( Egypt’s El-Sisi receives Qatari Emir ahead of Arab summit via Ahram)

Main Headlines 

Monday

• Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign an initial agreement on sharing water from the Nile River
• El-Sisi arrives to Addis Ababa to address the Ethiopian parliament
• Teacher jailed for cutting unveiled girl’s hair
• Egyptian president orders new bonds for the Suez Canal project
• EMG denies involvement in negotiations to import gas from the Tamar field into Egypt
• Investigation begins into forensic official’s claim that slain activist was too “thin”
• ‪‪Egypt to stop paying civil servants in cash this year
• Request to reopen investigation into death of Morsi -era alleged torture victim

Tuesday

• El-Sisi meets Ethiopian counterpart in Addis Ababa
• Egyptian experts are divided over Renaissance Dam declaration of principals
• President Sisi calls for Egyptian industrial zone in Ethiopia
• Forensic authority spokesman dismissed after thinness claim
• Egypt’s Arab military force proposal is referred to Arab League Summit
• Egypt expresses concern over Sweden-Saudi rift
• Two guards injured in shooting at Congo embassy in Cairo
• Head of Egypt museums arrested for taking bribe
• Egypt is hunting down Brotherhood’s sleeper cells

 Wednesday

• ‪A new era of cooperation: Sisi to Ethiopian parliament ‪
• Policeman, two soldiers were killed in attacks in Egypt’s Sinai
• Egypt hasn’t acknowledged Ethiopian dam through principles: Official
• Egyptian PM and opposition to discuss gap over electoral reforms
• Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly is released
• Egyptian reformist judge was referred to disciplinary committee
• The trial of Al-Jazeera journalists has been postponed
• Egypt sees more tourists in January

 Thursday

• ‪Egypt‪ suspends flights to Yemen amid regional airstrikes against Houthis
• Egyptian navy and air forces are taking part in military intervention in Yemen
• Arab foreign ministers discuss Yemen ahead of Arab League Summit
• Egypt FM: Arabs can control their own destiny with a joint military force
• Yemen’s Hadi arrives in Riyadh on his way to Egypt
• Police officer was killed in shootout in Suez City
• Egyptian stock market hit hard amid strikes on Yemen

 Friday

• Yemeni president Hadi arrives in Egypt to attend Arab League Summit
• Sisi tells Saudi king: Gulf’s security is a red line for Egypt
• Libya to participate in Arab League Summit
• An Egyptian lawyers withdrew his lawsuit against Hamas
• Hamas welcomes Egypt ruling removing it from terror list
• Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage site

 Saturday

• El-Sisi inaugurates Arab League Summit
• Qatar’s emir attends Arab Summit, vows support for “brother” El-Sisi
• Egyptian president backs joint Arab military force
• Al-Sisi: Libyan people cannot endure terrorism until political solution reached
• Qatari Diar gets green light for $2.16billion construction projects in Egypt
• Improvised bomb explodes in front of Cairo University metro station
• Egypt jails 2 on spying for Israel
• Egyptian court orders bail release of 2 officers charged with torturing a lawyer to death
• 44 human rights defenders in solidarity with 17 Al-Sabbagh case defendants
• ‪‪Egypt has entered water poverty era: Irrigation Minister

 Sunday

• Arab League’s final draft resolution calls for joint Arab force
• Shape of permanent Arab military force to be decided within 4 months
• Egypt uncovers massive smuggling tunnel from Gaza
• Three suspected militants killed, 21 others arrested in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Ajnad Misr has claimed responsibility for Cairo University’s blast
• Egypt prosecutor names Brotherhood leaders as terrorists
• ‪‪Egypt interviews female judges for positions in different courts

 Good report

• How Yemen was once Egypt’s Vietnam Egypt’s Vietnam. Ishaan Tharoor 
• Iran at the heart of Egypt’s Arab Summit. Dina Ezzat
• Arab League unveils joint military force amid Yemen crisis. Hamza Hendawi
• A ray of light for Africa’s dam of discord Keith Johnson
• What the economic conference got right, and wrong. Mohamed El-Dahshan
• Confusing mounts over Egypt’s new visa rules. Lizzie Porter
• Welcome to startup Egypt. Sohrab Ahmari
• Egypt responds to the beheading of Copts by IS in Libya. Ishak Ibrahim
• The war in Yemen January 26 1963 Patrick Seale
• Egyptian Islamists’ views differ on Yemen’s conflict. Adham Youssef

Good read

• Here’s why Egypt is taking on the huge risk of getting involved in The war in Yemen. Eric Trager
• Egypt’s economy: Thinking big. The Economist
• Indian ideas for Egyptian problems. Ziad Baha-eldin
• Egypt’s Economic Development Conference: Success or failure? ‪Ahmed Ghoneim
• A successful Egypt is at the heart of UK and UAE vision. British ambassadors in Egypt and UAE

Text

• Full text of ‘Declaration of Principles’ signed by Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia
• Ambassador of Egypt’s response to the New York Times’ editorial to the New York Times” editorial

Timeline

• Egypt’s ongoing battle with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam

Photo Gallery

• Arab leaders meet in Sharm El-Sheikh
• 36 Years Ago: The signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty
• Life of Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez

Tweets of the Week

Plus

• 12 reasons to like Alexandria from UK ambassador to Egypt
• Party like it’s 3000 BC: Egyptian beer vessels was unearthed in Tel Aviv
• Egypt’s 4,600-year old pyramid of Zoser

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt