(Photo of activist Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh shot in Cairo on Saturday)
(Via Youm 7 newspaper)
Main Headlines
Monday
- El-Sisi in Riyadh over the King’s health
- El-Sisi opens energy summit in Abu-Dhabi
- Emir of Qatar will attend Egypt’s economic summit
- Egyptian jihadists claim attack on Sinai’s gas pipeline to Jordan
- Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah in hospital as hunger strike takes a toll on his health
- Sisi: Egypt’s MOI preparing list of wrongly arrested youth to be released
- Political parties seeking electoral consensus will hold a second meeting
- Egypt to issue $1.5 billion Eurobond in April
- Al-Azhar deputy leader rejects British PM’s comments on free speech
- Egypt to open Gaza border crossing for three days
Tuesday
- Egypt and 7 Arab countries take part in anti-IS meeting in London
- El-Sisi defends police but acknowledges human rights abuses
- El-Sisi expresses ‘appreciation’ for Moroccan relations
- Islamic State in Egypt posts photos on confrontations with military
- Hunger-striking prisoner Mohamed Soltan in ‘terrifying’ condition: Family in “terrifying condition”
- Qatar’s emir to invite Sisi to handball championship final in Doha: Media reports
- MB leader: MB prisoners signed “repentance declaration”
- Leak allegedly reveals government were using media to shape public opinion
- Court postpones dissolution of Salafi al-Nour party to February 21
- Egypt: Court lifts ban on Brotherhood-affiliated supermarket chain
Wednesday
- Beard of King Tutankhamun has been hastily glued back on with epoxy
- Properties of 901 members of the Muslim Brotherhood has been confiscated since Morsi’s ouster
- Sixth bird flu death in Egypt in 2015
- Egypt’s pound hits new low against the dollar
- Shocking images of American citizen detained in Egypt prompt concerns about his health
- NGO: Ministry’s estimate of 20,000 street children in Egypt is far from reality
Thursday
- Davos: Egypt’s El-Sisi invites world leaders to economic summit
- Egypt pardons 584 prisoners for January 25 anniversary
- Cabinet: Sunday an official holiday commemorating the Egyptian revolution
- Small anti-regime protest in downtown Cairo
- Egypt prosecutor orders release of 100 students ahead of revolution anniversary
- Rights defenders in the dark over the President’s pardon
- Bomb attack targeted
the house presiding the trial of Morsi
- Police arrest members of a terrorist cell in Cairo with link to Sinai- based militants
Friday
- Bad weather prevents El-Sisi from attending the Saudi king’s funeral
- Egypt declares week of national mourning over late Saudi King
- Egypt cancels 25 January, police day celebrations in mourning for Saudi King
- Blast injures 4 policemen in Cairo’s Alf Maskan area in Cairo’s Alf Maskan area
- Young woman shot, another injured in clashes in Alexandria
- Army conscript injured in attack in North Sinai
- Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were released from prison
Saturday
- Egyptian activist shot and killed during a peaceful protest in Cairo
- German conservator: Botched repair of Tutankhamun mask is reversible
- El-Sisi praises January 25’s martyrs on eve of revolution anniversary
- El-Sisi heads to Saudi Arabia to pay respect to the new king
- Six were arrested following uprising anniversary march in downtown Cairo
- Court to retry 135 over post-Rabaa dispersal violence in Minya
- 3 explosions in Beheira, Sharqeya in early hours of Saturday
- Egyptian navy injuries Palestinian fisherman and arrest another
Sunday
- At least 18 dead as protesters clash with police in anniversary of Egypt’s revolution
- Egypt tightens security
on the anniversary of 2011 uprising
- Mourners gathered to bury mother, 32, gunned down by Cairo police during demonstration
- Curfew in North Sinai curfew has extended for three months
- Qatar-based cleric, al-Qaradawi urges more protests in Egypt
- 6 Talaat Harb detainees were released
Best Reports
- Images of shot Egypt protester revive criticism of police. Sarah el-Deeb
- January’s dream: Egypt’s protest veterans recall 40 years of struggle. Yasmine Fathi
- 4 years after Egypt revolt, jails are clogged with activists. Haitham El-Tabei
- Egyptian Christians wait for news of loved ones kidnapped by Islamist militants in Libya. Louisa Loveluck, and Magdy Samaa
- Why Cairo recycles better than New York City. Salma El Wardany
- Promise of pardons rings hollow for rights lawyers
Best Read
- Egypt’s generation lost. Sarah El-Shaarawi
- Power, the January 25 revolutionaries, and responsibilities. H. A Hellyer
- Egypt’s long walk to despotism. Amro Ali
- Problem in the proposed investment law. Ziad Bahaa el-Din
Plus
- Fact box: Gearing up for Egypt’s parliamentary election
- Egypt’s first female football referee
Photo Gallery
- In Pictures: Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh shot in protest
- Protests, clashes marks fourth anniversary of Egypt revolution
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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