Top Headlines:

• Pentagon says 6 peacekeepers were injured in Sinai (Thursday)
• Egypt refers Islamist cleric Qaradawi, dozens others to military trial. (Saturday)
• Egyptian court releases full ruling in Al-Jazeera case. (Sunday)

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• EGAS: Investment in Eni mega gas field in Egypt to reach $7 billion
• Egypt’s stock market climbs on Eni’s ‘supergiant’ gas discovery
• Egypt starts to dig on Gaza border to stop smuggling tunnels
• Egypt’s muezzin has been suspended over “Facebook prayer call”
• El-Sisi discusses anti-terrorism and investment in Singapore
• Saudi Arabia and Egypt to cooperate in peaceful use of nuclear energy

Tuesday

• Suicide bombing attempt was ‘thwarted’ in North Sinai
• Egyptian state continues to squabble with foreign media
• Five publishing houses affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood have been seized by the Egyptian government
• Lawyers confirm referral of Rabea dispersal case to court
• El-Sisi visits China in Asia tour arrived in China for a three-day visit
• Israel asks Egypt: Stop IAEA resolution to monitor our nuclear facilities

 Wednesday

• Over 2700 parliamentary hopefuls submit papers on the first day of registration
• 3 members of Egypt Council for Rights say Aqrab prison report distorts reality
• Al-Tahrir journalists begin sit-in to protest paper’s shutdown
• Egypt’s Sisi discusses cooperation, economic ties with Chinese counterpart
• Egypt says Zohr gas find will not undermine talks on import from Israel
• Egypt to form independent committee to investigate high school student’s allegations

 Thursday

• Egypt billionare offers to buy a Mediterranean island for refugees
• Pentagon says 6 peacekeepers were injured by improvised explosive devices in Sinai
• Egyptian court sentences 25 Morsi supporters to life in prison
• El-Sisi meets Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir in Beijing
• IMF delegation to visit Cairo in mid-September
• Chinese fleet arrives in Egypt for a 5-day visit
• Egypt’s population grows by over 3.5 million since 2014

 Friday

• Foreign affairs ministry confirms death of at least 3 Egyptian fishermen off Libya
• Images of deceased Syrian boy ‘a wake-up call’: Egypt’s FM spokesman
• US Embassy in Cairo dispatches new travel warning
• US State Dept features Sanaa Seif in campaign for women prisoners
• Egypt’s Salafist Call expelled members supporting violence: Borhamy
• Forensics to recheck papers of student contesting zero mark

 Saturday

• Egypt refers Islamist cleric Qaradawi, dozens of others to military trial
• US reconsiders presence in Sinai following attack on MFO troops
• Non-Islamist political parties are struggling to finalize their candidate lists
• Russia’s Gazprom to offer 5 mn tons of gas to Egypt
• Decision to exempt officers’, judges’ children from university regulations is slammed
• Egypt’s Social Democratic Party rejects Abul-Ghar’s resignation
• Egypt’s aviation minister describes EgyptAir’s flight horror as a “rare incident”
• El-Sisi leaves Indonesia ending his Asian tour

Sunday

• Cairo’s Criminal Court: Al-Jazeera reporters “deliberately chose to publish false information”
• Egypt sends condolences to Saudi Arabia for losses in Yemen
• “Information wars and psychological wars destroy nations,” Sisi tells Egyptians cadets
• Foreign consultants miss Renaissance Dam deadline; Egypt is concerned
• Potential meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia over Renaissance Dam
• Egypt’s tax authority employees protest government’s ‘“indifference”
• Cairo court postpones ruling on suit designating Turkey, Qatar as supporters of terror

 Good Reports

• ENI in Egypt. The Economist
• In Egypt, jailed Islamists “are dying of neglect.” Stephen Kalin
• Egypt’s Brotherhood media in freefall. BBC Monitoring
• Militant cells are carrying out more brazen attacks across Egypt. Erin Cunningham
• The star pupil who scored zero in all her exams. BBC Trending
• Egypt earmarks $68 million to promote tourism. Al-Monitor
• Egypt’s Natural Gas Production by regions (2011-2015). Stratfor

Good Read

• Revolutionary politics and the trap of populist temptation. Amr Abdulrahman
• Egypt’s besieged universities. Emily Crane Linn
• What’s next for the Muslim Brotherhood? Dina Ezzat
• The ministry of education and breaking the Constitution for “national security concerns.” Zeinobia

From Twitter 

https://twitter.com/dannynis/status/640004513894522880

Plus

• Egypt’s musical syndicate bans “revealing outfits”
• Some like it hot: Egypt’s sand baths
• Remembering: One decade since the tragic fire in Bani Suef’s theatre

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