Top Headlines

• Egypt elected as UN Security Council non-permanent member. (Thursday)
• The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader Mohamed al-Zawahiri. (Thursday)
• Low turnout in Egypt’s long-awaited parliamentary election. (Sunday)

A woman shows the ink on her hand after voting during the first phase of the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Giza governorate, Egypt, via Reuters.

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt court orders release of Mubarak’s sons
• Cassation court annuls death sentences against 6 defendants in Kerdasa police killings
• Retired army, police vie for seats in parliament
• Egypt’s external debt rises 4.3% to $48 billion in the fiscal year ending June 2015
• Egyptian hajj death toll reaches 181
• Family claims Brotherhood member was thrown out of window
• Al-Masry Al-Youm management reject workers demands over mass sacking
• The Arab Network for Human Rights Information demands acquittal of TV-presenter Islam El Beheiry
• Egypt expects $1.5 billion in loans from the World Bank

Tuesday

• 3 Gazans were reported missing as Egypt blows up a border tunnel
• Egypt‘s Suez Canal revenue rises to $462.1 million in August
• Egyptian exports fall by 29% in September
• Mohamed Fahmy hopes to regain his Egyptian citizenship
• Police arrests 14 ‘central leaders’ of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Endowments Ministry releases names of 53 missing pilgrims

Wednesday

• First part of election monitoring coalition arrives in Cairo
• Air force destroys 3 vehicles belonging to militants
• Assailants ambush security patrol in Badrasheen
• Saudi business tycoon Saleh Kamel to invest up to EGP 30bn in Suez Canal axis
• Interior Ministry human rights chief denies “enforced disappearances” exist in Egypt
• Egypt economy grew 4.1 percent in the fiscal year 2014-2015
• Two passersby injured in Alexandria blasts

Thursday

• Militants kidnapped three pro-government tribal fighters manning a checkpoint in Sinai
• Egypt is elected as UN Security Council non-permanent member
• Two dead, six injured in a blast at El-Arish’s police station
• Egypt’s central bank weakens pound to 7.83 pounds to the dollar
• Egyptian, Spanish defense ministers discuss military cooperation
• The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Islamic Jihad leader Mohamed al-Zawahiri
• High school students continue protests against discipline, attendance marks

Friday

• Brotherhood protest against elections in Alexandria
• Dispute inside NCHR over Sinai dispatched mission
• Activists push elections boycott by proposing martyrs, prisoners as candidates, but many dismiss efforts as elitists
• Rights campaign lambasts Interior Ministry for denying forced disappearance

Saturday

• ‪President Sisi calls on Egyptians to actively participate in parliamentary elections
• Egyptian expats start voting in parliamentary elections
• Egypt’s elections under the spotlight by observation missions
• Schools to be off in 14 governorates on Sunday, Monday for elections
• Egyptian policeman was killed in al-Arish by a roadside bomb
• Egyptian anti-corruption lawyer released on bail in bribery case
• Egypt’s Shoukry and Putin envoy agree on ‘activating political solution in Syria

 Sunday

• Egypt begins long-awaited parliamentary elections
• 286 seats will be up for competition in the first stage of elections
• Low turnout in Egypt’s long-awaited parliamentary election
• Three bombs were defused on the first day of election
• Egyptians‪ with expired national ID can vote for parliament on Monday
• Cabinet orders half-day off Monday for state employees on second voting day
• Independent candidates steal the show in Alexandria’s vote
• “Virginity test” activist contests parliament seat in Sohag
• US Consul General in Alexandria says that voting process so far has been smooth
• King Tut’s gold mask is undamaged

Good Reports

• A coup busted? Hossam Bahgat
• One of us: the militant Egypt’s army fears most. Ahmed Hassan
• Why are Egyptians traveling on risky migrant escape routes? Rajia Aboulkheir

Good Read

• Taking on Egypt’s big bureaucracy. Maria Golia
• Avoiding recession. Abdel Moneim Said

On Parliamentary Elections

• Explainer: How Egyptians are voting in the parliamentary elections. Sonai Farid
• Elections explainer: A map to the madness. Pesha Magid
• Burned out and apathetic, Egypt prepares to vote – again. Sarah Sirgany
• Egypt election meets apathy in Islamist stronghold. Lin Noueihed
• Sisi walks fine line between Egypt’s tycoons and generals. Eric Knecht and Asma Alsharif
• Why Egypt’s parliament will be born broken. Nathan Brown
• Egyptians face few options at parliamentary polls. Emily Crane Linn
• “For the hatred of Egypt” Maasoum Marzouk
• Egypt’s parliamentary elections: Who cares? Hatem Maher
• Youth poke fun at Egypt Elections with “instead of voting” hashtag

From Twitter

Interview

• Culture Minister Helmy El-Namnam talks about his vision and plans

Profile

• Mona Mina, the revolutionary sage who subdued a ministry

 Plus

• Egyptian television host confuses video game for Russian airstrikes in Syria
• Egyptian fishing village gets a vibrant makeover
• Egyptians face religious extremism with song
• Renowned Egyptian novelist Gamal El-Ghitani dies at 70
• Social network users laud new Doctors’ Syndicate head for his charitable past

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt