Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt court upholds jailing of leading pro-democracy activists
• Egypt court sentences four gay men to prison
• Egypt arrests Islamistclose to Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri
• Egypt political parties and activists request open lists in parliamentary polls
• Egypt to announce renaissance Dam assessment report end of the month
• Egypt’s FM: Our relationship with Washington is “disrupted”
• U.S. urges Egyptto eliminate prison sentences for activists

Tuesday

• Death toll from inter-tribal clashes in Upper Egypt’s Aswan reaches 26
• Nine student unions at Cairo University criticize security situation in campus
• Egypt to set standards for coal usagewithin month
• Campaign to free Al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt reaches 100th day
• 12 handmade bombsfound at Ain Shams University’s campus
• Family of journalist held in Egypt his health is worsening

Wednesday

• Brotherhood releases lengthy statement condemning violence
• Court rejects recusal request in Morsi trials
• Turkey’s exports to Egypt slumps 17 percent amid chilly ties
• New refinery promises some relief to Egypt’s fuel crisis
• Egyptian pound weakens at a Central Bank dollar auction
• Third Russian military delegation arrives in Egypt
• The US State Department has listed Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis as a terror group
• Egypt’s new anti-sexual harassment law submitted to cabinet
• Aswan tribes commit to truce

Thursday

• EU’s Ashton arrives in Cairo for election talks
• Animal videos shown at Egypt’s Al-Jazeera trial
• Egypt military court jails two over leaked El-Sisi video
• Jailed activist Douma calls on Sabahi to withdraw from presidential race
• Secular Egyptian groups demonstrate against protest law
• High alert in Giza after two bomb threats
• Egyptians voting outside home district must register beforehand: Elections body

Friday

• EU to monitor Egypt upcoming presidential vote
• Egypt security forces foiled escape attempt by 48 detainees in Sharqiya
• 3 killed, and 81 injured nationwide after another Friday of protests
• One killed in Alexandria as police disperse pro-Morsi protests
• Two Brotherhood members killed in gunfight with Egyptian police
• Britain slams human rights abuses in Egypt

 Saturday

• Anti-Coup Alliance describes Ashton visit as “evil” ‪
• Bomb explodes minutes before Qena hospital opening
• Salafi preacher Abu-Ismail jailed again for insulting judiciary
• Court releases activist Mahinour El-Masry
• Preventing summer blackouts in Egypt is “impossible”-minister
• Egypt must “fundamentally revise flawed anti- terrorism law”: Amnesty
• Aswan schools reopen following deadly tribal clashes
• Egypt to need more financial support: IMF

 Sunday

• Sabahi:‪ El-Sisi backed by corrupt figures
• Trial of ex-president Morsi ispostponed for second straight day –
• Prosecution questions policeman for killing man inside station
• Egypt to introduce smart card to subsidized bread by July
• Military says 3 Jihadis killed in Sinai checkpoint attack
• Turkish right groups slam Egypt over execution ruling
• Egyptian accused of terrorism charges after returning from Syria

 Good Reports

• From Tahrir Square to Emaar Square: Cairo private to a private city. Mohamed Elshahed
• Egypt’s sectarian divide: A look at the situation on the anniversary of St. Mark’s attack. David Johnson
• Overview of financial aid packages to Egypt

Good Read

• Can permanent estrangement between Washington and Cairobe avoided? Dan Kurtzer
• Egypt’s insolvency crisis. Steven Cook
• Pope Tawadros II and the negligence of human rights.Ramy Yaacoub and Basil El-Dabh
• Who betrayed Egypt’s revolution? Wael Nawara
• Anti-coup terrorism: License and Reluctance. Jayson Casper
• Corruption in construction: Egypt’s failing infrastructure. Amira Mikhail

 Plus:

• Aid to Egypt: Black hole or black gold. A collection of views by various experts, by Justin Lynch for the Weekly Wonk.
• Catherine Ashton’s statement on her visit to Egypt.

 Photo Gallery

• Palm Sunday‪celebration in Egypt

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt