Top Headlines

• Italian student found dead in Egypt. Thursday
• Italian foreign ministry calls for joint investigation into student’s death
• Cessation Court accepts appeal against 149 death sentences in the Kerdasa massacre. Wednesday
• Police kill 2 alleged members of Ajnad Masr. Thursday

Giulio Regeni, Italian student found dead in Cairo- via Il Manifesto

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Saudi Arabia names Egyptian accomplice in Shia mosque’s bombing
• Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish is released
• Egyptian court rejects lawsuit filed against protest law
• Egypt’s main stock index declines by 1.4 percent
• Egypt’s most popular club Ahly condemns anti-state chants by fans

 Tuesday

• Sisi urges dialogue with Ultras on the anniversary of stadium massacre
• Search underway for Italian student missing in Cairo
• Egypt embassy in Berlin denies sending reports on activists to Cairo
• Islam Beheiry’s challenge against one-year-sentence is rejected
• Leader of Free Egyptians Party resigns, jeopardizes parliamentary seat
• Five authorities affiliated with five western companies have inspected Cairo Airport’s security measures
• Mostafa Bakry quits pro-state parliament bloc
• Egypt security forces kill nine alleged ISIS-linked terrorists in Sinai
• Egypt edges toward wheat supply crisis as traders boycott tender

Wednesday

• Cessation Court accepts appeal against 149 death sentences in the Kerdasa massacre
• Search underway for Italian student missing in Cairo
• Football Ultras Ahlawy’ remains defiant 4-years after deadly Port Said’s violence
• Egypt’s committee on Renaissance Dam to finish technical report this week

Thursday

• Italian student is found dead in Egypt
• President Sisi expresses condolences to Italian PM on Giulio Regeni’s death
• Italian foreign ministry calls for joint investigation into student’s death
• Police kill 2 alleged members of Ajnad Masr
• Congo supports Egypt in Ethiopian Dam issue
• Egyptian rights activist Gamal is banned from travelling
• Egypt’s top prosecutor orders re-opening of Matariya Hospital after doctors’ strike
• Saudi authorities arrest 10 Egyptians on terror charges

Friday

• Mass protest in Port Said against Egyptian president’s peace offering to Ahly Ultras on anniversary of stadium massacre
• Egypt’s central bank meets exchange bureaus in bid to put lid on black market rates
• Egypt’s foreign reserves rise in January for the fourth month in a row
• Egypt’s benchmark index rises by 3.6 percent in trading last week
• Egypt Air is negotiating with Russia for 40 Sukhoi passenger jets

 Saturday 

• 3 people arrested for selling pieces of the Giza Pyramids
• Egypt’s top prosecutor imposes gag order on investigation into Dabaa nuclear project
• Doctors Syndicate leaders summoned by prosecution over Matareya hospital
• Isreal’s Energy Minister: Egypt floods Hamas tunnels, in part due to Israel’s request
• Egyptian power lines to Rafah are disconnected for maintenance ‪
• Police disperse Ahly Club football fans trying to attend training session, amid reports of arrests

 Sunday 

• Body of Italian student found in Egypt is repatriated to Rome after memorial service
• President Sisi, in his latest address: Expensive water, insufficient housing, a difficult future ahead
• Egyptian military restoring churches destroyed following Morsi’s ouster
• Court bans former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and 12 others from travel and freezes assets in corruption case
• Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to begin fresh talks on Renaissance Dam in Khartoum
• Health Ministry admits Zika mosquito is found in Egypt
• Amnesty demands release of minor raped, tortured in police custody
• Erdogan: Turkey may hold ministerial-level contact with Egypt

Good Reports

• Tortured Italian student died slow death. Maggie Michael an Brian Rohan
• In Egypt, second life for independent trade unions. Giulio Regeni’s last report
• When it’s the doctors carrying out female circumcision Pesha Magid
• Female genital mutilation among Egyptian teenage girls drops by 27 percent. Egyptian Streets
• Controversy erupts in Egypt over inclusion of Israeli book at Cairo Fair. Gili Izikovich
• Why “The Jon Stewart of Egypt” is coming to America? Saba Hamedy
• Mada Masr obtains Sisi’s presidential decree for World Bank’s loan

Good Read

• Egypt’s New Radicalism: The Muslim Brotherhood and jihad. Mokhtar Awad
• Am I an Egyptian Jew? Roman Bennoun
• My secret policeman. Mona Eltahawy
• Is 2016 finally a breakout year for the Egyptian economy? Mohsin Khan and Elissa Miller
• Did the Arab uprising destroy the Muslim Brotherhood? Steven Brooke

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/hahellyer/status/696291347641274368

https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/696294377316962304

https://twitter.com/OrenKessler/status/696360283015524353

 Plus:

• Cairo taxi drivers call for protests to ban Uber and Careem services
• A tribute to child prodigy Feyrouz

Photo Gallery

• Mourners lay flowers, light candles in Cairo f for dead Italian student Giulio Regeni

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt