Top Headlines

• President Sisi establishes economic zone around the Suez Canal. (Tuesday)
• Islamic State’s Egyptian ally says it beheads a Croatian hostage. (Wednesday)
• Egyptian military aircraft crashed near the border with Libya. (Thursday)
• Minimal protests to mark Rabaa anniversary. (Friday)
• Egyptian military sources deny BBC report on trial of 26 officers plotting a coup. (Sunday)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Heliopolis court is bombed for second time in 6 months
• Egyptian court issues 10 preliminary death sentences to 10 defendants convicted of running a terrorist organization connected with Al-Qaeda
• Egypt’s opposition forces will not boycott upcoming parliamentary polls
• Forensics authority says death of Islamist figure in jail was not due to violence
• Public sector workers protest civil service law
• Egypt government has decided to take over the assets of 16 hospitals linked to the ban Muslim Brotherhood
• Court upholds prosecutors’ 2011 decision to freeze assets of Mubarak-era tycoon Ezz
• A heatwave in Egypt kills 21

 Tuesday

• President Sisi establishes economic zone around Egypt’s Suez Canal
• President Sisi to visit Russia by end of August
• Egypt military court sentences 250 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to life in prison
• Egypt to try Brotherhood chief for 2013’s “clashes” in Cairo
• Cairo, Aden resume direct flights after 5 months halt
• Egypt inflation slows in July as fuel prices remain stable
• Egyptian government insists on implementing new civil service law despite protest
• Tuesday power outage halts Cairo’s underground metro for 30 minutes, causing chaos

Wednesday

• Islamic State’s Egyptian ally says it beheads a Croatian hostage
• International and local condemnation of reported IS killing of a Croatian by IS in Egypt
• Egypt’s cabinet reduces curfew hours in North Sinai’s Al-Arish city
• Armed men kill one policeman in Egypt’s Fayoum
• Egypt’s interior ministry investigates incident of police brutality in Cairo’s metro
• Cairo municipality heads granted arrest powers to curb “street violations”

Thursday

• Egyptian military aircraft crashed near the border with Libya killing four crew members
• President Sisi forms High Election Committee
• Egypt frees pro-Morsi politician Abul-Ela Mady after two years pre-trial detention
• Egyptian police colonel gets five years jail at re-trial over death of 37 prisoners
• Strict security measures are being enforced ahead of the the second anniversary of the violent dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins
• Egypt confiscates assets of chairman of Juhayna industries over alleged ties with the Muslim Brotherhood
• Fatwa bans non-peaceful protests

Friday

• Minimal protests to mark Rabaa anniversary, as TV pundits call for wiping the violence from memory
• Egypt’s foreign ministry says CNN report about hostage execution was full of misinformation
• Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya calls for dialogue to end Egypt’s “polarization”
• Turkish hackers leave Rabaa memorial message on Cairo airport’s website
• Controversial TV host Tawfik Okasha was arrested due to outstanding court rulings

Saturday

• Morsi’s defense team files appeal against death sentence against death sentence
• Egypt rejects HRW call for international investigation into protest deaths
• Russia supplies Egypt with a new warship
• Egypt to open Gaza crossing for four days
• Health ministry: heat wave kills 92 in Egypt since Sunday

Sunday

• ‪Egypt’s Sisi signs anti-terrorism law
• UK recommends ‘only essential travel’ west of Delta
• Saudi Arabia arrests 413 IS members, including 7 Egyptians
• Egyptian military sources deny BBC report on trial of 26 officers plotting a coup
• The North Sinai court will return to the restive peninsula after a three-month relocation to Ismailia prompted by terrorist attacks.
• President Sisi: Political parties should be careful while fielding candidates:
• Ban on hijab in ‪Egyptian schools is an unfounded rumors: Ministry of education
• Egypt’s stock market dives after Juhayna chairman’s asset confiscation
• Three more die from Egypt’s brutal ‪heat, toll rises to 95
• Lawyer says fate of detained photojournalist Shawkan is unknown after his referral to criminal court

 Good Reports

• Who actually died in Egypt’s Rabaa massacre? Neil Ketchley and Michael Biggs
• What do US politicians really think of Sisi? Pesha Magid
• Coptic Church is not happy about some of its followers joining the Salafist Nour Party. Rami Galal
• Land of the pharaohs struggles to save its history. Bel Trew
• Navigating a divided economy: Youth unemployment and privilege in Egypt. Middle East Institute (video).

Good Read

• Enlightened despots, then and now. John Owen and J Judd Owen
• Whatever is the Matter with Egypt? Nothing all that new. Steven Cook
• Israel is forgotten by Egypt yet again. Smadar Perry

 Plus

• Has the tomb of Queen Nefertiti finally been found?
• Iconic Egyptian actor Nour El-Sherif leaves legacy spanning 4 decades
• Egypt’s scorching heat wave kills orangutan at Giza’s Zoo
• Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman eyes 100m butterfly glory at Rio Olympics
• Guided tour of Al-Manial Palace and the Andalusian Garden in Cairo
• Nahla El-Qodsy, wife of Egypt’s late iconic musician Mohamed Abdel-Wahab dies

From Twitter

Photo Gallery

• The acting life of late Egyptian star Nour El-Sherif

Video

• Egypt’s Tax Authority employees protest unjust civil service law

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt