Main headlines

 Monday

• Egypt to adopt a French political system: Salmawy
• Appeal court has extended the detention of deposed president Morsi over jailbreak
• Egypt, and Russia to discuss political and military cooperation
• Pro-Sisi campaign wants army support on Mohamed Mahmoud anniversary
• Some consider revolution “license for chaos,” Sawiris claims
• HRW report: Egypt detains Syrian refugees and coerces them out of the country
• Authorities fully re-opens site of pro-Morsi protest camps to traffic
• Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic project associated with violence: Salafi Nour party

Tuesday

• Egypt’s administrative court ordered the state of emergency to be lifted
• Egypt’s Copts launch a ‘Scream’ campaign against discrimination
• Egypt to finalise tender to develop the Suez Canal
• Farmers fear water supply threat from Ethiopia dam
• Bassem Youssef complaints to be investigated by prosecution
• Islamist doctor refuses to treat baby named ‘Sisi’
• Ministry of Endowments voices opposition to Shia Ashura celebrations inside mosques

Wednesday

• In letter from prison, Morsi accuses Egypt’s military leaders of treason
• Russia seeks its biggest arms sale to Egypt since 1970s
• Twenty new articles protecting freedom in Egypt’s draft charter
• Cairo court sentences students to 17 years in prison for attacks on Al-Azhar
• Prosecution renewed the detention of 21 female protestors in Alexandria
• Abbas issues anti-Hamas statement on Egypt’s Sinai
• Foreign Ministry says content of HRW report “wholly inaccurate”

 Thursday

• Russian supply ship arrives in Egypt’s Red Sea marina base
• Morsi transferred a solitary cell
• Police to replace army following end of emergency
• Egypt to seek bids for first nuclear plant
• Police officer shot 12 times in front of family in Al-Arish, Sinai
• World Bank reaffirms support for Egypt

Friday

• Forensic authority says August raid on pro-Morsi camps killed 398
• Egypt gets first sovereign credit rate upgrade since 2011 revolution
• Muslim Brotherhood protesters London university lecture on Egypt
• 34 arrested for burning police stations in Fayoum
• CIA documents reveal Gaddafi supported Egypt’s Brotherhood
• Russia is offering Egypt helicopters, and air defence systems
• Two killed in clashes in Alexandria

Saturday

• Islamist coalition calls for dialogue to ease Egypt’s crisis
• Police disperse student protestors at Zagazig University with teargas
• Policeman shot dead in North Sinai
• April 6 member ‪ detained for handing out flyers
• Revolutionary groups demand MOI apology for Mohamed Mahmoud clashes
• New roadmap for Egyptian-Saudi economic relations

Sunday

• Egyptian government is open to reconciliation if Brotherhood accepts roadmap
• US defence secretary praises end of Egypt’s state of emergency ‪Muslim Brotherhood wanted interim government post: presidential advisor
• Former Egypt official says Morsi contacted Africa’s Jihadists without Foreign Ministry’s knowledge
• Three Islamist leaders referred to criminal court for insulting judiciary
• Egyptian police officer killed in Cairo
• Egypt’s Tahrir square martyrs memorial to be inaugurated on Monday
• Egypt is intent on tightening siege on Gaza: Hamas

 CIA Intelligence report:

• President Carter and the role of intelligence in the Camp David Accords

Egypt’s Constitution

• Constitutional history of Egypt.  Zaid Al-Ali
• Translation of Egypt’s new draft Constitution . International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance. IDEA
• Egypt’s ‘Committee of 50’ rewrite the Constitution — again. Ashraf Khalil
• Constitutional Woes. Jahd Khalil
• This Week in the Constituent Assembly  A collection by Mai El-Sadany

 Survey

• Egypt is the worst country for women out of 22 countries in Arab world, survey finds

Two rebuttals of the survey results:

• Flaws in the “Women’s Rights in the Arab World” poll.  Mohamed el-Dahshan
• Women’s rights survey about Arab world raises too many questions. H A Hellyer

 Photo Gallery

• Egyptian-Russian relations over the years

 Good Reports

• ‘Ultras girls’, the Muslim Brotherhood’s rowdy female fan base. France 24
• Interview with Kung Fu player who raised the Rabaa sign. Fady Ashraf
• Inside the war on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Patrick Martin
• Sexual violence story in Egypt: Throwing corrosives at girls’ bodies. Jaylan Salah

Good Read

• Violence against Copts in Egypt. Jason Brownlee
• Red star over Cairo? Steven Cook
• The future of Egypt’s intelligence service. David Ignatius

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt