Top Headlines

• Egypt’s Sisi approves new parliamentary election law. Thursday
• The Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif died on Friday at the age of 83. Friday
• Car bombing at Italian Consulate in Cairo kills one. Saturday 

Main Headlines  

Monday

• Egypt’s State Security Prosecution to probe top prosecutor’s assassination
• Egypt PM Mahlab visits troops in North Sinai
• 241 ‘terrorists’ killed in North Sinai in 5 days
• Egypt’s central bank governor says pound depreciation is not worrying
• Egypt’s foreign debt drops by 12 percent during the 3rd quarter of 2014-2015 fiscal year
• Coptic activists call for a Christian political party
• Tagammu slams anti-terror bill as “unconstitutional”
• Egypt’s purchase of hacking software documented in new leaks

Tuesday

• Sisi: Ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict would stabilize the Middle East
• Five injured in explosion near court in Egypt’s Nile Delta governorate of Beheira
• Egypt’s political parties slam anti-terror draft law
• Domestic debt surpasses two trillion pounds
• Four more journalists have been arrested in Egypt, where 18 are already in jail
• Egyptian bank claims it part-owns Israel’s King David Hotel
• Egypt’s pound is steady at official auction after earlier depreciation
• Detained Egyptian journalist Shawkan health “is deteriorating day after day “
• Ministry of social solidarity has dissolved 14 NGOs over alleged Brotherhood links

Wednesday

• Israel says Islamic State’s Sinai assault aimed to help Hamas get arms
• Egyptian government to discuss meet on disputed anti-terror law
• Five Egyptian civilians were killed when a mortar round hit a house in a North Sinai village
• Ayman Nour leaves Lebanon to Turkey citing threats
• TV host sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for inciting overthrow the Egyptian government

 Thursday

• A roadside bomb wounds 15 Egyptian policemen in Sinai
• Egypt’s Sisi approves new parliamentary election law
• Former gov’t official calls for boycott on media sources that reject anti-terror bill
• Pope Tawadros II cancels weekly cathedral meeting
• Former PM Shafiq withdrew his resignation from Egyptian patriotic movement

 Friday 

• Egyptian cinema loses its last golden age hero Omar Sharif
• Egyptian activist Khaled al-Sayed is released from detention at the Cairo International airport
• Egypt PM ‘admitted that media restrictions in anti-terror law were a mistake’: Press syndicate
• Transitional justice minister says Article 33 of anti-terror law aimed at social media, not the press
• Al-Azhar, world leaders pay tributes to long-serving former Saudi FM
• Interior Ministry issues booklet to police officers outlining ‘civilian rights granted by the constitution
• Egypt’s s population passes 89 million

 Saturday

• 1 dead, 9 hurt in car bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Egypt
• ISIS supporters claim responsibility for the bombing of the Italian Consulate
• Windows of Egyptian Museum were broken from the consulate’s explosion
• Egypt to pay for repairs of bombed Italian Consulate in Cairo
• Egyptian security forces have arrested a Muslim Brotherhood – linked “terrorist cell”
• State-run Misr Travel to operate Abou-Treika’s travel agency ‪

Sunday

• After bombing, Italy PM hails Egypt’s Sisi as “great leader”
• Sisi issues law granting president right to depose heads of four regulatory agencies
• Egyptian cabinet bans use of 4X4 vehicles in army operations-zones in Sinai
• Egypt launches monitor to scrutinize foreign media reports
• Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah acquitted of “insulting police”
• 252 militants killed in Sinai since July 1 attacks: Army spokesman
• Egypt backs peace treaty in Libya
• Egypt, Yemen sign anti terrorism memorandum
• Sisi issued a decree-allowing Interior, Defense ministry to establish money transportation and security companies. Arabic
• Hollywood icon Omar Sharif draped in the Egyptian flag and laid to rest in Cairo

Good Reports

• Seeking control over narrative, Egypt puts growing pressure on journalists. Leila Fadel
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood divides over response to killings. Leila Fadel
• Draft counter-terrorism law shores up causes of extremism and speeds the collapse of state institutions. Cairo Institute for human rights studies
• Why can’t the police stop the bombs? Mostafa Mohie
• The Italian Consulate in Cairo: The building that no one noticed. Mostafa Mohie and Amany Ali Shawky
• Egypt in life-and-death struggle, though regime is stable. Jerusalem Post
• Two takes on Egypt’s this year budget. Amira Saleh ahmed
• The Cairo streets where girls pretend to be boys. Patrick Kingsley

Good Read

• Yet another terrorism law. Mai El-Sadany
• After Sinai, calls for revenge dominate. Khaled Dawoud
• Keyboard Wars in Egypt. Magid Atiya
• Is Hamas working with Wilayet Sinai? Shlomi Eldar
• Egypt signs Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement: A good idea on paper? Mohamed El- Dahshan
• The faith of Egypt’s judges Egypt’s judges. Jayson Casper

On Omar Sharif:

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• Remember Omar Sharif (1932-2015) had a Career before Lawrence.  Middle East Institute.
• How Omar Sharif worked for religious tolerance.  Benjamin Ivry

From Twitter

Photo Gallery

• Italian consulate in Cairo is bombed
• Omar Sharif, a beloved actor

 Plus

• Egypt’s 1st information minister Abdel Kader Hatem dies at 93
• Wikileaks: Saudi Arabia and Azhar on the ‘Shia encroachment’ in Egypt

Factbox:

• A selection of Omar Sharif’s films

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt