(Funerals have been taking place for those killed in the Sinai attacks – Photo via BBC)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian appeals court convicts and sentences doctor in female genital mutilation case
- Egyptian police arrested 516 in anniversary’s unrest
- IS affiliate in Egypt claimed the killing of a police officer
- Bomb was defused in Cairo’s City Stars
- Democratic Current demands sacking of Interior Minister
- Sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were released from prison
Tuesday
- Shaimaa El-Sabagh died from 3 birdshot wounds
- Egyptian prosecutors to examine social media videos of El-Sabagh killing
- Egyptian court upholds jail sentences against 3 prominent activists
- Egypt’s market hits new six-year record after pound devaluation
- Bombing in Upper Egypt and Nile Delta
- Militant killed by own bomb in Alexandria
- Turkey ‘strongly condemns’ Egypt over crackdown on Jan.25 protests
Wednesday
- Egypt boycotts an AU meeting on Libya over the participation of Qatar and Turkey
- Nine were injured in an explosion at a check point in Qalioubiya
- Court rejects Tamarod’s appeal to form a political party
- Foreign Ministry: Global reports on January 25 anniversary “are inaccurate”
- Egypt’s FM: African Union endorses Egypt’s bid for Security Council
- Incitement flares between TV anchor and Islamist preacher
- Egypt’s Grand Mufti defends the arrest of Brotherhood supporters
Thursday
- President El-Sisi heads to Addis Ababa
- Women rally in Cairo to demand investigation into protestor deaths
- Egypt’s central bank widens bands in which banks can trade dollars
- Egyptian pound falls most in two years to 7.56 a dollar in push to end black market
- Qatari Diar gets green light for $2.16 billion Egypt construction projects
- Writer Fatima Naoot’s trial for Islam defamation has started
- Smuggled ancient Egyptian artifacts were seized in Spain
Friday
- At least 26 killed, more than 100 wounded in a series of militant attacks in North Sinai
- Sisi cuts short AU visit after Sinai’s attacks
- Islamic State’s Egypt wing claims Sinai’s deadliest attacks in months
- Thousands mourn soldiers who were killed in Sinai’s attacks
- Egyptian military says it will intensify offensive against terrorism in Sinai
- Al-Arish museum is badly damaged by Sinai violence
- S. condemns North Sinai’s attacks
- PM: Right groups must recognize Egypt’s sacrifices in fight against terrorism
Saturday
- Egypt’s Sisi says battle against jihadists will be a tough one
- Sisi forms a unified military command to combat terrorism in Egypt‘s Sinai
- Traffic employee was shot dead, policeman was injured in North Sinai
- Egyptian court rules Hamas’s armed wing is a “terrorist group”
- Source close to Hamas says the group is no longer accept Egypt as a mediator
- Egyptian court sets May 16 for verdict in Morsi’s espionage trial
- Al-Qaradawi and Qutb books were withdrawn from Cairo International Book Fair Ministry denies interference
- New underground parking opens in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Sunday
- Egypt appoints new commander for Third Army
- Egypt releases imprisoned Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste
- Journalist Peter Greste left Egypt for his native Australia
- Mother of Jazeera journalist Fahmy asks Sisi to pardon him
- Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is expected to be released soon
- Sisi pledges billions to develop Sinai in recent attack
- Egypt’s Sisi tells army, police “to be mindful of human rights”
- Parliamentary elections will go ahead despite terrorist attacks
- At least six conscripts injured in attack on security check points in North Sinai
- Egypt seeks end to pro-Brotherhood TV, groups abroad
Good Reports
- Open Jihad is declared in Egypt following State Department meeting with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned leaders. Adam kredo
- Despite first conviction, female genital mutilation remains common in Egypt. Deena adel
- Egypt: Token reforms fails to end violence against women. Amnesty
- Egypt’s war on atheism. Mona El-Tahawy
- Egypt antiquities showman tells the world it’s safe to visit. Christopher Torchia
Good Read
- Egypt’s Revolution: Understanding what went wrong in four years Amr Hamzawy
- Brotherhood activism and regime consolidation in Egypt. Steven Brooke
- The ISIS-ification of Islamist politics. Khalil al-Anani
Plus:
- Infographic: Violence against women in Egypt
- Egypt: Video Shows police shot woman at protest
- Timeline of anti-government attacks in Egypt
Poll
- Baseera poll: 79% to vote in parliamentary elections, 35% approve Islamists’ candidacy
Video
- TV anchor in a Brotherhood’s affiliated TV channel calls for murdering officers in Egypt ( English subtitles)
Tweet of the Week
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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