Main Headlines

Monday

• A court in Egypt sentences to death 528 Morsi’s supporters to death
• Fast’ and ‘bizarre’ death penalty will be appealed: Defense lawyers
• Defense team to appeal the verdict
• Al- Jazeera’s Greste says charges are baseless
• Egypt court orders retrial of 10 officers cleared of killing protesters in 2011
• Around 1500 illegal El-Sisi campaigners in Egypt: Army spokesman

 Tuesday

• Concern and condemnation as Egypt court sentences 529 to death
• Mass Egypt’s sentences “breach International Law”
• Sisi: Egypt still on way to building “modern democratic state”
• IDF shoot infiltrator from Egypt
• Qatari Prince calls for political dialogue in Egypt, and stresses ‘brotherly links’
• Postal strike expands after strikers arrested from homes
• Two more colossal Pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt

Wednesday

• Egypt’s defense minister says he will run for president
• Egyptian military leadership presents Sisi’s resignation to president
• Egypt orders mass trials  for another 919 Islamists
• One dead and eight wounded in Cairo clashes
• Liberal Constitution Party head Hala Shukrallah signs April 6 petition against protest law
• Egypt is building a wall around Al- Arish city in Sinai to stop terrorism (Arabic)
• Fact-finding Committee: Violence against Coptscontinues in certain governorates

Thursday

• Colonel General Sobhi replaces Marshal El-Sisi as Egypt’s defense minister
• Egypt’s political forces react to El-Sisi’s candidacy
• Egypt’s government to demolish Mubarak’s NDP HQ
• Egypt’s budget deficit down by 6% in the first 8 months of 2013/14 ‪
• Egypt considers referring Renaissance Dam file to the Hague
• Egypt considering importing liquefied gas from Russia

Friday

• A 22-year- old Egyptian journalist killed while covering Islamists-police clashes
• Five killed Friday’s clashes in Egypt
• Tamarod leader, and Mubarak-era opposition figures rumored to be among top names in Sisi’s presidential campaign
• Jihadists threaten to attack Sinai’s new security wall
• Security forces arrested a man accused of rapping British tourist

Saturday

• Two Islamists sentenced to death for throwing children off roof last July
• Candidacies for presidential election will be opened on Monday
• White House: Egypt should adhere to democratic road map
• EU annual report:Egypt’s military held considerable sway over political decisions in 2013
• Egyptian national gunned down in Libya’s Benghazi
• Private security companies have refused to contract with Cairo University
• New online Jihad magazine focuses on Egypt

 Sunday

• Presidential elections to take place on May 26, and 27
• Egyptian military officer shot dead in Ismailia
• 2 students killed in clashes at Al-Azhar University
• New espionage charges for Morsi’s team: Interior minister
• Imprisoned activist Douma‪ is suffering from worsening health conditions
• Death of Al-Dostour journalist stirs controversy over safety of journalists
• Coptic coalition backs Sisi for president
• Interior Minister: Muslim Brotherhood leaked security documents to Qatari officials

 Profile

• Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: The new face of Egypt’s old guard

Interview

•  Hamdeen Sabahi: The army should not be burdened by politics

 Poll:

• Support for El-Sisi presidency fallsin latest Baseera poll

 Good Reports

• Bands of Brothers: A Look at Egypt’s New High Command. Michael Collins Dunn
• Death toll from militant violencein Egypt reaches 496. Al-Ahram
• A brief history of the death penalty in Egypt. Zeinab el-Gundy
• Egypt crisis: Young detainees allege torture. Orla Guerin

Good read

• Sisi 2014. Steven Cook
• Why do Egyptian courts say the darndest things? Nathan Brown
• Egypt’s judges strike back. Ursula Lindsey
• Five Questions for Sisi, Egypt’s man of mystery. Michele Dunne
• Bad Neighbor, good Neighbor: Egypt-Libya’s relations. Mohamed Elmenshawy
• Dramatizing the negotiations. Hussein Ibish
• Multi-billion dollar project will not solve Egypt’s housing crisis Bel Trew

Book Review

• Encyclopedia of Armed Islamist Movements: 50 years of tireless patterns. Review by Mahmoud El-Wardani

 Plus:

• Translation of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s resignation speech
• Kerry’s statementon mass trials and sentencing in Egypt

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt