(Egypt’s First Lady, via Daily News Egypt)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s interior minister says surveillance of social media is no threat to liberty
• Egypt’s opposition threatens boycott of parliamentary elections over draft laws
• Egyptian satirical programme permanently shut down
• Court approves surgery for Brotherhood leader El-Erian
• Egypt arrests militant snipers targeting security forces in Sinai
• Government offers concessions on stock market tax
• Following a series of losses, capital market gains EGP 8.13bn
• Sequel to the acclaimed film Jews of Egyptto open Ismailiya Film Fest

Tuesday

• Sisi declared Egypt president with 96% of the vote
• Egypt’s Sisi gives first speech after landslide victory – ‪
• Saudi king says it will hold donor conference for Egypt
• Shutdown of Egyptian satirical show met with condemnation
• 23 arrested for sexual harassment
• Egyptian activist Safwan Mohamed is released in Alexandria
• Egypt’s foreign ministry summons Turkish Charge d’affaires
• Iran’s Rouhani is invited to Al Sisi’s swearing-in ceremony.

Wednesday

• Adly Mansour bids Egyptians farewell after a year in power
• International community congratulates El-Sisi, plans for cooperation
• Egypt’s El-Sisi to be sworn in as president on Sunday
• Ousted president Morsi describes election as a charade‪
• ‪Egypt‘s currency black market under threat as confidence rises
• Egypt army foils attack, destroys 7 tunnels in Sinai

Thursday

• EU ready to work ‘closely’ with new Egyptian president El-Sisi
• Egypt’s Mansour issues law for tougher sexual harassment penalties
• President Mansour signs law to raise income tax on millionaires for 3 years
• President Mansour signs law jailing unauthorized Islamic preachers
• Outgoing President Mansour toughens penalties against littering
• Elshamy “is healthy,” not on hunger strike – government committee
• Egypt aims to raise $1 billion through investment fund to support tourism

Friday

• US to send delegation to attend El-Sisi’s inauguration
• Abbas heads to Cairo for El-Sisi’s swearing-in
• IMF’s Lagarde congratulates El-Sisi on win
• Anti-Coup Alliance calls for week of protests after Al-Sisi’s election –
• Cairo traffic costs Egypt LE47 billion a year: World Bank
• Anti-harassment group praises new harassment law

 Saturday 

• Egypt gears for Al-Sisi’s inauguration‪for Al-Sisi’s inauguration as foreign delegations arrive
• Wary U.S. unlikely to restore full aid to Egypt soon
• Explosion kill one civilian , wounds another in 6 October city
• Egyptian court cancels jail sentence against policeman linked to 39 deaths
• Egypt, and UAE choose army-linked company to build wheat silos
• Legal steps pave the way to restricting airing of religious sermons
• Two more malaria cases in Egypt’s Aswan

 Sunday

• El-Sisi is sworn in as Egypt’s president
• Egypt’s interim president Mansour hands over power to El-Sisi
• Qatar’s Emir congratulates Egypt’s new leader El-Sisi
• Egypt is willing to open Gaza crossing permanently
• Journalist’s hunger strike is ongoing
• Egypt’s central bank governor says forex policies successful, could eliminate black market

 Good Reports

• The many styles of Egypt’s First Ladies. Michael Collins Dunn
• Egypt turns to Western advisors, signaling possible reforms. Maggie Fick
• Mansour’s presidential decrees, and their mark on Egypt’s economic landscape. Doaa Farid
• Simplifying the Interior Ministry’s quest for surveillance. Ramy Raoof

Plus:                                                

• Full text of Parliamentary elections lawArabic
• Fact box: What powers will Egypt’s new president have? Aswat Masriya
• The White House’s statementon the presidential election in Egypt
• List of imprisoned journalists in Egypt. Committee to Protect Journalists
• The Working Group on Egypt writes to president Obama
• A letter from prison by Mahienour al-Masry

 Video

• El-Sissi sworn in as president Arabic report

 Interview

• Kamal Helbawy, former Muslim Brotherhood Member

 Good read

• God and State in Egypt. Michael Wahid Hanna
• Egypt’s uncertain opposition after Sisi landslide. Sarah el-Sirgany
• The Silencing of Egypt’s Jon Stewart. H.A. Hellyer
• We are all Lina Attalah
• The Gulf and Egypt: From life support to a sustainable economy? Richard Lebaron

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt