Top Headlines

• El-Sisi visits Russia (Tuesday)
• Arab League postpones issuance of “unified military force” protocol (Wednesday)
• Egypt sentences Al-Jazeera English journalists to 3 years in prison (Saturday)
• Egypt summons UK ambassador over criticism of Al-Jazeera trial (Sunday)
• Egypt to hold parliamentary election in autumn (Sunday)
• Italian energy giant ENI announced the discovery of the “largest ever” natural gas field in the Mediterranean off the shores of Egypt (Sunday)

 (Photo of al-Jazeera trial, Amal Clooney with ex-Al-Jazeera Journal Mohamed Fahmy – via Twitter)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Three policemen killed, 27 wounded in bombing in bombing in Egypt’s Beheira
• Egypt’s market falls to lowest since December 2013
• Protesting police in Sharqiya reach an agreement with Interior Ministry
• Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will head to Russia on Tuesday for a three-day visit
• Egypt lowers top tax rate and suspends capital gains tax
• Al-Tahrir newspaper suffers financial crisis
• Dozens of feluccas were removed as part of downtown Cairo’s regeneration scheme
• Army to contract out Suez desalination project

 Tuesday

• Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visits Russia
• Sisi , Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince discuss closer ties in Moscow
• Roadside bomb wounds five in North Sinai ‪
• Security disperses slum resident protests in Dokki
• Former parliamentarian, 7 other Brotherhood members sentenced to prison
• Egyptian-Russia trade exchange up by 86 percent last year

Wednesday

• Arab League postpones issuance of “unified military force” protocol
• Egypt’s presidency: It is too early to judge the Iran Deal
• France in talks with Egypt over helicopter carriers
• Court turns down petition on Facebook ban
• Detainees go on hunger strike to protest assaults in prison
• The ‘no to religious parties’ campaign gains momentum
• Russia to establish industrial zone in Egypt
• Ministry slammed for installing monitor cams in mosques
• Egypt strips 3 of citizenship for becoming Israeli

Thursday

• Gaza protesters ask Egypt to bring back 4 Palestinians missing in Sinai
• Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft signed a deal to supply Egypt with liquefied natural gas
• Egypt’s market gains LE12.8 million on Thursday, EGX30 climbs 3 %
• 41 sentenced to year for pro-Morsi protests in Beni Suef
• Exclusion of nuclear adviser from #Egypt’s Dabaa met with discontent

Friday

• An Egyptian court sentenced to death 12 members of the Islamic State group
• Egyptian policeman was killed in Upper Egypt’s Sohag
• Two killed in clashes with security forces in Fayoum
• Russian TV: Egypt’s Sisi calls for “worldwide strategy to combat terrorism”
• Egypt welcomes South Sudan’s peace accord ‪

Saturday

• Egypt sentences Al-Jazeera English journalists to 3 years in prison for spreading false news
• International criticism over fresh Al-Jazeera prison sentences in Egypt
• Canada calls for Egypt’s ‘immediate’ return of jailed Al Jazeera journalist
• Two ‘suspected terrorists’ killed by police in Fayoum ‪
• Sisi embarks on an Asian tour
• Egypt to set timetable for parliamentary polls amid parties’ disarray
• Pro-‪Brotherhood channel to re-broadcast under the leadership of Ayman Nour

Sunday

• Egypt summons UK ambassador over criticism of Al Jazeera trial
• Al-Jazeera journalists face uncertain future face uncertain future
• Amal Clooney: Canadian government submits requests for Sisi pardon or deportation for Fahmy
• Foreign criticism of Al-Jazeera verdict is politically motivated: Egypt’s foreign ministry
• EU condemns Al-Jazeera journalists jail sentences
• Egypt to hold parliamentary election starting on October 18-19
• Italian energy giant ENI announced the discovery of the “largest ever” natural gas field in the Mediterranean off Egypt
• Egyptian police arrest a Muslim Brotherhood leader who had been sentenced to death
• El-Sisi arrives arrives in Singapore

Good reports

• Al-Jazeera journalist on being sentenced: ‘I’m devastated by this completely unjust verdict” Ruth Michaelson
• While the world decried three journalists’ sentences in Egypt, another man was being quietly jailed in the same court. Rose Troup Buchanan
• Despite legal restrictions, underage marriage persists in rural Egypt. Ahmed Fouad
• Egypt interferes with printing of three newspapers. Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ.
• S. citizen, once held in Egypt crackdown, becomes voices for inmates. David Kirpatrick
• What’s up with Egypt’s stock market? Isabel Esterman
• Egypt’s lower-ranking officers: A struggle for fairness or an abuse of power? Menna Alaa El-Din

Good Read

• What causes civil servants and policemen to protest? Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• How QIZs could save the Middle East. Oren Kessler

Timeline:

• A timeline of the Al-Jazeera trial

 Video

• Egyptian court sentences three ‪Al-Jazeera journalists to prison
• Peter Greste calls Egyptian court ruling “a travesty of justice”

 From Twitter

Plus

• Javelin thrower Ihab Abdel-Rahman snatches Egypt’s first ever World Athletics Championship medal
• Aly and Fila
• Exploring Egypt’s fascination with the Virgin Mary with the Virgin Mary

Photo Gallery

• Sisi’s visit to Russia
• A super moon dominates the skies of Egypt

Obituary:

• Egyptian “Disney” artist Hany El-Masri dies at 64

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt