Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt tweaks roadmap; may see presidential vote held first
• UN calls for amending protest law
• 23 protesters detained under new protest law to be released on bail
• Prosecution: appeals release order of 23 protesters detained under new protest law
• Egypt prosecutors say slain student was shot by fellow protestors
• April 6’s Ahmed Maher to remain in detention after prior release order
• Brotherhood-linked cleric Qaradawi quits Al-Azhar
• Egypt detains Islamist TV chief
• Car bomb defused near Cairo: security

Tuesday

• Egypt’s veteran poet and fierce Mubarak critic Ahmad Fouad Negm passes away
• President Mansour receives the amended constitution
• Egyptian blogger Ahmed Douma arrested in widening crackdown
• Muslim Brotherhood figure says will coordinate with revolutionary forces for protests at squares
• Military judiciary chief rejects criticism against military trials for civilians
• Five international firms offer consulting for Egyptian-Saudi electricity linkage project
• Kuwait takes measures to boost Egyptian economy

Wednesday

• Banned satirist says Egypt’s leaders do not accept criticism
• Court releases all Shura Council protestors except for one
• Israelfinishes building border fence with Egypt
• Strong Egypt, April 6 movement, Revolutionary Socialists reject the 2013 constitution
• Tycoon Naguib Sawiris to invest $1 billion in Egypt in Q1 2014
• Alexandria engineering students close faculty closed the faculty
• Alexandria court explains harsh verdict against female protestors
• Mohamed ElBaradei to Join Tufts’ Fletcher School as Nobel-Laureate-in-Residence.
• Egypt government rebuilds martyrs’ memorial in Tahrir Square

Thursday

• Muslim Brotherhood on Ittihadiya clashes anniversary: “Fabricated case”
• Universities consider applying new protest law to campuses
• Security personnel assigned to guard Tahrir memorial
• Jama’a al-Islamiya rejects Assem Abdel Magued
• Tamarod launches a constitutional referendum campaign
• Baby giraffe at Giza Zoo committed suicide
• Egypt ranked 144th placeon the global corruption barometer

Friday

• Egypt’s General el-Sisi wins readers poll for the Time 2013’s person of the year
• Muslim Brotherhood to establish a TV channel in Turkey
• Egypt mourns Mandela’s passing Mandela’s passing
• Cairo Governor devotes 20 acres for permit-free protest
• Dozens arrested as Egypt police disperse Islamist demonstrations
• Pro-Morsi alliance vows to “hang coup leaders”
• Salafi Nour party under Islamists’ fire over ‘yes’ vote call
• Christian journalist‪ detained for inciting sectarian strife

Saturday

• Pro-Morsi protest women freed after court ruling
• Judges recuse themselves in case against Islamist figures
• Cairo Court clear 155 suspects suspects involved in riots on 6 October 40th anniversary
• United States remains economically committed to Egypt
• Army commander praises Sinai people for weapons handover
• Military police arrests two photo journalists
• Talks between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia
• Interior Minister: 73 local, international organizations to monitor the referendum
• Salafist Nader Bakkarsays Brotherhood held insulting demo against him

Sunday 

• Cairo University students continue sit-in for second day
• Alexandria 7 am girls vow to continue protesting after release
• Interior Ministry says Muslim Brotherhood “terrorist cell” arrested in Daqahliya
• Egypt’s Egypt’s foreign reserve foreign reserves fall in November for third month in a row
• ‘This is not the time for protests’: Nour party leader
• Trial of nine activists adjourned to February
• “The Square” wins top documentary award for look at Egypt’s turmoil  
• Egypt recovers ancient stolen statue
• Residents clash with Azhar students in Nasr city  

Reports

• Egypt in search of economic direction. David Butter (Chatham House)
• Egypt’s Sinai:trafficking, torture and fear. Louisa Loveluck
• A Taste of Egypt’s new protest law. Omar Shakir (HRW)
• Why one foreign investor left Egypt. Farah Halime
• Egypt’s debitin Focus. Ahmed Farahat
•  In Egypt, ideas of a radical Islamist make a come back. Tom Perry and Abdel Rahman Youssef

Good Read

• Why Suez still matters. Steven Cook
• Egypt’s politics: Could it be any more baffling? The Economist
• Islamists: Between conservatism and revolution. Khalil Al-Anani
• Interests. Mahmoud Salem
• How  Egypt’s Gen. al-Sis won TIME’s Person of the Year poll. Ashraf Khalil

Egypt’s Constitution

• Translation of Egypt’s new draft constitution. International IDEA
• Comparing Egypt’s constitution(1971-2012-2013). Carnegie Endowment
• Egypt ‘s draft constitution rewards the military and judiciary
• 29 things you need to know about Egypt’s draft constitution. Bassem Sabry
• Highlights from Egypt’s draft constitution. Mai el-Sadany

Plus:

• Egypt’s “The Square”on Oscar nomination list: Trailer

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