Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt interim government resigns unexpectedly
• Seven Egyptian Christians found shot execution-style on Libyan beach
• Egypt starts talks with NATOover cooperation to confront terrorism
• Egyptian court confirms Brotherhood terrorist label
• Rassd News journalists referred to military court for leaking Sisi statements
• Egypt court approves return of police officers on campuses
• Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef’s popularity rebounds
• “Zero tolerance for any form of dissent”: HRW

Tuesday

• Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb to form Egypt’s new government
• Egyptian PMvows to fight “terrorism,” and bring back tourists
• Kuwait launches Egypt-Qatar mediation efforts
• Egypt’s liberal party leader voices fear for democracy
• Strong Egypt members given 3 years in jail 3for constitution ‘No’ vote campaign
• Coptic Church demands investigation into killing of 7 Egyptian Christians in Libya
• Ethiopiablames Egypt for halting Renaissance Dam negotiations
• Moody’s says Egypt banking sector outlook still negative

Wednesday

• Egypt president issues decree to form national security council
• Egypt sentences 26 to deathfor alleged Suez Canal terror plot
• Bodies of seven Egyptians killed in Libya returned to Egypt
• Shia activistsentenced to five years in jail for ‘contempt of religion’
• Germanyadvises against travel to all of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
• Gunmen blast pipelinein Sinai’s al-Arish
• St. Catherine hikers froze to death before call for help was made

Thursday

• Egypt army’s “AIDS detector” find ridicule
• A worldwide protestcondemns Egypt’s arrest of Al Jazeera journalists
• New PM Mehleb keeps 14 ministers, and merges 8 ministries
• More “Facebook suspects”rounded up in Egypt
• Middle East funds negative on Turkey, but warm to Egypt
• The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces SCAF will now be headed by the defense minister

Friday

• El-Sisi “is making army arrangements” prior to presidential bid: Moussa
• Palestinians protest Egypt’s closure of Gaza crossing
• Gunmen kill Egypt policeman north of Cairo
• Egypt PM retracts culture minister appointment
• Policemen shot dead while guarding home of judge hearing Morsi
• Interior Ministry defuses a bomb on ‪Giza ring road

 Saturday

• Sisi stays as defines minister in Egypt’s new cabinet
• Egypt official says Ukraine turmoil won’t disrupt wheat imports
• Amended election lawto allow appeals on results
• Egypt’s public buses resume as workers end strike
• 32 percent of the construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam has been completed
• Egyptcriticizes “US appointing itself human rights advocate”
• Parties call for replacing interior minister in new cabinet

 Sunday

• Egypt’s new prime minister calls for an end to ‘factional’ protests
• Egyptian court adjourns the trial of Morsi due to bad weather
• Morsi’s son‪ released after passing drug test
• Egyptian police “will not enter university campuses unless violence erupts.”
• Students unionsdenounce verdict to return security to campuses
• Egypt and UAE armed forces begin joint training exercises
• Egypt’s health ministerworked on HIV and Hepatitis C cure

Good report

• Who’s who: Egypt’s new cabinet. Ahram
• El-Sisi’s silence provokes questions about expected presidential run. Dina Azzat
• State Department: Egypt 2013 human right report

Good read

• Egypt’s generals:It gets ever sillier. The Economist
• Why is Sami Enan running for president?  Steven Cook
• The Conman’s paradise. Mahmoud Salem
• Challenges await Egypt’s new government ahead of presidential poll. Middle East Institute
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the state: “a fresh start”? Dina Ezzat
• Church-State relations in Egypt. Paul Sedra
• Legislating national security. Mai El-Sadany
• Sisi’s transition: Pivoting Away from 1954? Maged Atiya
• Disappearing heritage: Vanishing identity. Nesreen Salem

Photo Gallery

• Thousands turn up to Cairo’s half marathon
• Moulid Al-Hussein. Al-Hussain’s Birthday

Plus

• Cairo’s historic Al-Muizz street slowly regaining its allure

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt