Top Headlines

• Amid heavy security, Egypt marks 5th anniversary of uprising. Monday
• Egyptian F-16 aircraft crashes, killing crew. Thursday
• Charges lifted for 73 security officials in illicit gains case against Mubarak’s El-Adly. Thursday
• Egypt refutes reports claiming those responsible for downing plane over Sinai were arrested. Saturday
• Egyptian-German researcher Atef Botros is banned from entering Egypt
• Popular Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish is arrested
• Egypt increases tariffs on range of imports. Sunday

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Amid heavy security, Egypt marks 5th anniversary of uprising
• Activist stages single-person demonstration in Tahrir Square
• Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters stage three marches in Alexandria
• Politicians, public figures tweet to mark the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising
• Wael Ghonim calls for continuing revolution through Facebook
• Egyptian troops head to Saudi Arabia for ‘Thunder of The North’ exercise
• Explosives found during Kerdasa’s Sunday raid resemble those used in Haram bombing: Egyptian police

Tuesday

• Russia will add more security requirements to resume flights to Egypt
• Poet Fatima Naoot sentenced to 3 years in prison for contempt of religion
• Bomb squads detonate 2 IEDs in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Central Bank eases restrictions on dollar deposits
• Egypt’s actors syndicate suspends actor for distributing condom balloons to police
• TV correspondent’s sister denies his arrest for video prank on police

 Wednesday

• 4 Egyptian soldiers were killed in explosion in Sinai
• Egypt denies tension with foreign oil and gas firms
• April 6 Movement’s request for judge replacement in terrorism trial
• Bassem Youssef hails balloon condom prank on police
• Egypt’s budget deficit up to 4.9%

Thursday

• Egyptian F-16 aircraft crashes, killing crew
• Charges lifted for 73 security officials in illicit gains case against Mubarak’s al-Adly
• Al Jazeera files int’l arbitration claim against Egypt
• Prosecution appeals decision to release Alaa, Gamal Mubarak in corruption case
• Egypt’s Sisi heads to Ethiopia for African Union summit
• Cairo University’s President receives death threats following Niqab ban
• Al-Masry Al-Youm Co-founder repaid every penny of government’s dues

Friday

• ‪ Reuters claims Egypt-Air mechanic is suspected in the Russian plane crash
• Interior Ministry discloses details of officers’ attack on Mataryia doctors
• 4 every police martyr 10,000 terrorists should be killed: ‪Egypt’s Justice Minister
• Egypt receives Renaissance Dam studies’ technical offer from consulting firms

 Saturday

• Egypt refutes reports claiming those responsible for downing plane over Sinai were arrested
• Egyptian-German researcher Atef Botros is banned from entering Egypt
• Egypt detains Turkish policeman for photographing security post near Pyramids
• Six preachers have been referred to investigation for changing Friday speech
• Egypt has condemned the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia
• Egypt Doctors’ Syndicate plans emergency meeting over alleged police ‘assault’ on two doctors

 Sunday

• Roadside bomb in Egypt’s Sinai kills two Egyptian soldiers
• Police have begun to install monitoring cameras in main streets and squares, as well as checkpoints across North Sinai
• Popular Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish is arrested
• Egypt increases tariffs on range of imports
• At least 21 killed in massive car crash in Egypt
• Egyptian-Russian committee starts meetings in Cairo
• Egypt suspends policemen over hospital assault
• Four Coptic teenagers tried for insulting Islam
• Al-Jazeera cannot sue us, we have no contract: Egyptian authorities

 Good Reports

• Five years after Egypt uprising, police — not activists – Ahmed Aboulenein
• Egypt’s silent anniversary.David Kenner
• Egyptians reflect five years after uprising. Nariman El-Mofty
• Egypt’s top auditor faces backlash over corruption findings. Maggie Michael
• Hundreds vanishing in Egypt as crackdown widens, activists say. Amina Ismail and Declan Walsh
• Can Egypt dredge up support the new Suez Canal? Walaa Huseen

Good Read

• Contrary to popular opinion, Egypt’s transition was not always doomed to failure. Michael Wahid Hanna
• What was the Egyptian military thinking after the revolution? Ellis Goldberg
• Did Sisi save Egypt? Nathan Brown and Yasser El-Shimy
• Egypt’s revolution and police: Slippery slope towards mutual hatred. Abdallah El-Sennawi
• The rejection of Egypt’s Civil Service Law: What does it mean? Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• The blasphemy law is here to stay. Jayson Casper

And you may be interested to read my piece: Egypt’s nonsensical heroism

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/693224727901437952

Plus

• Egyptian soprano Fatma Said wins prestigious Dublin International Singing Competition
• Video shows tourist illegally climb the Great Pyramid of Giza
• Handball: Egypt win African Nations Cup, qualify for Olympic Games

Photo Essay

• What Happened in Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt