tunnels beneath Egypt-Gaza border
• Prosecution has ordered the release of 25 football Ultras Ahlawy members after October airport clashes

Sunday

• Brotherhood’s El-Beltagy: “We are having the time of our lives inside the cell.”
• Army chief holds talks with Palestinian president in Cairo
• Army completes restoration of Rabaa al-Adawyia square and mosque
• ‪Security fire teargas on Ahly fans ahead of Africa final on Sunday
• Draft constitution ‘favours rich, ignores women and minorities’: Tagammu party
• Egypt recovers 90 stolen antiquities from Israel

Good Reports 

• The growing rifts within the ranks of the liberal Dostour party. Ahmad Morsy
• A report about Mohamed Morsi’s trial
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood finds havens abroad. Abigail Hauslohner
• Girls’ Revolution: Cycling to break barriers. Heba Helmy
• “It was beautiful, seeing A Coptic man singing with the Sufis.’ A report about Cairo’s contemporary music performing in London. Patrick Kingsley

 Good Read

• Preventing economic collapse and promoting inclusive growth in Egypt and Tunisia. A paper by Salman Shaikh and Hafez Ghanem
• Egypt’s al-Azhar steps forward. Ahmad Morsy and Nathan Brown
• How Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood can bounce back. Eric Trager.
• The Brotherhood’s bind. Michael Wahid Hanna
• Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood are pushing Egypt deeper into quagmire. Magdi Abdelhadi
• The trials. Timothy E. Kaldas
• Egypt relies on Gulf aid for economy: Then what? Asma AlShrif and Shadia Nasralla

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt

Thoughts of this week will be published tomorrow so stayed tuned.