Top Headlines

• Egypt says Russia’s intervention in Syria will counter terrorism. (Sunday)
• Lockheed Martin to supply Hellfire missiles to Egypt and Tunisia. (Tuesday)
• Libyan FM: Egyptian army sometimes operates in Libya when pursuing illegal smugglers. (Friday)
• Tunisian president makes first visit to Egypt. (Sunday)
• Families of missing Egyptian pilgrims blame Saudi officials for negligence. (Sunday)
• A flurry of conflicting statements reveals deep divisions within the Muslim Brotherhood. (Good Reports)

 (Egypt backs Russian intervention in Syria/Old photo of Sisi and Putin)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Cairo international airport closed its airspace closed on Monday for military exercise
• Sisi’s Egypt-Israel peace comments was wrongly translated, says presidential official
• Sisi: Egypt will introduce a value-added tax
• Egypt’s Sisi to CNN: Egypt enjoys “unprecedented freedom of expression”
• Egypt might lease recently-purchased French assault ships to China
• Kellogg buys Egyptian cereal producer Mass Food Group
• Palestinian expert: Tunnel destruction will hasten reconciliation
• Authors claim Al-Azhar, government banned book uncovering institutional violations
• TV presenter under fire for disrespecting refugees
• Dancer Safinaz was acquitted of charges of insulting the Egyptian flag

Tuesday

• Sisi calls for UN strategy against terrorism
• Sisi: Egypt-US ties have become stronger
• Dozens of Egyptians divided in protests for and against Al-Sisi, in front of the United Nations headquarters
• Security forces kill 4 alleged terrorists in Alexandria
• Work on church honoring murdered Egyptian Copts to begin in days
• Three Brotherhood members were sentenced to death in Alexandria on murder changes
• Sisi thanks Hollande in person for warships deal
• Conscript killed, police officer injured in a shooting in Badrashin
• Egypt officially complains against Brotherhood assault on Sisi’s media team in New York
• Lockheed Martin to supply Hellfire missiles to Egypt and Tunisia
• Egypt’s Wafd Party: Elections Committee has lost credibility

Wednesday

• Egyptian Consulate in Jeddah posts photos of unidentified pilgrims in Mecca stampede online
• 7 Al Jazeera journalists sentenced in absentia request presidential intervention
• Interior ministry obstruct the release of 5 pardoned prisoners
• Al-Sisi’s UN claims are refuted with 60 journalists behind bars: ANHRI
• Egypt expects $12.58 billion in additional revenue for 2015/2016
• Pope urges Coptic candidates on religious party lists to reconsider
• Prosecution: ‘Zero’ student Mariam Malak’s answer sheets are genuine

Thursday

• Egyptian court upholds Sinai militants’ death sentence
• We don’t interfere in Egypt’s internal affairs, Qatari FM says
• Parents protest across Egypt for better school conditions
• Cairo University bans teachers from wearing the face veil
• Egypt’s state petroleum company to search to search for oil in Iraq
• Egypt rises in Global Competitiveness Index for the first time since 2011

Friday

• Libyan FM: Egyptian army sometimes operates in Libya when pursuing illegal smugglers
• Egyptian expats call for protest against Sisi’s UK visit
• Egypt to hold meeting on Renaissance Dam with Sudan and Ethiopia
• Egyptian FM: Any delay in reaching final political agreement in Libya is unacceptable
• Top British military officials in Cairo to discuss counter-terrorism

 Saturday

• FM Shukri receives American Jewish Committee members in New York
• CSF conscript shot by smugglers in Sinai
• Egyptian pilgrims missing in Mecca stampede rises to 110 with 126 dead
• Pro-Morsi lecturer is dismissed from Cairo University
• Culture Minister reiterates Egypt’s secular identity
• Egyptian woman in videoed airport incident sentenced to 4 years in prison
• Banque Misr achieves new milestone in electronic payments

 Sunday

• Egypt says Russia’s intervention in Syria will counter terrorism
• Tunisian president makes first visit to Egypt
• IS-affiliated group claims responsibility for killing two Egyptian security personnel in North Sinai
• Families of missing Egyptian pilgrims blame Saudi officials for negligence
• Saudi invite to dissident Egyptian Islamist cleric, Qaradawi, ‘signals shift’ on Brotherhood
• Assault on Egyptian waiter in Jordan draws public outrage and official statements‪
• Ethiopia stalls negotiations with Egypt and Sudan over Renaissance Dam
• Al-Dostour Party to hold internal elections on November 6
• Al-Azhar University to intensify security precautions

 Good Report

• Fleeing Syria: An unwelcoming world. Laura King
• The Syrian entrepreneurs starting new lives in Egypt. Valentina Primo
• As officials fall short, volunteers lead the search for missing pilgrims. Mada Masr
• Who speaks for the Brotherhood? Mada Masr

On Parliamentary Elections:

• Guide to Egypt’s parliamentary elections 2015
• Seven electoral lists run in first stage of Egypt’s parliamentary elections
• Meet Egypt’s Free Egyptians Party
• 5 questions for a parliamentary candidate: Mohamed Al-Oraby
• 5 questions for a parliamentary candidate: Fatima Naoot
• Nour Party reveals electoral platform

Good Read

• Re-Engineering Egypt’s economy. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
• Sisi’s struggle for Egypt. Steve Cook
• Sisi and parliament: Friends or foes? Mohamed Hamama translated by Mada Masr
• Sisi and the youth. Mai Shams El-Din
• The dream that won’t quit – a Nasserite welfare state. Dina Ezzat
• Reviving religious discourse: Why and how? Ziad A. Akl

 From Twitter

Photo Gallery

• Nasser: The largest funeral in Egyptian history
• A super-moon rises over a minaret of a mosque in Egypt’s Wadi el-Rayan

Plus

• Scathing attack on controversial Egyptian TV host leads to public spat‪
• Number of Egyptian minor migrants is alarmingly high

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt