(Funeral of Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai on Friday, via Ahram online)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• El-Sisi says clemency for imprisoned journalists is not possible now
• No plan for Egyptian military action against Islamic State: Egypt’s PM ‪
• Egypt-Israel gas deal won’t happen without state’s approval
• Democracy Index report: 30 bombing across Egypt in September
• ‪Egypt’s top prosecutor refers 36 to trial for establishing “terrorist organization” during Rabaa sit-in
• Egypt to boost cooperation with Ethiopia in education and science
• Moody’s has changed Egypt’s outlook from negative to stable

Tuesday

• Egypt’s military court sentences 7 to death on charges related to terrorism
• Egyptian court sets January 1 appeal date for Al-Jazeera journalists
• ‪Egyptian court adjourns case against protest law to December 16
• ‪EU envoy in Egypt discusses human rights conditions with Justice Minister
• ‪PM: Egypt‪ will fix the economy, but do not expect miracles
• Egypt plans cash benefits in early 2015 to offsets subsidy cuts

 Wednesday

• Two Israel’s IDF soldiers were wounded in shooting incident near the border with Egypt
• Bomb explodes outside Cairo University injuring 11 including several security forces
• Drive-by shooting in the southern governorate of Minya kills one policeman
• Egyptian woman arrested for running a Facebook page “incites violence against police”
• Egypt urges Libyan militias to step aside
• Egyptian revolution activist Asmaa Mahfouz is banned from travelling
• Egypt’s new electoral districts law will be subject to national dialogue

Thursday

• President El-Sisi renews powers for defense minister
• USAID has removed details of payment to Egyptian government
• ‘Universities are for learning not throwing Molotov cocktails’: Egyptian PM
• Egypt is considering $1.5 bln foreign bond as it repairs the economy
• Don’t prejudge Egypt’s new draft NGO law, says minister
• Irish teen fears 15-year sentence in Egyptian jail

 Friday

• At least 31 dead in 2 attacks in Egypt’s North Sinai
• El-Sisi calls urgent National Defence Council meeting North Sinai’s attacks
• National mourning is declared in Egypt
• Internet, cell phone networks are restored in North Sinai following deadly bombing
• Masked men burn two Saudi Arabia’s consulate cars in Egypt

Saturday

• El-Sisi attends military funeral for 31 Egyptian soldiers who were killed in Sinai‪
• ‪Egypt closes Rafah border with Gaza following deadly Sinai attacks
• Sisi says foreign hands behind Friday’s attacks on army soldiers
• ‪US, UK condemn ‘terrorist attacks’ in Sinai, declare solidarity with Egypt against militants
• Overnight curfew begins Saturday 5pm in Egypt’s North Sinai
• Egypt cabinet proposes empowering military courts to try terrorism cases
• Abbas sends condolences to Egypt on Sinai bombing
• An eight year-old child was killed Friday in the Cairo neighborhood of Matariya

Sunday

• Egypt may relocate thousands of Bedouin to widen the buffer zone near border with Gaza
• Egypt’s El-Sisi gives PM emergency powers in North Sinai
• Fresh airstrikes kill five suspected militants in Sinai
• Egypt to ask allies for help after deadly Sinai attacks
• Egypt postpones Gaza ceasefire talks
• ‪Egyptian cabinet proposes empowering military courts to try terrorism cases
• The Muslim Brotherhood condemns Sinai attacks, holds government responsible
• Egypt court sentences 23 pro-democracy protesters to 3 years in prison

 Good report

• Egypt in classism row over prosecutors sacked because parents had no degrees. Patrick Kingsley
• Egypt’s Detained Minors: A hardship untold. Reem Gehad
• Egypt’s Christians, attacked for supporting Sisi, patiently await payback. Louisa Loveluck

Good read

• Mubarak Nostalgia is the winning strategy in Egyptian Politics right now. Eric Trager
• The Mirage of the ‘New Egypt’. Mona ElTahawy
• Still falling off that cliff. Sarah Carr
• The next Ata-what? Sisi’s policies are not as secular as you think. El-Bawaba
• Prospects for judicial reform in Egypt. Yussef Auf

Photo gallery

• Military funeral for the 31 ‪Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai

 Plus:

• 51 Reasons to fall in love with Egypt. Hannah Jewell

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt.