A Hosni Mubarak supporter performs a traditional Sufi folk dance during his birthday- via Al-Monitor

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s defense council approves of extension of military missions outside borders
• Egypt’s deposed president Mubarak turns 87
• Two foreign companies will help Egypt face energy crisis
• Little evidence that American actress shot porn at the Giza pyramids
• Internet use is booming in Egypt

Tuesday

• 5 sentenced to death in Kerdasa case in Kerdasa case
• EU commissioner meets Egypt’s El-Sisi over migration crisis
• The authorities have arrested 40 people from Sharqiya on charges of allegedly belonging to the Islamic State
• Egypt economic policies starting to pay off, IMF says
• Gate of ancient Egyptian fortress unearthed in Sinai
• Egypt to host Libyan tribes meeting

Wednesday

• Egypt’s Sisi to Attend Victory Day Parade in Moscow
• Surveillance cameras to be installed nationwide in Egypt
• Three armed Palestinians were killed in Sinai
• Egypt’s foreign reserves above US$20 billion after Gulf deposits
• EgyptAir’s pilots have threaten to resign
• Egypt TV host Ahmed Moussa is sentenced to 3 months  for insulting top auditor
• ‪‪Electricity minister promises that Egypt will not witness power cut crisis similar to last summer
• Algerian liquefied natural gas shipment to arrive in Egypt next week
• Inbound tourism to Egypt is up by 10.6 percent in March

Thursday

• Egypt’s El-Sisi receives freed Ethiopian workers fleeing Libya at airport
• Two Egyptian policemen were killed by smugglers in Sinai
• Wafd Party’s internal political crisis deepens this week
• Egypt central bank reduces number of forex auctions per week
• Sisi’s latest decree exempts presidency, cabinet from some labor regulations
• Suez military court sentences 15 to life in prison for murder charges
• Egypt to reconstruct the ancient light house of Alexandria

Friday

• Ethiopia’s PM thanks Egypt for efforts Ethiopians in Libya
• Government committee says popular footballer Abou-Treika is a partner in a Brotherhood-owned company
• Egyptian footballers vow support for Abou-Treika after asset confiscation
• Army kills 16 suspected Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militants in North Sinai‪
• Egypt Air pilots withdraw group resignation in response to El-Sisi’s call
• Saudi king pardons 76 Egyptian prisoners
• Egypt’s budget deficit in nine months to March rose to 9.4 percent

Saturday

• An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail
• Mubarak is taken back to Maadi military hospital, sons to Tora prison
• Sisi: Egypt and Russia have a lot to do for the prosperity of both states
• 2 ‪policemen were killed in North Sinai
• 725 suspected ‪militants were killed in Egypt in six months: Military spokesman
• 1 security watchman and 3 ‪Brotherhood’s members were killed in Damietta
• Short power-cut interrupts Egyptian state television’s transmission

 Sunday

• Egyptian tribes pledge to battle Islamist militant groups
• Sisi invites Putin to attend the inauguration of the new Suez Canal
• Meeting of Arab army heads to take place in ‪Cairo on May 23 (Arabic)
• Court orders arrest of policeman accused of being responsible for the killing of activist Shimaa al-Sabbagh
• Woman injured, 3 suspected militants were killed in separate incidents in Sinai
• No subsidized gas without smart card after June 15
• Egypt’s annual consumer inflation declines slightly in April
• ‪Fire‪ in supplies ministry is now under control

 Good Reports

• Egypt’s police abuses spark surprise backlash from normally tame media. Hatem Maher
• Why Egypt’s conservative judiciary does not always do Sisi’s bidding. Louisa Loveluck
• Egypt’s independent media outlets face closures. Rami Galal
• Egypt’s billionaires are 80 % richer than before the revolution Edmund Bower
• Animals suffer in Egypt’s dilapidated zoos Al-Masry Al-Youm
• 92% of married ‪women in ‪Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation ‪Egyptian streets

Good read

• The approaching end of Egypt’s Jewish community. Mina Thabet
• Why did Sisi visit Saudi Arabia? Omar Said
• Seduced by a strongman? Jeffery Martini
• The resurrection of the fearful Copt Dina Ezzat

On Mubark’s verdict:

• The many trials of Mubarak’s men

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• On the centenary of Salah Abu Seif’s birth Amany ali Shawky

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• Meet Nasser – one of Cairo’s last Tarboush makers

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• Exploring Egypt on two wheels

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt