Top headlines

• Military spokesperson confirms error in 4-year-old’s conviction. Monday
• Egypt Court orders release orders release on parole of Jihadist Mohamed El-Zawahiri. Tuesday 
• Egypt’s Sisi says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists. Wednesday
• Sisi said he would sell himself to fix Egypt’s debt. So someone put him up for sale on eBay. Reports
• 3 Coptic teens were handed maximum 5-year prison sentence for insulting Islam. Thursday
• House Judiciary Committee Advances Bill to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organization. Friday

Egyptian MP Okasha meets the Israeli Ambassador

Via Al-Bawaba  

Main Headlines

 Monday

• MP Okasha was removed from parliamentary chamber after calling for an early elections
• Military spokesperson confirms error in 4-years conviction
• No return of military trials for Egypt’s low ranking policemen
• A student was killed, and seven others were injured in an explosion in Al-Arish
• Reporters Without Borders decries persecution of journalists under Sisi
• Musicians Syndicate moves against “Satanist” metal concerts
• Bassem Youssef lambasts Presidency over police violations
• Al-Azhar student dismissed for lying about Quran recitation prize
• Face-veiled members of Qasr Al-Aini school, hospitals protest against banning Niqab

Tuesday

• Egypt Court orders release orders release on parole of Jihadist Mohamed El-Zawahiri
• Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was banned from travelling
• Major cultural paper blanks cover in solidarity with writer Naji
• An Egyptian court acquits 11 of illegal protesting
• The world should support Egypt in security and economy, says British ambassador
• Egyptian parliament lifts immunity from MP El-Hariri for trial
• Central bank widens exceptions on import restrictions
• Egypt hopes to issue international bond by the end of June
• Okasha says Sisi blocked his attempt to address the parliament

Wednesday

• Egypt’s Sisi says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
• Sisi says he will continue building Egypt until end of either life or term
• Roadside bomb kills 2 policemen in North Sinai
• British delegation in Egypt’s Marsa Alam airport to evaluate security procedures
• “Writer Ahmed Naji’s jail verdict is unconstitutional,” say 7 authors of Egypt’s constitution
• Still no identification of culprits behind Italian student’s murder, says Egyptian police
• Italy seeks more access to the Egyptian probe into the Italian student’s murder
• Egypt’s prosecution challenges release on parole for jihadi Mohamed El-Zawahiri
• Facebook admin Taymour El-Sobky is referred to court for “spreading false news”

Thursday

• 3 Coptic teens were handed maximum 5-year prison sentence for insulting Islam
• Egypt is invited to attend G20 meeting for the first time
• Armed forces seize ammunition in central Sinai
• Egypt’s fuel subsidies drop 42% in the first half of the fiscal year
• Dinner with Israel’s ambassador earns “anti-Zionist” Egyptian MP Okasha criticism
• Don’t rush to float the Egyptian pound, says Economist Mohamed El-Erian
• Egyptian authorities secure release of 13 Egyptian sailors from Yemen
• Egypt’s anti-torture center El Nadeem remains open, health ministry ‘fabricating facts’: Director
• Egypt’s Central Bank allows mortgage firms to lend for poor and medium income housing

 Friday

• House Judiciary Committee advances a bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organization
• Journalists in Aqrab Prison start hunger strike
• Policeman is killed in Giza
• Bomb squads dismantle two IEDs in Haram
• Cambridge PhD students protest at Egyptian Embassy in Rome over student’s killing
• Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel officially holds office after 3-year gap
• Two Brotherhood members killed in shoot-out with Egyptian police
• Sisi stresses on Egypt-Kazakhstan cooperation in development projects
• Egyptian doctor convicted of FGM loses license
• SMS donations to Long Live Egypt Fund reach LE 2.1 million since Wednesday
• The Italian oil and gas company Eni has successfully drilled new oil wells in the Nile Delta

Saturday

• EasyJet to resume flights to Sharm El-Sheikh on 29 May if U.K. government lifts the ban
• Egyptian footballer Abou-Treika has been referred to prosecution “for funding a terrorist group”
• Cairo mulls options to replace the Secretary-General of the Arab League
• Press syndicate issues formal complaint over conditions of jailed journalists
• Egyptian MPs plan sanctions for Tawfik Okasha after dinner with Israeli ambassador
• Doctors launch campaign for free health care across Egypt
• Sisi to deliver speech in front in front of Japanese parliament

Sunday

• Masked gunmen shot dead an Egyptian police officer in Sinai
• Four policemen shot dead in Qalyoubiya
• Shoe thrown at Egyptian lawmaker who met with Israeli envoy
• Egypt welcomes US Congress legislation to label Muslim Brotherhood as a “terrorist group”
• Hunger-striking journalists transferred to prison hospital
• Egypt’s CIB appoints former Central Bank governor Ramez as managing editor

Good Reports

• Sisi’s tears were seen seven times in the media. Al-Masry Al-Youm
• For sale on eBay: One slightly used Egyptian president. Brian Ries
• Turkey wants estranged Egypt to be part of working group on Libya. Emine Kart
• Egypt migrant departures stir new concern in Europe. Francesco Guarascio
• Egypt’s metal fans divided after fresh Satanism accusations. Nourhan Tawfiq
• Steelers RB Williams to share skills in Egypt’s football camp. Betsy Hiel
• Egypt’s other uprising: Start-up companies are flourishing. Kristen Chick

Good Read

• Will U.S. aid package ignore Egypt’s human rights abuse? Aaron Miller
• Ahmed Naji, the use of life and the zombies. Richard Jacquemond
• My Heikal. Maged Atiya
• Behind the Egyptian President Sisi’s strategic embrace of a Cairo soccer team. Zvi Bar’el
• Youssef Rakha: Genius in the land of madness. Brian Whitaker

From Twitter

Video

• Egypt’s intellectuals rally behind jailed writer Ahmed Nagy ‪http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/188464/Multimedia.aspx …

Photo Gallery

• Women make their debut as attendants in Cairo’s gas stations

Plus

• Meet the female truck driver breaking stereotypes in Egypt.
• Statement by the Official Spokesperson of the Health Ministry regarding of the Nadeem Center.
• Egypt temple’s biannual solar alignment phenomenon blocked by fog
• First Egyptian female police chief among UN mission in Morocco
• ‘Mawlana’ movie to stir controversy: actor Amr Saad Actor Amr Saad

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt