(Egypt’s Sisi kisses the  Saudi King’s forehead. Photo via Twitter)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• El-Sisi issues decree forming “legislation reform” panel
• El-Sisi invited to extra ordinary African summit
• Information ministry to be eliminated in new Egypt cabinet
• Egypt court to issue verdict on 23 June in Al-Journalists trial
• Egypt to release hunger striking Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy on medical grounds
• Egypt discourages Israel from ‘further escalation’ against Palestine
• Coptic teacher gets 6 months in jail for “insulting Islam”
• A Union has been formed to combat mass sexual assault

Tuesday

• Egypt’s president swears in new government
• El-Sisi tells ministers to set example to nation
• AU ends Egypt’s suspension after presidential vote
• Egypt welcomesAU decision to reinstate membership
• Traffic and ‘criminal hotbeds’ top priorities for Egypt reappointed Interior minister
• Al-Jazeera journalist has been released
• Court refuses Brotherhood leader Beltagy’s request to change judges
• Administrative court agrees to refer to refer protest law to constitutional court

Wednesday

• Senate chops aid to Egypt
• Egypt court orders dozen more death penalties
• Brotherhood defies Interior Ministry, threatens to place Prophet stickers in all squares
• New police departmentfor crimes of violence against women
• Brother of Salafist preacher Mohamed Hassan was arrested at Cairo airport. Arabic
• A ‘fair’ solution to street vendors is a necessity: Egypt’s PM
• Turkey president Gul says situation in Egypt is ‘temporary’

Thursday

• Egyptian court sentences several Muslim Brotherhood leaders to death, including supreme guide Badie
• Saudi Kingto pay a rare visit to Egypt
• Opposition groups call for international day to support Egyptian detainees
• 31 detainees from January protests were released
• Egypt reaches first deal to revise gas prices with foreign energy firm
• Egyptian rights groups challenge internet surveillance plan
• Sudan asks Egypt to rejoin Nile Basin body
• Egypt court fines man for calling woman a “hot girl”

 Friday

• Saudi kingvisits Cairo
• Two killed in Cairo clashes after Friday prayers
• Egyptian truck drivers in in Libya are released
• Cabinet committee granted power to manage seized Brotherhood assets
• Endowment ministry closely monitors Friday sermons
• Egyptian minister orders 7 am starts for department heads
• Daylight saving time put on hold starting Thursday

 Saturday

• Saudi Kingleaves Egypt following brief and unusual visit
• Egypt court upholds death sentences for 183 Brotherhood supporters, including Supreme Guide
• Egypt’s El-Sisi to give speech at AU summit
• Cairo demonstration against protest law d is dispersed by police
• Egypt court sentences 14 Al-Azhar students to 7 years in prison
• Sexual harasser is sentenced to 1 year in prison
• Seoudi reopens its door, product prices maintained
• International day to support Egyptian detainees

 Sunday

• Kerry arrives in Egypt on first official visit since El-Sisi’s inauguration
• US says it has released some $572 million in aid to Egypt
• Egypt faces ‘critical moment in transition’: Kerry
• Cairo court acquits 64 protestors on rioting charges
• Egypt sentences man to year in jail amid moves to combat sexual harassment
• Egypt forces kill militants, arrest others in Sinai offensive
• Egypt targets 2 million Arab touristsby the end of the year

 Good Reports

• Egypt’s hidden prison. Patrick Kingsley
• On the contraband trail with Libya’s gun-smugglers. Peter Schwartzstein
• Nour Gaber, the cabbie driving Cairo’s women driving Cairo’s women forward. Patrick Kingsley
• Egypt in TV. Nour Youssef
• Egyptian government announces campaign to save youth from atheism. Mada Masr
• The Muslim Brotherhood: Cut off at the roots. Ahmed Eleiba

Plus

• Egypt: Who’s who in El-Sisi’s new cabinet
• U.S. State department: Background briefing en route to Cairo
• ‪Egypt’s death sentence ruling is a `big step backwards`- Amnesty
• Opening piece is condemnedfor allegedly inciting mass execution of street children
• Cairo hotel that became a presidential palace. Ola Seif

Ranking

• Egypt ranks 143 in Global Peace Index

Photo gallery

• 27 photographs of unnoticed moments captured in Egypt. Egyptian Streets

 Good read

• What to expect from Egypt’s Sisi. Koert Debeuf
• How Egypt can turn the tide on sexual assault. Rothna Begum
• What’s in a kiss? Sisi’s ‘peck of respect’ goes viral. Al-Arabiya

Finally here are Jason Casper’s prayers for Egypt