Egypt’s hanging church was officially inaugurated after 16 years of renovations

Main Headlines

 Monday

• ‪Egypt ‪tightens security measures for 6^th of October celebration
• Egyptian jihadist group has released a video of beheadings
• Egypt busts cell recruiting fighters for ISIS in Syria
• Roadside blast kills boy in Egypt’s Sinai
• Kerry to join Cairo talks on rebuilding Gaza
• Limited pro-Morsi protests in Cairo, Alexandria on anniversary of October war

Tuesday

• Egyptian troops kills 16 Islamist militants in Sinai Peninsula
• Libyan premier Al-Thinni arrives in Egypt
• Two policemen detained after bomb explodes at Cairo court
• Satellite Internet arrives in Egypt with strings attached
• 43k tourists arrive in Egypt’s Hurghada over Eid holiday

Wednesday

• US envoy against ISIS to hold talks in Cairo
• Egypt, Libya announce deeper security cooperation to fight terrorism
• ‪Egypt‪ will return $500 million to Qatar
• ‪Egypt‪ forms committee to draft law for Nubian development
• Poland lifts travel ban on Egypt’s Red Sea resorts
• Police use teargas to protect Upper Egypt police station from attack
• More than 200 sexual harassment incidents were documented during Eid Al-Adha holiday‪

Thursday

• Egypt’s army has destroyed 1813 tunnels in Sinai since 2011
• Hunger striker Mohamed Soltan’s health continues to deteriorate
• Egyptian foreign minister meets with his Sudanese counterpart
• Egypt’s inflation slows in September
• Egypt’s universities issue more security regulations
• Cairo administrative court to commence proceeding in case to ban Facebook, twitter in Egypt

Friday

• Army kills 21 “extremists” in wide-scale security campaign across campaign
• Egyptian church holds memorial mass for Maspero victims
• Violence erupts in Egypt’s Menoufia after police shoot local
• Two bombs explode in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya
• Egyptian campuses brace for the new semester, Islamists vow “intense” protests
• Water outage in 10^th of Ramadan city is not caused by a bomb
• Cairo to host Ethiopia, Sudan for dam talks for dam talks on 16-17 October

Saturday

• PA forces to take control of Gaza crossings on Sunday
• Egypt’s El-Sisi to inaugurate Sunday’s Gaza aid conference
• K. stresses on Egypt’s role in combating terrorism
• Hunger striking Mohamed Sultan to remain in detention as trial adjourns
• Muslim Brotherhood’s Beltagy, Al-Jazeera’s host Ahmed Mansour, and others 15 years in prison ‪
• Egypt’s defense minister joined students in a cycling marathon

 Sunday

• Diplomats to meet in Egypt to discuss aid required to rebuild Gaza
• Kerry pushes for Middle East peace, pledges $212 million aid for Gaza
• Egypt’s Sisi urges Israel to consider Arab peace initiative
• Three corpses were found in Egypt’s Arish
• Russian officials coordinate Putin’s first visit to Egypt
• Students call for protests amid tense atmosphere on Egypt’s campuses

 Good Reports

• Egypt’s new canal project ‘ominous’ news for the Mediterranean Sea. Zafrir Rinat
• Questions arise over Egypt’s proposed Nile shipping lane. Walaa Hussein
• The Crackdown on Gay men in Egypt. Ernesto Londono
• Egypt in TV. Nour Youssef
• IMF cozies up to Egypt amid economic reform

Good Read

• What the garbage man knows. Peter Hessler
• Sisi secures position in Egypt and abroad despite right record. Heba Saleh
• Egypt’s resurgent authoritarianism. Nathan Brown and Katie Bentivoglio
• What Hong Kong’s Occupy Central can learn from the Tahrir Square uprising. Mahmoud Salem

Plus:

• Three years after the Maspero massacre: Where is the justice? Ishak Ibrahim
• The Black Day of Maspero massacre. Zeinobia

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt