Top Headlines

• Italian prosecutor in Egypt to probe killing of Italian Student. Monday
• Egypt president suggests his political enemies murdered Italian student. Wednesday
• The 2011 NGO case is reopened against Hossam Bahgat, Gamal Eid and others. Thursday
• Egypt cabinet reshuffle expected soon. Friday
• 15 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai attack claimed by ISIS. Saturday/ Sunday

Funeral of two victims of Saturday’s IS attack in Sinai

Main Headlines

 Monday

• AP: Italian prosecutor in Egypt to probe killing of Italian student Regeni
• Egypt prosecutors to review footage supposedly showing Regeni’s “altercation”
• Central Bank devalues the Egyptian pound to LE8.85 per dollar
• Legal, parliamentary affairs minister to act as Egypt’s interim justice minister
• After serving 3 years in prison, Coptic teacher was acquitted of insulting Islam

 Tuesday

• Egypt CBE offering $1.5 billion at auction to ‘eradicate’ black market
• 15 Egyptians found in Libya were not captured by the Islamic State group
• Egypt’s Al Azhar Grand Imam visits Germany
• Endowments Ministry employees protest against low wages

Wednesday

• Egypt president suggests his political enemies murdered the Italian student Regeni
• Eyewitness testimony in Regeni case is false: Egypt’s general prosecution
• Hamas calls for Egypt to loosen the Gaza blockade
• Egypt to legalize Uber and Careem car-hailing apps
• Egyptian Tamarod co-founder Moheb Doss is released pending trial
• Egypt court reduces jail time against anti-corruption activist Hamdi El-Fakharany

Thursday

• Egypt freeze assets of 4 rights activists in “illegal funding case”
• Military intervention in Libya is ‘too risky,’ says Egypt’s Sisi
• Russian report on Sinai plane crash is referred to Egypt’s attorney general
• Central Bank raises interest rates by 1.5 percent
• Egypt’s stock exchange rockets 14 percent after pound devaluation
• Egypt is not opposed to essence of UN resolution combating sex abuse by peacekeepers
• People are free to believe or disbelieve in religion: Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar

Friday

• Egypt cabinet reshuffle expected is expected soon
• Scan of King Tut’s burial tomb in Egypt reveal hidden rooms
• Pound devaluation is credit positive for Egypt: Moody’s
• Food prices will not rise due to dollar price: President Sisi
• Al-Azhar head calls on Europe to support “moderate” Muslim Institutions
• Egypt condemns latest Israeli land seizure in the West Bank

Saturday 

• 13 Egyptian policemen are killed in Sinai attack claimed by the Islamic State
• John Kerry voices concern over human rights in Egypt as 2011 case is reopened against several NGOs
• Foreign minister rejects US criticism of human rights situation
• Egyptian court upholds 6-month sentence for activists Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel
• Egyptian parliament’s deputy speaker slams US “meddling”
• Egyptian MPs to visit EU parliament to combat “lies”
• Egyptian court orders conditional release of 10 pro-Brotherhood Islamist figures
• Egyptian court refused to hear a case asks for the dissolution of Salafi Nour Party

Sunday

• Death toll in IS attack in Egypt’s Sinai rises to 15
• Brotherhood’s Badie retrial was put on hold after defendants request new judge
• Egyptian MPs call for ban on foreign funding of NGOs, hitting back at Kerry’s comments
• Baseera: only 6% of Egyptians donated LE 1 daily to Tahya Masr Fund
• Saudi Arabia to inject investments worth 30 bn riyals into Egypt
• Armed Forces complete developments in 45 slums

 Good Report

• Anatomy of an election. Hossam Bahgat
• Egypt’s president under unusually stinging criticism at home. Hamza Hendawi
• How effective is the EU Parliament resolution against Egypt? Dalia Rabie
• The Interior Ministry versus police clubs. Passant Rabie
• Egypt’s dirty wheat problem. Eric Knecht
• Scan of King Tut’s tomb shows organic, metal objects in 2 hidden rooms. Betsy Heil

Good Read

• Don’t reward Egypt for torturing innocents. Washington Post
• A defense of the EU Parliament’s resolution on Regeni. Schams El-Ghoneimi
• Egypt’s foreign exchange market and the need for a different economic policy. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• Egypt: Sad for my country. Mohamed Abul Ghar

 From Twitter

Plus 

• John Kerry’s statement: Human rights situation in Egypt

Photo Gallery

• The ongoing restoration of buildings in Downtown Cairo

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt