( Images of detained activists spread in Cairo during Eid, via twitter)

Main Headlines

Monday

• Sisi warns Egypt students against “malicious” activates
• Russia, Egypt to discus MiG-fighter jets deal in October
• Terrorist cell in touch with ISIS arrested in Sharqiya
• Collision delays Suez Canal traffic
• Egypt condemns Erdogan’s further criticism at World Economic Forum
• Libyan militia detains more than 70 Egyptian truck drivers in Ajdabiya –
• Complaint were filed against Satirist Bassem Youssef for insulting El-Sisi
• UAE’s Dana Gas wins gas exploration deals in Egypt

Tuesday

• The Muslim Brotherhood looks to Human Rights Watch to prosecute Egypt internationally
• Egypt court bans another Islamist party
• 68 defendants were sentenced to 15 years in prison over Azbakeya riots
• Court upholds death sentence for 20 Brotherhood members
• Campaign in Egypt to boycott Turkish products following Erdogan-Sisi tension.
• Crisis of 30 Egyptian trucks held in Libya’s Ajdabiya ends
• Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris plans to sell his remaining stake in Mobinil

Wednesday

• Egyptian militant group threatens deadly attacks during Eid holiday
• El-Sisi calls on youth to participate in parliamentary vote
• Egypt offers military training to Libya
• Turkey hits back at Egypt amid diplomatic row
• Emirati company to build controversial cool – based power plant in Sinai
• New alliance of political opposition under Aboul Fotouh
• BP begins drilling new offshore well near Damietta, Egypt
• Freedom for the Brave Movement: 150 people are on hunger strike

Thursday

• Egypt judge in mass death sentence cases has been removed from his criminal court
• Egypt Seizes newspapers to censor an article
• Egypt-Turkey spat continues, as Cairo calls Erdogan latest attack “desperate”
• Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah appeals jail sentence for insulting the interior ministry
• Fifteen Egyptian pilgrims die in Mecca
• New smart card system for fuel will go into effect across Egypt in January
• Ministry won’t extend Nov 10 deadline for NGO registration

Friday

• Egyptian security forces kill 12 militants in a week-long operation
• 40% of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is completed: Ethiopian President
• Anonymous gunmen abduct Sufi leader in North Sinai
• Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma ‪back in prison after brief hospital visit
• Egypt to co-host Gaza reconstruction conference
• Sexual violence against Egypt’s children on the rise‪

Saturday

• Egypt closes Rafah border with Gaza for duration of Eid holiday
• Egyptian political parties exchange war of words over links with Mubarak regime
• Egyptian economic investment summit scheduled for February 21
• Egypt condemns “horrible murder” of British hostage by IS
• Egypt’s banned Brotherhood set up Eid prayer spaces in Alexandria
• At least 3 arrested for sexual harassment in Egypt on on first day of Eid
• Death toll among Egyptian Hajj pilgrims reaches 20

Sunday

• Egypt’s police uncovers a recruitment for the Islamic State
• IMF to participate in Egypt’s economic summit: Lagarde
• Nine policemen detained over sexual harassment in Egypt’s Minya
• “Spending their Eid (feast) in prison” campaign
• Sexual harassment rates drop on first day of Eid
• Clashes between pro-Morsi protesters, opponents in Egypt’s Alexandria
• An Egyptian jihadist group releases video of beheading

 Good Reports 

• Egypt’s vegetarians dread the arrival of Eid el-Adha. Patrick Kingsley
• In peril on the shore. Bel Trew
• Can Egypt’s crisis help clean energy gain traction? Peter Schwartzstein
• Public urination: A Cairo problem. Amr Kotb
• Egypt’s civil society fears it will be silenced. Merrit Kennedy
• Houses of Worship in Egypt: An enduring source of inequality. Mai El-Sadany
• Different gas ambitions in the Eastern Mediterranean . Robin Mills
• Egypt’s mass Internet surveillance. Ahmed Ezzat

Video Report

• Egypt’s push against atheism and “non-believers”. France 24

Good Read

• The right and wrong lessons of the Camp David Accords. Jordan Chandler Hirsch
• The Salafi Dawa of Alexandria: The Politics of A Religious Movement. Mokhtar Awad
• Hating Mubarak; loving Sisi. Steven Cook
• Egypt’s Sisi gains leverage from the fight against the Islamic State. Abdallah Helmy.
• Egypt’s art museums: Out of sight, out of mind. Sultan al- Qassemi

Plus: A debate

• Reining in Egypt’s military aid. The New York Times
• Should Washington withhold aidto Egypt? Yehuda Blanga

Poll

• Egyptians see economy improving and have more confidence in current government, according to Gallup Poll

Photo Gallery:

• Egyptians celebrate Eid al-Adha

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt