(John Kerry with Egyptian special forces  via Egypt” Youm 7 newspaper) 

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Kerry meets Egypt’s Sisi to press for democracy‪
• Egypt to receive $5B in loans from Saudi Arabia and UAE
• Man accused of sexually harassing journalist on EgyptAir flight referred to detention has been ordered into detention
• Shipment of US Apache helicopters to arrive in Egypt soon ‪
• Egyptian army kills second Ansar Bait-Al-Maqdis leader
• Egyptian police raided the home of a number of al-Azhar students
• Kerry, Shoukry define Egypt’s role in fight against ISIS ‪
• Egypt, UAE forces in joint military exercises

Tuesday

• At least 12 were injured in Cairo’s downtown blast
• Egypt bans publication of 2012 election rigging allegations
• Parliamentary constituency law to be issued in 3 weeks
• No return to Mubarak-era university guards
• Key Ethiopia dam talks to begin in Cairo on Thursday
• Egypt’s army sends food supply to Gaza
• Islamist Wasat Party head Essam Sultan sentenced to 1 year imprisoment for insulting the judiciary ‪
• Egypt imposes temporary tariffs to protect domestic steel industry

Wednesday

• ‪Prosecutor orders an investigation into downtown bombing
• Egypt finds large stockpile of arms earmarked for Ansar Beit-al-Maqdis
• Egypt court signals death penalty for 7 jihadists in Sinai case
• Blast rocks Egypt’s gas pipeline to Jordan‪
• Human rights groups condemn use of force by riot police in campuses
• Salafi Nour Party reveals conditions under which women can run on the party list. Arabic

Thursday 

• Carter Centre shuts Egypt office over rights concerns
• Egypt’s FM was “surprised” by Carter Center decision to close Cairo offices
• Editor of Egypt’s biggest private newspaper has been questioned for unpublished report.
• Egypt’s Army Chief of Staff attends anti-terrorism conference in US
• 195 students arrested across Egypt in first 5 days of new semester
• At least 11 injured in bombing at Tanta mosque at Tanta mosque
• Egypt ministers were criticized for cutting short their Hajj

 Friday

• Militants killed three policemen and injured seven others in Egypt’s Sinai
• Egypt arrests commander of Sinai-based Jihadist group
• More than 85 Egyptian churches attacked in post-Morsi violence: Report
• Nile dam talks inch forward but Egypt gets no water guarantee
• Lawyers denounce charges against Ettehadiya protestors.

 Saturday

• Three Egyptian troops has been killed in collapse of a smuggling tunnel to Gaza
• Eight terrorist cells were arrested in possession of explosives
• Sudanese President Bashir visits Cairo
• Military officer takes charge as first secretary-general of ‪of Egypt’s parliament
• 58 student protests were reported during first week of academic year
• Four-thousand Cairo University dorm students to undergo mandatory drug test
• MENA slams Al-Ahram for accusations in NYT controversy
• Egypt builds international dredging consortium for Suez Canal expansion

Sunday

• 6 security personnel killed in Arish explosion in Sinai’s Arish
• A former ‪#Egyptian police officer and parliamentary candidate reportedly conducted a suicide attack for ISIS in Iraq
• Egypt and Sudan to coordinate on Libya unrest
• Israel’s Tamar group looks to sell gas to Egypt via EMG pipeline
• Suez Canal has seen reviving Egypt’s syndicated loans
• Arabtec says building will start this year on $40billion Egyptian homes project

 Good Reports

• Crackdown on Student Protesters in Egypt. David Kirkpatrick
• Al-Ahram apologizes in English for skewing NYT article, but takes it back in Arabic but takes it back in Arabic. Mada Masr
• The Falcon in Campus. Reem Khorshid

Good Read

• A wounded Egypt. Sally Toma
• Did Al Jazeera uphold its responsibility to its staff? Mohannad Sabry
• What’s happening with suspended military aid for Egypt? Amy Hawthorne
• Egypt’s conservative nationalism. Amr Adly
• In Egypt, an authoritarian regime holds sway again. Ahdaf Soueif
• Egypt’s NGO laws continue to threaten civil society. Ahmed Naje

Plus:

• Al-Ahram daily newspaper’s statement on New York Times misquotation.

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt.