( Solar eclipse as viewed from Cairo, via Mada Masr)

Main Headlines

 Monday 

• El-Sisi is confident after the investment summit
• Gulf allies’ central bank funds to arrive in Egypt within days
• Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie sentenced to death
• GCC expressed unwavering support for Egypt
• Egypt’s FM prepares for Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh
• UK to announce results of its review of the Muslim Brotherhood “as soon as possible”
• Banks offer Orascom Construction $1.95 billion for power plant development in Egypt
• ‪Egyptian real state company Amer Group says 2014 net profit up 670 percent

 Tuesday

• Egyptian policeman was charged over protest shooting  that was captured on film
• Egypt to require pre-obtained visas for foreigners of any nationality
• Egypt charges Muslim Brotherhood, Ultras over football violence deaths
• Prosecutor say unknown culprit killed activist Mohamed el-Gindy
• A Cairo court sentenced two people to prison for two years for insulting the prosecution
• ‪#Egypt‪ to import 35 cargoes of LNG from Russia’s Gazprom
• El-Sisi invites Yemeni President to attend Arab summit

Wednesday

• Egypt’s El-Sisi offers condolences to Tunisia’s Essebsi over terrorist attack
• Israel to sell $1.2 billion of natural gas to private customers in Egypt
• Five civilians injured by three blasts in Egypt’s Fayoum
• Tour groups are not affected by new Egyptian visa restriction
• Ministry dissolves 99 NGOs for Brotherhood ties
• Egypt Premier League to resume on March 30 after stadium disaster
• Activist is sentenced to 6 months in prison for inciting worker to strike
• Police officer was killed, another injured in Matrouh
• Egypt Premier League to resume on March 30 after stadium disaster

Thursday 

• Egypt’s current account hits deficit of $4.301 billion in the first half of 2014/2015
• Brotherhood allying with jihadist militants: Interior ministry
• Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly is acquitted of corruption charges
• Explosion near youth sports center in Giza kills 2
• Interior Ministry detains defendant behind High Court’s building blast
• Arabtec says it is committed to $40 billion Egyptian project ‪
• Partial solar eclipse visible in Egypt on Friday

 Friday

• Sisi to head to Sudan Monday for talks on Ethiopia’s Nile Dam
• 8 alleged Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis members were killed in a security campaign in North Sinai ‪
• Egypt arrests nine fishermen off the coast of Gaza
• Military court sentences students up to 10 years in prison
• Top UAE tycoon says he is ‘ready to jump’ on investment opportunities in Egypt
• Human Rights Council adopts outcome of Egypt’s UPR report

 Saturday

• El-Sisi says says prosperity essential for adoption of US values of democracy, freedom
• Al-Sisi’s Germany visit unconditional: German ambassador to Egypt
• ‪Egypt to nominate former foreign minister Aboul-Gheit for the Arab League secretary general
• ‪‪Italy wants Egypt and Tunisia to rescue migrants at sea
• Egypt allows Hamas’s leader to travel to Qatar for surgery
• $20m loan to improve Egypt’s agriculture commodities sector
• At least 25 Orascom employees killed in bus accident
• Yehia Qallash elected head of ‪Journalists Syndicate

 Sunday

• Sisi conducts interview with religious broadcast, rallies against extremism
• Sudanese president hails Egypt ties ahead of signing major Nile deal
• Forensic medicine authority says birdshot killed activist Sabagh because she was “too slim”
• Egypt sentences 23 alleged Brotherhood members to life
• Egypt’s political parties disagree over proposed electoral reforms
• 12 priests flee monastery after brawl with colleagues
• A German was killed by Shark on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast
• Two sections of Sphinxes Avenue in Luxor to open to open

 Good Reports

• Egypt ends visa-on-arrival policy for individual tourists Patrick Kingsley
• Egypt, Emirati developers Tout Nebulous plan for new capital
• In limbo: Refugees held for months at Alexandria police station Zeinab el-Gundy
• Egypt honors mother who dressed as man for 43 years to provide for her family Ashraf Abdelmajeed

 Good Read

• With the Muslim Brotherhood in disarray, a new generation takes to the streets in Egypt Nicholas Linn and Emily Crane
• Islam’s improbable reformer Bret Stephens
• The Muslim Brotherhood in transition ‪ Ibrahim Hodaiby – translated by Mada Masr3
• With the success of Egypt’s economic conference, what’s next? Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• There’s no place for terror in the teaching of Islam Shawki Allam The Grand Mufti of Egypt
• The march of women Sally Toma

Photo Gallery

• Classical music on Egypt’s balconies

 Interview

• Mada Masr talks to Yahia Shawkat, former head of housing at EIPR, about plans for Egypt’s new capital

Plus

• The world’s best falafel recipe comes from Egypt Henry Dimbleby and Jane Baxter
• Egypt marks third anniversary of ‪Pope Shenouda’s death

Tweets about Egypt

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers