Main Headlines

Monday

• EU approves ‘largely orderly’ vote on constitution –
• April 6 vows to escalate protests if activists are not freed
• Foreign Ministry says communication over frozen membership of African Union is ongoing
• Strong Egypt party: The revolution’s constitution has yet to be written
• Education minister: Mubarak, Morsy’s tenures to be written in textbooks objectively
• Pirateskidnap Egyptian sailors in Red Sea
• Abu Ismail gets year in prison for insulting judge
• Prosecutor charged liberal Amr Hamzawy with insulting the judiciary because of a Twitter post
• Cairo Universityagrees to allow police until end of exam period

Tuesday

• Ultra conservative Salafiswill not commemorate January uprising
• Salafi preacher El-Borhamy: Brotherhood left its members to die at Rabaa
• Misr Belady Front calls on Al-Sisi to run for presidency
• Six month sentence for flag desecration
• UAE jails 20 Egyptians for “setting up a Muslim Brotherhood cell.”
• Human Rights Watchoffers up scathing appraisal of conditions in Egypt
• Sisi: Securing referendum proves ability to provide security 

 Wednesday

• Egypt “surprised” by exclusion from US-Africa summit
• Government gears up for January 25
• 6 April Youth Movement calls for social unityon 25 January
• “We must restore the spirit of unity’: The Muslim Brotherhood
• Egypt charges renowned scholar with espionage
• Cairo Court of Appeal set February 16 for the trial of Morsi, and 34 other MB leaders on charges of collaborating with foreign organizations
• Midterm holiday extended to February 22, allegedly due to on-going protests
• Ahrar demonstrate against military rule
• Cairo International Book Fairopens
• June 30 fundgathers LE827 million for local development projects

Thursday

• Washington: Egypt not invited to African summit due to membership suspension
• Israelwarns Egypt to get Sinai under control
• Foreign Ministry rejects Amnesty’s report on human rights in Egypt
• Another 45 days in detention for key Brotherhood figures
• Twitter userconvicted of insulting Ministry of Interior
• 15 Brotherhood students arrested after fatal clashes in Alexandria

Friday

• Bombing wave hits Egyptamid fear of more violence
• U.S. strongly condemnsterrorist attacks that took place in Egypt today.
• Islamic art museum  severely damaged by blast.
• Presidency pledges to confront terrorism amid Friday’s bombings
• Police identify  Cairo Security Directorate bomber
• Supporters of ousted president clash clash with security force in Cairo
• Leading Salafi cleric hesitates to back Sisi presidency bid

Saturday

• 29 dead as a three-way commemoration of revolution anniversary turns bloody
• Security disperses‪ protests by Brotherhood, and liberals all over Egypt
• Despite deadly clashes nationwide, many Jan 25 celebrationsdominated by calls for Sisi as a president
• 450 arrestedacross the country
• Ansar Beit al-Maqdes claim all four Friday blasts
• Four Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in Tripoli
• Libya says Egyptian diplomats snatched over militia chief’s arrest
• Military helicopter crashesin the northern Sinai Peninsula:

Sunday

• Egypt to hold presidential poll first
• Anti-Coup Alliance announces escalation plans
• 49 killed and 247 injuredon Egypt revolution anniversary
• 1079 arrestedon Egypt’s revolution anniversary: Interior ministry
• Four soldiers killed, 13 injured in Sinai ambush
• Libyan kidnappers give Egypt government 24 hour ultimatum
• All Egyptian journalists arrested Saturday have been released: Press Syndicate Board Member
• Detained American journalist released

 Good Reports

• Egyptian uprising three years on: More violence, fewer liberal voices. Patrick Kingsley
• Video of deadly bombing in Cairo. Liam Stack
• Alexandria, once a glamorous seaside resort, now a crumbling city. Iason Athanasiadis
• Q&A with the head of censorship Ahmad Awad. Maxa Zoller
• Egypt ‘s ongoing crisis in letters. Shadi Rahimi
• Australian journalist Peter Greste calls detention in Egypt “attack on freedom.”

Photo gallery

• Cairo security headquarters damaged by deadly bombings
• Islamic Art museum damaged by blast
• Protesters and police clash in downtown Cairo

 Video

• Crackdowns and celebrations on revolution anniversary

Profile

• Egypt’s militant Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis group. BBC

 Good read

• The revolution in winter Steve Negus
• Egypt must learn from the mistakes of the revolution. Ahdaf Soueif
• Egypt’s gotta have it: Spending bill ambivalence. Steven Cook
• Faking Egypt’s past: The Brotherhood and Jan. 25. H. A. Hellyer
• Where have all the young voters gone? ‪ Mohamed Fouad

 Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt.