(Message from the fiancée of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy)
(Courtesy France 24’s Sonia Dridi)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Sisi flies to Kuwait
- Amal Clooney disputes Egypt arrest warning story
- Egyptian judge says verdict in gay raid trial will be announced next week
- Proposed amendments to higher education law could eradicate free university education
- Security
kills two bikers who refused to stop at check point in Suez
- Orthodox church maintains ban on pilgrimage to Israel- occupied Jerusalem
- Egypt cautions foreign journalists against publishing “inaccurate news”
- Man discovers passage to Egypt’s Great Pyramid — under his house
Tuesday
- Sisi becomes first Egyptian president to attend the Coptic Christmas mass
- Two policemen were killed in a church attack in Minya
- Minya churches cancel Christmas celebration
- Families of jailed Al Jazeera journalists hopeful that deportation is near
- 11 militants killed, 22 tunnels destroyed in North Sinai
- One policeman killed in a blast outside a Giza police station
- Egypt’s cabinet approves issue of international bonds
- Sabahi’s Popular Current to boycott parliamentary election
Wednesday
- Egypt’s El-Sisi condemns ‘terrorist attack’ on French paper
- Arab League and Al-Azhar condemn Paris attack
- Egyptian police officer was killed while trying to diffuse a bomb
- Egyptian ISIS leader was found dead
- Egypt condemns alleged ISIS attack on Saudi border
- Kuwait detains ex-MP for tweets critical of Sisi’s visit
- Wintry conditions cause damage in Egypt’s Alexandria
Thursday
- Egypt to hold two-phase parliamentary election in March and April
- Egypt’s cartoonists pen their condemnation against attack against Charlie Hebdo magazine
- Egypt’s top prosecutor accepts grounds for appeal in Mubarak’s trial
- Egypt court sets 21 April for verdict in Morsi’s murder trial
- Egypt is doubling Gaza buffer, demolishing 1,220 more homes.
- A policeman was shot dead in Fayoum
- Egypt’s consumer inflation up to 10.13% in December
- 300 Egyptian fishermen flee seizure in Libya, remain missing at sea
Friday
- 100 houses cleared on day one of phase ii of Sinai’s buffer zone
- Egyptian police were called in to check for possible explosives in prime minister’s car
- 1 dead in clashes between Brotherhood supporters and security forces in Giza
- Egyptian political parties concerned by absent registration date for parliamentary poll
- Egypt’s journalists syndicate to demonstrate in condemnation of Charlie Hebdo attack
- Three new cases of bird flu in Egypt
- Egypt says wheat stocks enough to last until early May
Saturday
- Two decapitated bodies found in Egypt’s Sinai
- El-Sisi underlines commitment to independence of courts
- Nine were injured in
attack on Central Security
Forces truck near Cairo
- 2 Egyptian policemen accused of rape ordered were released on bail
- 10 Egyptian policemen sentenced to 3 years in prison for negligence
- Ethiopian Orthodox patriarch visits Egypt
- Bomb explodes on Nile Delta railway, halts service, no injuries
- Egypt’s transportation minister: Egypt’s metro ticket price won’t increase
- 300 missing Egyptian fishermen return from Libya
Sunday
- Egypt’s Sisi, Iraq’s Abadi have agreed to take steps to fight sectarianism
- Egypt’s El-Sisi to meet head of World Jewish Congress
- Egypt releases Morsi Adviser Khaled al Qazzaz
- Egyptian student gets 3-year jail term for atheism
- One “terrorist” was killed and an officer was injured during a border guard chase on Egypt’s south west border
- Registration for monitoring Egypt’s parliamentary elections opens Monday
- Egyptian interior minister flies to UAE to discuss security cooperation
- Egypt paid $681million to Paris club creditors
- Unidentified gunmen kidnapped in Sinai’s Rafah
- Egypt to open Rafah crossing for 3 days starting Tuesday
Good Report
- Despite gov’t condemnation, Egyptians appear divided on Charlie Hebdo’s attack . Mada Masr
- Three points of tension between Egypt and Morocco. Al-Masry Al-Youm
- From Egypt’s leader, for reforms in Islam. Sarah El-Deeb and lee Keath.
- Migrants in post-revolution Egypt. Kelsey Norman
- Subsidy cut will break the back of Egyptian farmers. Isabel Esterman
Good Read
- The time of the assassins. Hisham Melhem
- 5 reasons to object to the banning of exodus. Khaled Fahmy
- How to get Egypt’s generals back on our side. Steven cook
- Things you don’t want to be caught doing in 2015 in 2015. Heba Afify
- Egypt has a quiet existential crisis: Overpopulation. Holly Dagres
- Four years on: Have we made any progress in sectarian issues in Egypt? Ziad Bahaa Eldin
Plus:
- Ahram Hebdo talks politics, religion with Pope Tawadros II
- Remembering Ahmed Fouad Selim: Artist and visionary
- Why Copts celebrate Christmas on January 7
Photo Gallery
- Sandstorm hits Cairo
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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