(Egypt’s ousted president Morsi, photo via AP)
Top Headlines:
- Egypt’s Justice Minister has resigned (Monday)
- Ex-President Morsi and more than 100 other people were sentenced to death (Saturday)
- Egypt executes six alleged members of Sinai-based militant group (Sunday)
- British Ambassador in hot war over a tweet (reports)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s justice minister has resigned over social class remarks
- Al-Jazeera reporter sues his Qatari employer
- Al-Watan newspaper was confiscated for the second time in two months
- An Alexandria court ordered the arrest of activist and human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry
- Newspaper: Army will control 60% of Egypt’s national entity for telecommunications
- Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef to host the International Emmy Awards
- Ayman Nour to attend Washington seminar on Egypt’s democratic future
Tuesday
- Cairo airspace was briefly closed on Tuesday for military exercises
- 16 students injured in birdshot drive-by-shooting in Egypt’s Damanhour
- Ethiopian dam won’t be filled without prior consensus
- Amnesty International urges Egypt, Tunisia to open borders with Libya for refugees
- PM denies imminent Cabinet reshuffle
- Airbus, Boeing offer to update EgyptAir’s fleet
Wednesday
- Muslim Brotherhood leader Farid Ismail dies in detention in Egypt
- Four security forces were killed in North Sinai
- Woman in videoed airport incident referred to criminal court for assault
- UN, Egypt launch conference against heritage destruction in Cairo
- Jamaa al-Islamiya leader Essam Derbala has been referred to state security prosecution for investigations
- Dubai police investigates verbal attack against Egyptian actress
- Worrying’ rise in binge drinking among youths and women
Thursday
- Israel says Egypt is buying S-300 air defenses from Russia
- Egypt’s Wafd Party still faces crisis despite presidential intervention
- Egypt denies ‘medical negligence’ in imprisoned Brotherhood leader’s death
- Sources: Mubarak to be released after paying a fine
- Egypt minister apologises to Saudi national over a restaurant ban
Friday
- Al-Ahram apologizes for “coup” blunder
- Egypt imposes new restrictions on women traveling to Turkey
- Voters optimistic at Egypt’s Wafd Party elections despite internal rift
- Egyptian presenter Reem Maged’s new TV sho has been suspended
- Egypt stops 22 illegal migrants passing to Libya
- Egypt’s tourism minister apologizes to a Saudi national who was barred from entering a restaurant
Saturday
- An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Morsi to death over mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
- Erdogan attacks Morsi verdict, saying it was like a return to “ancient Egypt”
- Amnesty calls Morsi death sentence bid “a charade”
- Hamas condemns death sentences by an Egyptian court for its members
- Egyptian court bans Ultras football fan groups
- 2 judges, driver were killed in gun attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
- Qatar-based cleric Qaradawi condemns Egypt’s death sentences
Sunday
- Egypt executes six members of Sinai-based militant group for an attack on soldiers
- Egypt denounces critical reactions to Morsi’s verdict
- US is ‘deeply concerned’ by death sentences in Egypt
- UK Government expresses its opposition to the death sentence for Morsi
- Hamas says verdict against its members is a massacre
- Erdogan wants EU sanctions on Egypt after Morsi’s verdict
- Procedures for demolishing defunct NDP headquarters begin on Sunday
- Egypt to open two military airports for civil flights to serve the new administrative capital
Good Reports
- British ambassador in Cairo sets off social media storm. Mada Masr
- “Expel him!’: British Ambassador to Egypt in hot water over a joke. BBC Trending
- 2,000 Egyptian children crossed the Mediterranean alone last year. Laura Dean
- Once untouchable, Egypt’s Sisi faces media attacks. Yara Bayoumy
Good Read
- Are Egyptians now are less Islamic? Hani Shukrallah
- How Egypt’s first democratically elected president ended up on death row. Jessica Ware
- Morsi’s sentence is the latest sign of politicized justice in Egypt. Sahar Aziz
- A new Sinai battle? Bedouin tribes and Egypt’s ISIS’s affiliate. Mokhtar Awad
On Muslim Brotherhood’s death sentences
- Court recommends death sentences for Morsi, more than 100 others after “charade trials” Amnesty
- Emad Shahin’s statement on court’s death sentence
- Dr Emad Shahin commands my solidarity and respect Khaled Fahmy
- Sondos Asem’s statement on her death sentence
- Comments by Mahmoud Salem
From Twitter
Profile
- Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi: from election triumph to death sentence. AFP
Plus:
- Egypt’s demographic health survey. US Aid
- Third of ancient Egypt’s animal mummies are empty inside
- Egypt launches WhatsApp service for metro users
- Actor Khaled al-Sawy to speak about his struggle with hepatitis C
Poll
- 85 percent of Egyptians support “sons of garbage collectors” as judges: Baseera poll
Photo Gallery
- Morsi and co-defendants in court on ruling day
Video
- Old video: Morsi speaks on his jail break
- Egyptian actress Mona Hala defends Egypt’s homosexuals
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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*****5-Stars From the foremost Egyptian MENA scholar Dr Nervana Mahmoud’s : brilliant, concise analysis & commentary on Egyptian society, politics, economy, culture & diplomacy. This is her weekly roundup.
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*****5-Stars From the foremost Egyptian MENA scholar Dr Nervana Mahmoud’s : brilliant, concise analysis & commentary on Egyptian society, politics, economy, culture & diplomacy. This is her weekly roundup placing Egyptian events in their broader context.
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