Top Headlines

• Islamic State claims Cairo’s courthouse bombing. (Thursday)
• Four Palestinian Hamas militants were abducted in Sinai. (Thursday)
• Egypt sentences Brotherhood leader to life imprisonment. (Saturday)
• Egyptian security forces fire tear gas at striking police officers. (Sunday)

A bombing in Cairo that wounded dozens. Islamic State claimed responsibility. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egyptian forces near the border with Libya issued a high-level alert
• Rights groups lash out against Egypt’s “Orwellian” new anti-terror law
• Egyptian police colonel dies from injuries sustained in bomb attack
• Egyptian photographer arrested for alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties is released on bail
• President Sisi’s mother passes away
• Air conditioners were installed in Egypt police station following death of detainees from heat wave
• Renaissance Dam tripartite meetings to resume in Ethiopia

Tuesday

• Cairo-based Arab League urges military support for Libya against ISIS
• Sources: Egypt to create ‘fish farms’ along the border with Gaza
• Qatari diplomat found possessing hash deported from Cairo airport
• Wasat Party denies political reconciliation initiative
• Hamas’s official is detained at Cairo airport
• Egyptian prime minister ‘ready to discuss’ civil service law
• Coptic Pope to resume weekly sermon after extended hiatus
• Egyptian stocks plunge on foreign selling
• Heatwave claims one life in Fayoum, increasing death toll to 104

Wednesday

• ‪‪Egypt releases 125 students and other detainees with medical conditions
• El-Sisi calls for “pre-emptive measures” to stop terrorism and extremist thoughts
• Egypt hits out at foreign criticism of new anti-terrorism law
• Libyan guards at main crossing to Egypt stop working
• The U.S. may pull out Peace- keeping force in Sinai that helps keep Israel-Egypt peace
• Egypt’s PM advisor: We cannot stop the Muslim Brotherhood from participating in elections
• Egyptian market continues to fall, hits lowest record in a year
• TV host Tawfik Okasha to be released on bail pending appeal ‪

 Thursday

• Islamic State claims Cairo’s courthouse bombing, which wounded 30
• Two buildings of Mohamed Ali Palace damaged have been severely damaged in Shubra El-Kheima’s bombing
• Four Palestinian Hamas militants were abducted in Egypt’s Sinai
• Egypt releases Hamas official detained at Cairo airport
• Sisi, Putin to talk strategic ties next week in Moscow
• Egypt FM, UK adviser support arms supply to the Libyan government
• Expansion of port in Port Said to be launched in two weeks
• Renaissance Dam tripartite committee starts meetings in Addis Ababa
• A dozen Egyptian fishermen detained by Sudan
• Egypt‪, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4 billion oil products deal

 Friday 

• Egypt’s army chief of staff meets UK’s national security advisor
• Over 6,000 People cross through Rafah in both directions
• Cairo governorate makes security cameras mandatory in all shops‪
• Egyptian authorities to pay LE500 to families affected by state security bombing
• 45 NGOs allowed to monitor Egypt’s parliamentary election
• ‪Egypt seeks LNG cargoes via Jordan‪
• 133 ‪Egyptians hospitalized with heat exhaustion on Thursday

 Saturday

• Egypt sentences Brotherhood leader to life imprisonment
• Popular campaign advocates disbanding religiously oriented parties
• UN special envoy to Libya meets FM Shoukry in Cairo
• Low ranking policemen strike in Sharqiya ‪
• Egypt’s economic growth accelerates, but less than the government projects
• Egypt jails 3 Facebook users for embracing “jihadist” ideology
• Egypt’s power consumption increased 5,000 megawatts during the heatwave
• Egypt looking for Indian investment

 Sunday

• Egyptian security forces fire tear gas at striking police officers
• Egyptian rights organization files lawsuit to expel Human Rights Watch from the country
• Egypt’s Foreign Ministry launches an English language blog
• Egypt to impose value added tax (VAT) in weeks
• Egypt’s Dostour Party spokesperson Khaled Dawoud resigns
• Four die in Aswan due to the continued heatwave
• Egypt’s trade deficit grows 28.7% in May

Good Reports

• A look at Egypt’s sweeping new anti-terrorism law. Sarah El-Deeb
• Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments has prohibited praying for President Sisi in mosques. Walaa Hussein
• Egyptian army figures respond to reports that US is reconsidering its presence in Sinai. Mada Masr
• In Egypt, the ‘disappeared’ resurface on TV as “terrorists.” Ahmed Aboulenein
• Enduring repression and insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai. Omar Ashour
• Why are some Egyptians pining away for their long-gone King? BBC trending

And worth reading

• Sending naval commandos to Iran via Sinai, Hamas pushed Egypt too far. Avi Issacharoff

Good Read

• Wilayet Sinai and the Nile Valley. Mokhtar Awad and Samuel Tadros
• Bring back bright star. Gilad Wenig and Eric Trager
• Much of Egypt celebrates, but wounds have not healed. A. Hellyer
• Egypt counter terrorism law: Enshrining security at the expense of civil rights. Mai El-Sadany
• Egypt’s new civil service law: The pros and cons. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• The Republic of fear. Amr Hamzawy

Interview

• Imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah speaks from Tora prison. Ahdaf Soueif

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Plus

• Inconsistent policy changes are putting Egypt’s cotton industry in crisis
• Two more belly dancers await final verdict on immorality charges
• Could Egypt recover the statue of Sekhemka?
• Sun illuminates Sharqiya church similar to Abu-Simbel
• Egypt’s Elgamal reaches Hammer Throw final at World Championships

 Photo Gallery

• Explosion at police building in Shubra El-Kheima heard across greater Cairo

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt.