Main Headlines

Monday

• Fresh statement claims Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State
• Parliamentary elections to be held in the first quarter of 2015
• Egypt considers tighter curbs on media coverage of the military
• Government ultimatum for NGOs to register under ‘restrictive’ expires Monday
• Egypt’s Salafist Front to protest on 28 November to “impose Islamic identity”
• Journalists Syndicate lambasts new Chamber of Private Press
• AFTE report documents 184 violations against foreign journalists working in Egypt

Tuesday

• Largest US business delegation ever visits Egypt
• No assassination attempt on El-Sisi: Egypt’s presidency
• US to ‘assess’ Egyptian militant group’s links to IS
• Egypt warns Salafists over planned protests
• French, Egyptian journalists held in café for discussing politics
• Egypt pull out of world champs in protest against Qatar
• ‪Cairo ‪Airport unionist investigated for Facebook pages
• Egypt’s former antiquities minister Hawass faces fresh corruption charges

Wednesday

• ‘Terror’ attack on Egypt naval vessel leaves 8 servicemen missing
• ‪Blast in Sinai‪ wounds 10 civilians
• Perpetrator of attack that killed 21 soldiers in western desert has been arrested: Army spokesman
• Judge has referred former presidential candidate and defense lawyer Khaled Ali to the prosecution
• Egypt is ‘deeply concerned’ over new between Hamas and Fatah
• US trade mission upbeat on Sisi leadership; vows investment
• IMF mission to visit Egypt on Wednesday
• Cabinet to rule on electoral districts draft
• Prisoner died due to inadequate health care: Lawyer
• 23 Al-Azhar students were expelled amid ongoing crackdown

Thursday

• New decree allows Sisi to deport foreign detainees
• Egypt’s new law could repatriate detained Al-Jazeera reporters: Peter Greste’s lawyer
• Two dead in North Sinai attack, says army source
• Prosecution teams investigates metro bombing
• Bombs hit near shuttered Egypt, UAE embassies in Libya
• Egypt’s El-Sisi talks East Jerusalem with Jordan, Israel and Kerry
• Citigroup says Gulf aid for ‪Egypt may wane as oil prices sink

Friday

• Five ‘militants’ killed in North Sinai
• Gunmen injure ‪police row officer in North Sinai
• Masked men claim responsibility for the attack on Damietta naval forces
• Egypt issues the country’s first microfinance law
• Number of tourists to Egypt rises by 193% in September as sector continues recovery
• Young activist are mourned across the political spectrum
• Army to build emergency hospital ‪due to high traffic accident rate

 Saturday

• Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claim deadly Sinai attack
• Military sources: Terrorists tricked Egypt’s navy
• Fact-finding group set to blame Islamists for Egypt’s post-June 30 violence
• ‪‪Egypt will not drift toward war with Turkey over Erdogan’s provocative statements: FM Shoukry
• Cairo court adjourns case on dissolution of on dissolution of Islamist Nour party
• More Mubarak-era politicians to run for parliamentary election
• Another man accused in Morsi’s “espionage case”
• ‪UAE‪ lists Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group
• 43 arrested in Fayoum over attacks on state institutions
• UNESCO teams visits old Cairo, Djoser’s step pyramid

 Sunday

• Cabinet to approve Electoral districts on Wednesday
• ‪Political groups meet with PM to discuss electoral laws
• Fishermen held in attack on navy were released on Sunday
• Cairo Criminal Court refers 5 Azhar students to military tribunal for arson
• ‪Egyptian pound weakens as market fears Qatar deposit repayment
• Prison warden for Mohamed Soltan referred has been referred to investigations
• Egypt still sponsors Gaza cease-fire talks: Hamas
• Egypt-Saudi Arabia electricity project tendered before month’s end

Good Reports

• National security appointments. Dina Ezzat
• ‘Full-fledged war’ across Egypt as navy was attacked for the first time. Mariam Rizk
• Jihadism in Egypt: The general’s law in Sinai. The Economist
• The burden of education. Mai Shams El-Din
• Egypt’s Christians hopeful for loosened restrictions on building of churches. Chaïmaa Abdel-Hamid

Good Read

• Losing Hope in Egypt and Iran. Parastou Hassouri
• The end of an era for Egypt’s NGOs. H. A. Hellyer
• Egyptian naval skirmish highlights maritime insecurity. Christian Le Miere
• Terror at sea: Amr Khalifa
• End of Reciprocity: The Muslim Brotherhood and the security sector. Karim Medhat Ennarah
• Not the time for human rights? Dina Iskandar

Also “worth reading” this counter- argument: Faiza Abou el-Naga’s appointment is the right choice for Egypt Abdel Latif El-Menawy

Plus

• Amnesty: Sinai’s buffer zone is no solution to militancy in Egypt
• Intellectuals and archaeologists launch campaign to save Alexandria’s antiquities
• WWI in Egypt: A forgotten sacrifice for colonial powers. Egypt Independent
• Henri Barakat, 100 years and beyond

Photo Gallery

• Cairo’s first opera house is remembered

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt