Main Headlines

 Monday

• Three prominent activists claim they were beaten while being transferred to court
• Brotherhood-led alliance has criticized Saudi Arabia for backing the coup in Egypt
• Arab foreign ministers discuss new counter-terrorism cooperation
• Assassination attempt on retired general Sami Anan fails: Office
• Egypt to permit cement companies to use coal for energy
• Israel open to joint missile defense with Jordan, and Egypt
• Egypt will provide 25000 Ugandan families with clean water

Tuesday

• Egypt’s Sisi UAEfor joint military exercises
• Sabbahidoubts integrity of Egypt’s upcoming presidential poll
• Egyptian security forces kill ‘terrorist’ in Cairo shoot-out
• 77 Muslim Brotherhood supporterssentenced to 3 years in prison for Ramses violence
• Religious Endowments Ministry to control all mosques
•  Workers reject proposed one-year ban on strikes
• Court upholds writer’s five-year prison sentence for insulting religion
• South Sudan backs Egypt bid for African Union reinstatement –

 Wednesday

• Interpol arrests two Egyptian Brotherhood leaders
• Egyptian army denies El-Sisi’s election manifesto claims
• The U.S. condemns abuse of political activists on trial
• Suspect in Cairo Security Directorate bombing shot dead
• Hunger-striking journalist’s detention renewed for 45 days
• Egypt doctor faces trial over fatal female genital mutilation
• Several Water stations in Sohag closed as the Nile has turned to a “river of sand”

Thursday

• Egypt’s army blames Muslim Brotherhood for an attack on an army bus
• Former chief of staff General Sami Anan won’t run in the upcoming presidential elections
• Egypt’s army chief-of-staff meets with U.S. air force commander
• Mubarak’s era PM Shafiq backtracks from leaked criticisms of El-Sisi’s candidacy
• Egypt summons European envoys over crackdown concerns
• Egypt is considering a proposal to increase tax on high earners
• Workers strike at Egypt’s historic Ben-Zaion retail company
• Arab countries to send product aid to Egypt through the summer

Friday

• Sabbahi will run despite “unconstitutional” ban on appeals
• Interim president: Egypt to have elected leader by June
• Limited clashes at several pro-Morsi demonstrations in Cairo, and Alexandria
• 70 Egyptians kidnapped by militias in Libya
• 46 of 70 detained Egyptians in Libya to be deported
• Egypt asks the U.S. to impose sharp curbs on importing antiquities
• Egypt is determined to restore its role in Africa: FM Fahmy
• Bassem Youssef suffers another attempt to disrupt his show‪

 Saturday

• Six army conscripts shot dead near Cairo
• Egyptian cabinet to hold “urgent meeting”
• Founder of Ansar Beit-Al-Maqdisdies in accidental explosion
• Egyptians detained in Libya to be released
• Egyptian prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fatah and 24 co-defendants will stand trial on March 23
• Al-Azhar University’s second semester off to a quiet start
• Appeals court to hear Morsi’s case
• Egyptian-Saudi Business Association pumps EGP 1bn into agriculture –

 Sunday

• Egyptian cabinet says will tighten security nationwide
• Khaled Ali‪ announces he will not run for president –
• The Muslim Brotherhooddenies involvement in Saturday’s shooting of military conscripts
• Bombs were defusedin two schools and power station in Egypt
• Egypt’s satellite operatoris investigating jamming of El-Bernameg
• ‪Egypt arrests “Israel lover” for Star of David tattoo, contacting Israelis on Facebook
• Revolutionary singer was stopped from performing

 Good Report

• Egyptian militants outwit army in Sinai battlefield. Reuters
• Ansar Jerusalem confirms deaths of 2 members, including founder. David Barnett
• In Egypt, the military means (big) business. Sarah A. Topol
• Two American visitors reflect on their first trip to Egypt.  Isabel Esterman
• The poor upkeep of Cairo’s tramline. Passant Rabie

 Good Read

• Egypt’s ancient snark. Alaa al-Aswany
• A ship without a rudder. Michael Wahid Hanna
• Tiptoeing toward criticism: 27 countries rebuke Egypt at UN’s Human Rights Council. Amy Hawthorne

 Plus:

• Egypt’s Salafists: Guide and Analysis. Adam Hayaty

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