(Peter Greste’s parents appeal to Egypt’s Sisi, via BBC)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
• HRW criticizes law allowing Egypt’s army to protect vital facilities
• Egyptian government is ready for tough response to Salafi Front’s ‘Islamic Uprising’
• Head of Egypt’s council for women3 slams detained female activists
• Egypt spent $3 billion on fuel subsidies in the first quarter of fiscal year
• Judge orders mobile providers to reveal Alaa’s whereabouts on protest day
• Pro-Morsi student dies inside Cairo police station

Tuesday

• Egypt’s political parties are divided over new electoral district law
• Three Egyptian parties pull back from Mubarak- era electoral alliance
• Foreign intelligence behind recent terror attacks: Egypt’s interior ministry
• Military court sentences 17 Morsi supporters to 5-10 years in jail
• Egypt’s police storm Al-Azhar campus after students torch dean’s car
• Brotherhood launches new “impartial” satellite channel
• Egyptian economy grows 1.1% in Q1 as power shortage takes toll
• Egypt seeks African votes for Security Council bid

Wednesday

• Saudi King calls on Egypt to back Gulf accord
• Egypt welcomes Saudi monarch’s appeal to support gulf accord – presidency
• Egyptian authority has arrested a jihadist on return from Syria
• Egypt ‘s army has so far destroyed over 700 houses in Rafah to create a “buffer zone”
• 10 civilians were killed during fighting the Egyptian army and Islamists militants
• Prosecutor have asked for the death sentence for ousted president Morsi
• Egyptian NGOs call for “serious” government talks
• Police disperses minor protests commemorating Mohamed Mahmoud clashes
• Security forces storm Cairo University to face demonstrations by Brotherhood students
• Third bird flu death in Egypt this year

Thursday

• Egypt’s Sisi calls on West to support Libya to avoid new Syria, Iraq
• President Sisi is considering pardon for Al-Jazeera journalists
• Egyptian police arrest Brotherhood ‘moderate’ leader Mohamed Ali Bishr
• 11 Brotherhood members sent to military prosecution
• Doctor and father were acquitted in Egypt’s first FGM trial
• 4 Egyptian policemen were injured in a bomb blast in Cairo
• Abu Dhabi to host ‘Invest in Egypt’ conference next week
• Al-Jazeera is now referring to Sisi as Egypt’s elected president (Arabic)

Friday

• The parents of jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste have made a direct appeal to Egypt’s Sisi
• UN is ‘deeply concerned’ over the acquittal of defendants in the FGM case
• President Sisi to meet Pope Francis on Monday
• Egypt’s El-Sisi flies to France next week
• Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemns carrying of the Quran in protests
• Limited Brotherhood protests were dispersed across Egypt

Saturday

• Newly arrested Brotherhood member is accused of collaborating with US and Norway‪
• Egypt’s Al-Sisi touts Saudi king’s role in achieving stability in the Arab region
• Egypt’s army kills 7, arrests 67 ‘militants’ ‪ in North Sinai
• Two Bayt al-Maqdis members killed in “accidental explosion” in N. Sinai ‪
• Egypt’s economic summit scheduled for March 13
• Hamas denounces Egypt lawsuit to ban Qassam Brigades
• Egypt hires German firm to bore transport tunnels under the Suez Canal
• Hundreds of drivers arrested for traffic offences in Cairo, Giza

Sunday

• Sisi: Egypt may send forces to “stabilize” future Palestinian State
• The Muslim Brotherhood backs Salafist protests on Friday for Egypt’s ‘Islamic identity’
• Political groups request more party lists in Egypt’s parliamentary elections
• Court sentences 100 Al-Azhar students to 5 years in prison
• Official: Egypt is unable to open Rafah crossing
• Tony Blair in Cairo for Middle East peace talks ‪
• Man killed planting bomb on railway tracks is a Brotherhood’s local group leader. MOI
• Egypt suffers from legislative chaos, lack of legal reforms: Saudi businessmen

 Good Reports

• Survivors of female genital mutilation. Nariman El-Mofty
• Egypt: Unprecedented expansion of military courts. HRW
• Islamic State in Sinai poses threat to Hamas. Adnan Abu Amer
• Unwelcome guests: Egypt’s failed experiment in refugee detention. Tom Rollins
• No, Disney is sot opening a Disneyland in Egypt . Adam Taylor

 Good Read

• What is happening with US military aid to Egypt? Amy Hawthorne
• Obama administration should be helping Egypt, not punishing it. David Schenker and Eric Trager
• Saudi Arabia, UAE make amends with Qatar. Amira Howeidy
• The future of big business in the new Egypt. Amr Adly
• What it takes for Qatar to reconcile with Egypt?  Sultan Al Qassemi
• Beyond the pledge: Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis joins IS. Zeinab El-Gund

Interview

• France 24 interview with President Sisi. Sonia Dridi

Plus

• Sinai crisis: A timeline of key events since 2007. Middle East Eye
• Suez Canal: 145years old. Ahram Online

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt