Palestinians gather at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza as they await permission to enter Egypt, June 13, 2015. Reuters

Top Headlines

• Suicide attack outside Karnak Temple in Luxor (Wednesday)
• Cairo policeman jailed for 15 years over the death of Shaimaa Sabbagh (Thursday)
• Egypt allows two-way travel through Rafah (Saturday)
• Ahmad Shafiq resigns from the Egyptian National Movement Party (Sunday)
• Reports: Tunisia’s Ghannouchi seeks Egyptian government-Brotherhood settlement

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Reports of cabinet reshuffle in Egypt
• Roadside bomb hits civilian bus in North Sinai, injures three
• Obama administration harshly criticizes Egypt in a report to the Congress.
• 2 suspected militants killed in North Sinai
• Egypt says it is hosting ‪Syrian opposition to help finding a political solution to the Syrian civil war
• Tony Blair arrives in Cairo to discuss the regional situation with Egyptian authorities

Tuesday

• Foreign Ministry accuses HRW of supporting terrorism
• US officials will not meet the Muslim Brotherhood
• Egypt hits ‘complications’ in plan for a new administrative capital
• ‪‪Egyptian court sentences 11 people to death for involvement in 2012’s deadly soccer stadium violence
• Egypt to receive first Australian LNG on Wednesday
• Petroleum projects worth $9.4 billion is underway in Egypt
• Lady pleads to president to return  missing lawyer son

Wednesday

• Suicide attack outside karnak Temple in Luxor
• Russia and Egypt hold their first ever joint naval drills
• Egypt to open Rafah crossing for 3 days
• Overpopulated Egypt seeks to reduce fertility rate by 2030
• Food price shocks drive Egypt’s inflation to highest in 5 years

Thursday

• Cairo policeman jailed for 15 years over the death of Shaimaa Sabbagh
• Egypt court upholds acquittal of Mubarak’s era tourism minister
• Tens of Egyptian journalists protest “shrinking press freedoms”
• Fitch gives Egypt ‘B’ rating for new US dollar bond
• Sainsbury’s boss acquitted by an Egyptian court

Friday

• Egypt pins hopes in Karnak attack probe on wounded suspect
• Egypt National Security officer, policeman killed in Sharqiya shoot out
• Egyptian government approves proposal to set up sovereign investment fund
• Egypt to end local wheat buying season earlier than scheduled

Saturday

• Egypt says New Suez Canal to open Aug 6
• Egypt opens Rafah crossing into Gaza in a sign of easing tension
• Court of cassation revokes death sentence for Sinai’s militant Habara; order a retrial
• Egypt sentences 23 to prison for killing 4 Shiite men
• El-Sisi asks government to consider postponing fuel subsidy smart card system
• Egypt court upholds Morsi’s son one-year sentence in hashish case
• Egypt court upholds innocence verdict for Mubarak’s last housing minister

Sunday

• Ahmed Shafiq resigns from the Egyptian National Movement Party
• Egyptian National Movement party’s placards in Cairo in support of Sisi (Arabic)
• Reports: Tunisia’s Ghannouchi seeks Egyptian government-Brotherhood settlement
• Youm 7 Editor-in-Chief is released on bail after being accused of threatening national security
• 58 alleged Brotherhood members to stand military trial in Egypt
• Press Syndicate to hold emergency meeting on Monday to discuss ongoing crackdown on journalists
• Head of EU Delegation to Egypt: The desalination of seawater should be part of the Egyptian dream

Good Reports

• Egypt will continue to develop its ability to wage conventional warfare. Stratfor
• Beatings abuse and blame: Being transgender in Egypt. Pesha Magid
• One year on: Economic policy under Sisi. ‪Randa Ali
• Egypt: Year of abuses under Sisi. HRW
• Facebook campaign exposes shocking hospital conditions nationwide in Egypt. Mada Masr
• Egypt’s winemakers seek to revive ancient art. Joseph Krauss

Good Read

• Ambiguity and conspiracies: U.S., Egypt lose sights of what’s matters. Joyce Karam
• Gulf-Egypt ties are likely to survive turbulence. Ismaeel Naar
• Tackling fiscal, gas and electricity challenges is central to resolving Egypt’s energy crisis Robin Mills

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• Queen Elizabeth II honors two Egyptians for outstanding contributions

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Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt