( Imprisoned, activist Mahinour Al-Masry- via El-Masry Al-Youm)

Top Headlines

• After 489 days on hunger strike in prison,‪ Soltan gives up Egyptian citizenship, deported to US. (Saturday)
• Egyptian activist Mahinour El-Masry sentenced to 15 months in prison (Sunday)
• Rift deepens in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood after failed soft coup. (Report)

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egyptian army kills 35 militants in Sinai in 3 days
• Egypt reports 521 tunnel openings were destroyed on Gaza border
• Former MP dies in prison day before new trial starts
• Brotherhood leader’s call for ‘peacefulness’ sparks criticism
• Egypt’s Wafd Party says internal rift is over
• Court postpones Erdogan’s son denaturalization lawsuit
• Performer was arrested for ‘harming public morals’ and ‘tarnishing Egypt’s reputation’ in a music video
• Egypt policeman sentenced to life for raping a mentally ill minor
• Egypt denies Arabtec project to build a million homes has stalled
• Politician: Deferring union elections increases tension among laborers

 Tuesday

• Egyptian court issues second death sentence for Sinai- based militant Habara
• Egypt sentences 8 jihadists to death in the Nile Delta
• Egypt summons Pakistani charge d’affaires over condemnation of Morsi’s sentence
• Spokesman: Prosecution orders investigation into a newly declared opposition group
• Egyptian military halts 6004 illegal migration attempts in the past 7 months
• Appeals court upholds 2-year sentence against talk show host Ahmed Moussa
• Libyan tribal sheikhs in Cairo for talks demand lifting of arms embargo
• 50 Muslim Brotherhood NGOs were disbanded in 5 governorates
• Power cut hits Egypt’s State TV building Maspero for the second time in a month
• Egypt extends Mediterranean gas exploration tender by two months
• Train delayed in Egypt’s Beni Suef after a Molotov cocktail attack

 Wednesday

• As president concludes first year, supporting intelligentsia voice discontent
• Health ministry: 643 civilians and military killed and injured in North Sinai within the past year
• Egyptian military establishes a new multi-industry company
• Israel Air Force chief is unfazed by the possibility of S-300 sale to Egypt
• El-Sisi to hold national dialogue with representatives of 30 political parties
• Constitution Party: We asked Sisi to amend the protest law, release prisoners of conscience
• Police brigadier is killed by an IED device in North Sinai
• Alaa Abd El Fattah is interrogated for insulting the judiciary
• Members of state-funded rights group call for for 3-year moratorium on all executions

 Thursday

• El-Sisi and US Defense Secretary Panetta discuss joint Arab force
• Egypt court acquits policeman charged with torture
• Shafiq’s party to sue media over reports about regime standoff
• Egyptian government launches a new LED light bulb plant
• French FM to head Israel, Egypt in June to revive peace talks
• Gunmen shoot at police vehicle in Giza
• Rafah border remains open for Palestinians moving to Gaza, but none is allowed into Egypt
• Omar Sherif is taken to the hospital in El Gouna

 Friday

• Sisi’s new email inbox receives 8000 emails in three days
• El-Sisi to meet Chancellor Merkel in ‪Berlin on Wednesday
• Egypt votes for Prince Ali in FIFA Congress
• French far-right leader is in Egypt for surprise talks with Al-Azhar
• Al-Jazeera reporter Greste fears Egyptian conviction in absentia
• ElBaradei: Separation of law from justice makes it a tool of tyranny
• British Ambassador: Results of Brotherhood activities review to be announced this year
• Egypt’s Wafd Party expels seven opposition board members

 Saturday

• Egypt frees dual U.S.-Egyptian national who was sentenced to life in prison
• Road crash in Egypt kills 13 policemen
• El-Sisi inaugurates development works at Alexandria Shipyard Company
• Egyptian court postpones verdict in Port Said stadium massacre retrial
• The government has no jobs,’ PM tells man who was asking for work
• Attempt to smuggle police uniforms to Saudi Arabia is foiled

 Sunday

• An Alexandria court sentences Egyptian activist Mahienour El-Masry and two others to 15 months in prison
• Egypt begins demolishing Mubarak’s party’s headquarters
• Egypt and Saudi FMs assert “shared” regional interests in Cairo
• Security officials say militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Sinai
• At least 2,500 ‪were killed as a result of ‪violence in Egypt within 19 months
• Islamic show host is sentenced in absentia for contempt of religion
• Former Brotherhood figure criticizes mass death sentences
• Egypt buys 5 million tonnes of local wheat, above target
• Security chief: Sinai’s Wadi Feeran-Saint Katherine road is re-opened

 Good Reports

• Rift deepens in Egypt‘s Muslim Brotherhood after failed “soft coup.” Arwa Ibrahim
• Reem Maged versus the government. Khaled Dawoud
• Decision to refer journalists to court puts Prosecutor General at odds with Journalists Syndicate. Omar Said
• Sisi’s call for religious tolerance divides Muslims. Rami Galal
• Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds Mahmoud Mourad and Yara Bayoumy
• Egypt’s banned Ultras keep a low profile, for now. Sherif Tarek
• Persecution of Egypt’s Shiites Marwa Al-A’sar
• Joint ‪Arab Force towards implementation Ahmed Eleiba

 Good read

• Economic recovery in Egypt won’t guarantee political stability. Amr Adly
• The Folly of Morsi’s death sentence. Ed Husain
• Israel’s Big Moment: Sealing Gas Deals with Jordan and Egypt. Allison Good

Photo Gallery

• The demolition of Mubarak’s NDP headquarters

Plus

• FGM on the decline in Egypt: 2014 survey
• A genetic study suggests humans left Africa by going through Egypt
• Egyptian appears on Forbes list of most powerful women in 2015
• Egyptians improvise to keep cool during heat wave
• Cairo yearns for liberal heyday of its park of romance

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt