(Mubarak’s lawyer following the acquittal verdict)

(Photo via al-Masry al-Youm ) 

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Pope urges Sisi to ensure peace during Egypt transition
• Schools in North Sinai to reopen soon, says minister
• Egypt military court upholds jail terms for five leading supporters of Morsi
• Strong Egypt Party and 6 April reject 28 November Islamic protests
• Libyan general Haftar: Egypt supports us with logistics
• Egypt stock market loses LE12.1 billion on Monday
• FDI in oil and gas unaffected by Egypt’s instability

Tuesday

• The evacuation of North Sinai buffer zone has been completed
• 5 Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis members killed in North Sinai
• At least 19 died when a building collapse in Cairo
• Egypt arrests five Salafist leaders  ahead of Friday protests
• 13 Egyptians are charged with forming ‘terror cell’ linked to the Islamic State
• The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) has scheduled the first hearing to rule on the constitutionality of the protest law
• Cyprus eyes gas exports to Egypt via pipeline
• Egypt’s secular opposition closes in on Salafist Nour

Wednesday

• Fact- finding committee: Dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins left 703 dead:
• Egypt opens Rafah border crossing to admit Palestinians into Gaza
• El-Sisi, Hollande discuss combating terrorism
• Gunmen kill 3 Egyptian police in Sinai
• Court jails 78 pro-Morsi minors for rioting in Alexandria
• Police officer shot dead in Egypt’s Fayoum
• IMF says Egypt economy has begun to recover

 Thursday

• Salafist Front says Friday protests for men only
• Egypt ramps up security ahead of anticipated Friday protests
• Vital facilities under protection of armed forces
• Egypt cabinet approves new anti-terrorism law
• Three bodies found in North Sinai’s Al-Arish city
• Egypt, France sign arms deal despite rights opposition
• 700 bridges in Egypt are close to collapse
• Egypt expects 25 % savings on fuel subsidies due to cheaper oil

 Friday

• Egypt’s ‘Islamic revolution’ protests fail to draw crowds
• Three dead in attack and Islamist protests in Egypt
• A bomb injures 2 officers and 4 conscripts in North Sinai ‪
• Six injured in a blast in the Nile Delta province of Sharkiya
• Homemade bomb goes off in Cairo’s Heliopolis, no casualties.
• Police has arrested 89 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members
• Egypt keeps key interest rates steady

 Saturday

• Judge drops murder charges against Mubarak
• Judge based Mubarak verdict on “tainted MOI testimonies”
• Shock, dismay, jubilation outside court
• Prosecution to appeal Mubarak’s dismissal of Mubarak’s murder charges
• Thousands gather in Tahrir Square to protest Mubarak’s verdict
• Two dead after Egyptian security forces disperse protests following Mubarak’s verdict
• Egypt pays back $2.5 billion deposit to Qatar
• 3 ‘terrorists’ killed in military operation in Sinai

 Sunday

• Egypt cannot move backwards – Sisi’s on Mubarak’s acquittal
• Transparency International slams Mubarak’s corruption acquittal
• Egypt’s universities protest Mubarak’s verdict
• Four are still detained after Saturday’s Mubarak verdict protests
• Al-Sisi decree establishes ‘forbidden’ areas along Egypt’s borders
• Cairo court banned Islamic State and declared it a terrorist group
• A downtown metro station in Cairo closed ahead of protests
• 26 Brotherhood figures get 3 years in jail for insulting court

 Good Reports

Mubarak’s trial:

• What Hosni Mubarak’s acquittal means for Egypt for Egypt. Richard Spencer
• Q&A: The Mubarak verdict trial. Hossam Bahgat
• Mubarak’s verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt. Amr Dalsh

Others:

• Dodging the Islamist bullet . Peasant Rabie
• Egypt: The forbidden love of interfaith romances. Ali Gamal
• Selling pleasure, reaping hardship: Sex workers in Egypt recount their experiences
• Sexual harassment is still pervasive in Egypt, despite new law. Menan Khater
• Egypt debates health care reform. Rami Galal
• Traffic accidents in Egypt: The need for reform. Maria Golia
• Censorship in Egypt: : Online and offline. Thomas Hughes and Emad Mubarak

Good Read (not many this week) 

• Political Islam’s fate in Egypt lies in the hand of the courts. Yussef Auf
• Friday’s Islamist ‘Uprising’ in Egypt could be bloody. Eric Trager

Photo Gallery

• Several hundreds protest in Tahrir entrance against Mubarak’s verdict
• Mubarak’s supporters and opponents react to court’s verdict

Plus:

• Sabah, enduring star in Arab world entertainment, dies at 87. William Yardley
• Life of iconic singer and actress Sabah

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt