( Eid prayer in Egypt, via Aswat Masryia)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt celebrates Eid amid security fears, and rising costs
• ‘Dangerous’ Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis member were killed during arrest operation
• Egypt condemns attacks on civilians in the Gaza strip
• Clashes erupt between Morsi supporters and police following Eid prayers
• Libyan Authority denies death of 23 Egyptians in Tripoli’s rocket attack
• Egypt pardons 354 prisoners to mark Eid Al-Fitr

Tuesday

• Army officer was killed in north Sinai
• No casualties reported in Eid El-Fitr amid minor pro-Morsi protests
• Egypt’s Air Sinai cancels Cairo-Tel Aviv flights
• Egypt tops the list of wheat importers from Russia in 2013/14
• A local initiative reports 13 harassment incidents in Eid
• Eid prayer sermons echo Egypt’s politics

Wednesday

• Egypt “strongly condemns” Israeli shelling of Gaza market, UN school
• Israeli negotiators land in Cairo for Gaza talks
• Bomb blast in Cairo kills three
• Iran says Egypt dragging its feet on allowing aid to Gaza
• 53 Egyptian deportees arrive to Cairo

Thursday

• Egypt calls on Israel to ‘immediately stop targeting civilians’
• Egypt receives 104 wounded Palestinians through Rafah border ‪
• Security forces have identified the remains of three men who died in Giza car bombing
• Libya’s rouge general Haftar denies fleeing to Egypt
• Policeman accused of freeing dangerous inmates confesses to gross negligence
• Gunmen attack National Security Agency headquarters in Suez
• Some pro-Morsy call to abandon non-violent tactics on the anniversary of Rabaa

Friday

• Egypt cancels Gaza truce talks
• 2 Egyptians reportedly killed at Libya -Tunisia border
• 300 Egyptians fleeing Libyan strife safely arrive in Cairo
• Egypt arrests nearly 300 nationals fleeing unrest in Libya
• Egyptian actor Said Saleh dies at 76
• Egyptian Electricity Ministry to pay Bedouin to safeguard desert power lines. Arabic

Saturday

• No alternative to Egyptian initiative on Gaza: El-Sisi
• Palestinian- Israeli truce talks is still on
• Israel holds off on attending Gaza truce talks in Cairo
• ‪Egypt denounces U.S. remarks on crackdown as “ignorant”
• Explosions were reported in Sheikh Zuwaid, North Sinai
• Egypt intensifies efforts to evacuate its nationals from Libya
• Egypt denies using US weapons on protestors
• Strict precautionary measures in Egyptian airports to combat Ebola
• Trial of Hosni Mubarak resumes ‪

Sunday

• Hamas in Cairo for Gaza talks
• Egypt awards Suez Hub Project to consortium that includes the army
• PM Mehleb heads to Washington
• Tense Egyptian -US relations evident in Africa summit
• Egypt increases electricity to Gaza
• Egyptian scholars issue pro-Gaza statement
• Twitter campaign to bring charges against Mubarak’s lawyer for insulting Jan25 revolution
• Group vows to post blacklist of businessmen not donating to Long Live Egypt Fund
• Video of man beating kids at Egyptian orphanage sparks outrage ‪
• Belly dancer Safinaz summoned by prosecutorsfor allegedly insulting the Egyptian flag with outfit

Good Reports

• Egypt moves on energy reform from the ground up. Christopher Coats
• Charities struggle during Egypt’s economic crisis. Sarah El-Rashidi
• Armed looters and violence putting Egypt’s heritage at risk of being ‘lost forever.’ Tom Anstey

Good read

• El-Sisi’s Predicament with the crisis in Gaza. ‪Mohamed Elmenshawy
• Muslim Brotherhood’s media machination. Mohannad Sabry
• Where is Palestine in Egypt? Lina Attalah
• Revising Qatari policy on Egypt. Hicham Mourad
• Gaza is getting more complicated than ever. Dina Ezzat
• Why Qatar can’t end Gaza’s crisis. Sultan AlQasemi

Plus

• 337 accounts violence against Egyptian children in 2014: State council
• Report slams lack of religious freedom in Egypt Mada Masr
• Military bands greet travellers on Eid holiday

Video

• Creating Jobs, Building Opportunities: Egypt’s way forward. Middle East Institute
• Egyptians stranded at the Libyan- Tunisian border

Photo Gallery

• Egyptians flock to parks and gardens in celebration of Eid Al-Fitr