(Egyptian Journalists denouncing the Protest law, Photo via Lobna Monieb)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s Sisi denies offering parts of Sinai land to Palestinians
• Number of hunger strikers increases to 91
• Central Bank of Egypt says $ 2 billion worth of Suez Canal certificates has been sold so far
• Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya leaders is jailed over attempt to flee Egypt
• Egypt needs to recruit 30,000 new teachers
• No death from North Sinai explosion North Sinai explosion
• Islamic Development Bank approves $425 million loan to Egypt
• Men from same-sex wedding video are “not gay”: Forensics

Tuesday

• Egypt to host Gaza reconstruction conference on October 12
• Egypt to participate in anti-IS talks in Saudi Arabia
• Two Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis members were killed in North Sinai
• Beltagy and Hegazy are sentenced to 20 years over torturing policemen in Rabaa
• Egypt seeks to cut public debit to 80% of GDP by 2017
• At least 24 protesters arrested for violating protest law

 Wednesday

• Sisi denies claims over providing Palestinians with Sinai lands
• El-Sisi orders the formation of “Zakat” charity fund
• Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and co-defendants remain in jail until September 15 ‪
• Egyptian hunger strike campaign gains momentum
• Egypt signs Sahara oil exploration deals with a U.S. firm
• Mubarak-era figures to dominate the next Egyptian parliament , warns analyst
• A civilian shot dead in North Sinai
• Judge’s son shot dead by unidentified assailants in Egypt’s Daqahliya

Thursday

• 10 Arab states commit to ‘share’ US-led fight against IS
• Cheney criticizes suspension of military aid to Egypt
• Three alleged terrorists killed on Ain Sokhna road
• Brotherhood leader to testify in front of June 30 fact-finding committee
• Interior Ministry arrests 13 members of Damanhour Devils” cell
• Muslim Brotherhood’s lawyer is sentenced to one year in jail
• ‪Airport authorities bar two members of Qatar’s royal family from entering Egypt
• Tourist numbers to rise 5-10 pct in 2014: minister

 Friday

• Prominent Egyptian judge tells ‘terrorists to go to Turkey and Qatar
• Conscript is shot dead near Suez: Egypt Army
• 7 Egyptian parties will join an ongoing hunger strike
• Government prohibits transfer of toxic substances by river transport means
• NGO founders referred to criminal court on charges of child trafficking and molesting
• Mubarak-era Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid dies at 82
• Two-thirds of the funds for Suez Canal expansion collected in 6 days
• Nour Party calls for pressure on government to set parliamentary elections date. Arabic

 Saturday

• Egypt pledges support to S. coalition against ISIS
• Egypt refuses to send troops to fight IS in Iraq and Syria
• 7 Egyptian Brotherhood members, allies were asked to leave Qatar
• Egyptian journalists went on hunger strike in solidarity with a campaign to free political detainees
• British government spokesperson denies reports that the results of an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood have been delayed
• Egyptian prosecution calls on Interpol to arrest Brotherhood leaders leaving Qatar
• Two Chinese firms to build US$583 million dam in Ethiopia

 Sunday

• Security forces kill the most dangerous members of Ansar Beit Al-Magdis
• Egyptian foreign ministry condemns beheading of British aid worker by ISIS
• El-Sisi: All terrorists must be targeted, not just IS
• Brotherhood figures leave Qatar for London: Interior Ministry
• Postal service offers certificates for Suez Canal Project
• Egypt to invite IMF to assess economic reforms ‪http://bit.ly/1s2tI2l
• Egypt arrests 157 migrants headed to Italy ‪http://bit.ly/1s5fIol
• Police defuse homemade bomb in Alexandria
• Al-Azhar University to partially close dorms

 Good reports

• Egypt’s protest law to be amended: NCHR member. Passant Darwish
• Egypt issues stamps to mark new Suez Canal – but uses pictures of Panama Canal. Alastair Beach
• Egyptian universities ban student political groups student political groups. Reham Mokbel
• Egypt has around $1 billion in frozen assets around the world. Pesha Magid

Good Read

• The hunger strike Amr Hamzawy
• How Egypt’s protest law brought down the revolution. Mohannad Sabry
• The ongoing campaign to restrict Egypt’s public space. Sarah el Sirgany

 Plus

• Background briefing on the Secretary’s trip to Cairo
• Egypt: Facing challenges, harnessing potential. The Middle East Institute