Top Headlines

• Giza blast kills 7 Egyptian policemen and 3 civilians. Thursday
• Chinese president arrives for Cairo visit, set for bilateral talks. Thursday
• Two Egypt-based militant groups claim responsibility for ‪Giza attack. Friday
• Egypt denies reports of mediation efforts with Turkey to ease ‘crisis.’ Friday
• Egypt’s President Sisi praises 25 January revolution ahead of 5th anniversary. Sunday
• Tight security ahead of 5th anniversary of Egypt’s January revolution. Reports

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s parliament endorses controversial anti-terrorism law
• Egypt interior minister and head of CIA head discuss ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood
• Moody’s praises Egypt’s new measures to limit consumer loans
• Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate investigates TV host Moussa over naked pictures scandal
• Egypt’s protest law will not be up for discussion any time soon: MPs

 Tuesday

• Egypt’s MPs caught voting n behalf of each other with new electronic system
• Sisi received 20 Egyptians who were previously abducted in Libya
• Egypt’s stocks continue to rally on Tuesday
• Egyptian court annuls media gag order on the 2012 presidential elections fraud case
• Turkey’s Cumhuriyet daily: Turkey agrees to recognize Sisi in exchange for Brotherhood pardon
• Egyptian journalist who filmed ‘gay bath house orgy’ is acquitted
• Egyptian court upholds Niqab ban for professors at Cairo University

Wednesday

• Egypt’s parliament votes down the controversial Civil Service Law
• German think tank is pulling out of Egypt over restrictions
• General Prosecutor orders publication ban on govt corruption accusations case
• 3 security personnel, 2 civilians injured in an explosion in Sinai’s Arish
• British and Russian officials in Cairo to discuss aviation security
• 15 Brotherhood members were arrested for calling for January 25’s protests
• Airlines extends suspension of flights to Sharm El-Sheikh
• MP Khaled Youssef calls for amending law regulating protests law
• BP remains ambitious on gas in Egypt, despite weak oil prices

Thursday

• 7 Egyptian police, 3 civilians were killed in an explosion during raid
• China’s Xi visits Egypt, offers financial and political support
• Egypt vows to stick to one China policy “as Taiwan is an integral part of China”
• Egyptian courts acquit 29 alleged Muslim Brotherhood’s supporters
• Gunmen kill five Egyptian police in Sinai
• Large crowds, long departure lines at Cairo airport

Friday

• Two ‪Egypt-based militant groups claim responsibility for Giza attack
• Egypt denies reports of mediation efforts with Turkey
• Egypt calls for adequate representation for Syrian opposition at Geneva II
• Egypt signs conditional contracts with China to build coal-fired power plants
• Closed by authorities, Cairo Townhouse gallery’s fate remains unknown

 Saturday

• Eighth police officer dies of injuries from Thursday blast
• Sisi expresses dissatisfaction with parliament’s rejection of civil service law
• Sisi honored police martyrs during the national Police day celebration
• Egypt will get $20 billion of oil products from Saudi Arabia
• Sisi advises Tunisians against protests as jobless demos bring curfew
• Egypt parliament speaker discusses media laws with press syndicate delegation
• Interior minister appointed a new head of security in North Sinai following the latest terrorist attack
• Court lifts travel ban on Egyptian newspaper-owner Salah Diab

 Sunday

• Egypt puts museum workers on trial after botched repair of King Tut’s mask
• Egypt’s President Sisi praises 25 January revolution ahead of ahead of 5th anniversary
• ISIS calls on Muslim Brothers in Egypt to ‘take up arms’ against Sisi ‪
• Cairo’s Tahrir metro station to close on anniversary of 25 January uprising
• Salafist Nour Party urges Egyptians not to protest on revolution anniversary
• Seized properties of banned Muslim Brotherhood worth $1.1 billion
• Brotherhood’s guidance bureau ran Egypt during Morsi presidency: State committee
• Three security personnel were killed Delta governorate of Sharqiya
• Egyptian civilian shot dead in North Sinai
• Gas Pipeline Explodes in Damietta, causing massive fire
• Court turns down debauchery lawsuit against actress Entessar

 Good reports

• Egypt: who’s afraid of January 25? Ahmed Aboulenein
• Crackdown by Egypt draws attention to an anniversary it aimed to avoid. Kareem Fahim
• ‘I was terribly wrong’ – writers look back at the Arab spring five years on. The Guardian
• Egypt considers floating two state banks. Ehab Farouk
• Will Renaissance Dam flood Egypt’s Mediterranean coast? Walaa Hussein
• Gaza is the final obstacle in Israel-Turkey reconciliation, but Egypt is caught-up in the mix. Zvi Bar’el
• Mogamma: Egypt’s other great pyramid. Khaled Diab.

Good Read

• Sisi’s fracturing regime. Eric Trager
• Islamic State vs. Revolutionary Punishment: Terror groups vie to claim Egypt’s bombing. Avi Asher-Schapiro
• Chasing Egypt’s economic tail. Yezid Sayigh
• Six misguided ideas about the Egyptian economy. Patrick Werr
• The Brotherhood breaks down. Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi
• With Iran sanctions lifted, what will become of Egypt? Sara khorshid

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Plus:

• Google Doodle commemorates late Egyptian actor Naguib El-Rihani
• Egyptian rights group condemns student sexual harassment of teacher
• Saudi Fund approves $119 mln to upgrade historical Kasr Al-Aine hospital
• Four medieval monuments were inaugurated in Islamic Cairo after renovation

Photo Gallery

• Giza blast kills 7 Egyptian policemen and 3 civilians
• Tight security ahead of 5th anniversary of Egypt’s January revolution
• Egypt’s Tahrir Square on January 24,2016
• Egypt 100 years ago

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