(Cartoon about the late human right defender Ahmed Seif, via klmty)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt and UAE have secretly launched airstrikes in Libya
• Sabahi, Shukrallah ask Egypt’s prosecution to release political detainees
• Regional partners convene in Cairo to discuss the Libyan crisis
• Egypt looks for ‘win-win’ situation with Ethiopia over renaissance dam
• Ethiopian minister criticizes Egyptian media over Renaissance dam
• Egyptian activist Mahienour El-Masry, others join hunger strike
• NGOs condemn minister’s intention to exclude women from governor reshuffle
• Egypt’s metro officials demand fare hike amid government reluctance

 Tuesday

• Long-term cease-fire brokered by Egypt goes into effect in Gaza
• Palestinian factions thank Egypt for Gaza ceasefire
• Egypt destroys 5 more Gaza tunnels
• Pentagon says Egypt, UAE responsible for Libya strikes
• Washington knew Egypt and UAE were planning to secretly bomb Libya and warned them to stop
• Libya needs foreign “help”, says foreign minister http://t.co/1GpJeczhyc
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree on impact studies on Nile dam
• Dozens protest at Cairo’s Gezira Club over mass over mass killing of cats

Wednesday 

• Egypt’s El-Sisi to visit US for the first time in September
• WFP steps up Gaza food aid after Egypt opens Rafah crossing
• Human rights activist Ahmed Seif El-Islam dies at 63
• Egyptian, Libyan chiefs of staff meet
• Irrigation minister: 85 % of the issues concerning Ethiopia’s Dam are solved
• New ‘quartet committee’ to regulate financing and implementation of the Suez Canal project
• US backs off statement that Egypt and UAE were behind airstrikes in Libya
• Egypt PM meets a group of downtown street vendors
• Road linking Egypt and Sudan is opened

Thursday

• Egypt jihadist group claims beheading of four men in Sinai
• Islamist Wasat Party National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL)
• Hundreds say goodbye to iconic human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif
• Brotherhood leaders refuse to meet June 30 fact-finding committee
• Ousted president Morsi is detained for another 15 days pending investigations
• Wife of imprisoned aide to Egypt’s Morsi brings case to U.N.
• Egypt’s NGOs are under threat: Rights groups

Friday

• Sisi: Egypt committed to non-interference in Libyan affairs
• Sinai villagers find decapitated head of kidnapped man ‪
• Egypt’s defense minister meets with U.S. congressional delegation
• Sanaa Seif, jailed daughter of late rights lawyer, joins hunger strike
• Sinai villagers find decapitated head of kidnapped man
• Academic year at Egyptian universities will be delayed two weeks
• Pro-Morsi alliance calls for demonstrations

Saturday

• Kerry reassures Egypt over Apache delivery
• Police arrest former professor following his testimony for HRW report
• Egyptian court cancels death sentences of top Brotherhood figures
• Egyptian police arrest 2 alleged members of Cairo militant group
• Egypt’s Dar-al-ifta prohibits online chats between men and women
• Egyptian businessman to request investigation into Dutch journalist Rena Netjes
• Gas imports from Israel to save Egypt $10 per million BTUs
• Egyptian Al-Azhar delegation visits Gaza’s Shejaiya

 Sunday

• Two more decapitated bodies found in North Sinai
• Egypt extends deadline for NGOs to register or face investigation
• President Sisi meets supply minister on U.S. projects in Egypt
• Erdoğan dismisses any rapprochement with Egypt over Gaza
• 6 are detained in clashes between Ahrar members, and security forces
• State Commissioner to rule on legality of Rabaa sign
• Mourners chant ‘down with military rule’ during during Seif el-Islam memorial

 Good report

• Ahmed Seif El-Islam, leading light of Egypt’s human rights, has died. Patrick Kingsley
• Egyptian newspaper is under fire for racist headline. Sheera Frenkel
• Hot night, dark city: How Egyptians cope with power cuts. Zeinab El-Gundy
• Copts Island: Egyptian cinema’s fresh approach to Coptic Christians. Mohamed Atef

Good read

• What Egypt lost in the Al-Jazeera trial. Mahmoud Salem
• Hunger strikes: Egypt’s last vestige of dissent. Khaled Dawoud
• Egypt deports Palestinian Syrians back to conflict zones. Tom Rollins
• A year behind bars: Mohamed Soltan. Aaron T. Rose and Jihad Abaza
• The MB, AQ, ISIS and Al-Azhar crisis. Mohamed Selim

And

• The new Arab cold war. Steven Cook, Jacob Stokes and Alexander Brock

 Plus:

• Ahmad Seif el-Islam Hamad: Egypt loses a tireless champion of human rights. Amnesty International
• Ahmed Seif, Who was tortured in Egypt and became rights defenders, Dies at 63. Douglas Martin

Photo Gallery

• British man becomes the first person to trek Nile length on foot

Poll:

Baseera’s latest poll claim 82 % of Egyptians approve of El-Sisi performance