Top Headlines

• Elderly Christian woman was stripped naked and paraded through streets by mob in southern Egypt. Thursday
• Search teams have picked up a beacon possibly from Egypt Air Flight 804, narrowing the search radius. Friday
• Egypt deported a French journalist without explanation. Wednesday
• Egyptian military court sentences 8 Brotherhood members to death. Sunday

An elderly Coptic woman was stripped naked and eight houses were set on fire by mobs in Upper Egypt’s Minya

( Photo via The Cairo post)

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt denies Egypt Air pilot contacted Egypt’s control center
• A French navy ship joins hunt for traces of Egypt Air flight 804
• Egypt prosecutor seeks data from France, Greece on crashed plane
• Egypt’s military chief of staff heads to US for military cooperation talks
• Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
• Egyptian parliament speaker warns MPs not to criticize monetary policy
• Case to determine whether to freeze assets of Hossam Bahgat, Gamal Eid is adjourned
• Egypt prosecution summons ex-top auditor for questioning over corruption report
• Egypt’s fresh water share per individual decreases by 1.5%
• Doctors Syndicate demands 22 jailed protesters on hunger strike to be taken to hospital

Tuesday

• Egyptian head of forensics denies reports of explosion on Egypt Air flight 804
• 4 Egyptian activists arrested for sticking anti-island deal posters in metro station‪
• Members of satirical troupe receive another 15 days in detention
• Egypt is reportedly pushing for bilateral Israeli-Palestinian summit
• Workers from 2 of Egypt’s state companies – Nile Cotton, Alexandria Shipyard – stage sit-in against unpaid wages

Wednesday

• Egypt deported a French journalist without explanation
• Egyptian army ‘kills 88 militants’ in North Sinai
• Amnesty, HRW lament Egypt’s ‘crackdown on dissent’, call for serious measures
• Egyptian prosecutors set bail for 4 activists over anti-island deal posters
• Cabinet reveals plans to tap into unused public sector assets

 Thursday

• Elderly Christian woman was stripped naked and paraded through streets by mob in southern Egypt
• Five arrested, 10 others wanted over sectarian violence in Minya
• France sends underwater probes to Egypt Air search zone
• Head of CIHRS Mohamed Zarea is banned from travelling
• Cabinet approves $2.5 billion grant from Saudi Arabia

 Friday

• Search teams have picked up a beacon possibly from Egypt Air Flight 804, narrowing the search radius
• Muslim mob in Egypt strips 70-year-old Christian woman
• Muslim woman after Egypt mob riot: ” I had no affair with a Christian man”
• Coptic Pope chooses Minya’s bishop church spokesperson on sectarian violence
• Five more were arrested for Egypt’s Minya sectarian attacks on Christians
• US citizen was barred entry to Egypt due to “national security” concerns
• Ethiopian ambassador slams Egyptian media for sloppy coverage of Renaissance Dam issue

Saturday

• Minya Bishop: Informal reconciliation efforts welcome but law must be upheld in Egypt
• Minya bishop criticizes Al-Azhar initiative to tackle sectarianism
• Egyptian media gloats over fabricated Guardian’s articles
• Egypt mulls establishing airport security agency: Sputnik
• Egyptian court obliged government to secure jobs for people with special needs
• Egypt’s help crucial to establish independent Palestine: Abbas in Cairo

 Sunday

• Egypt’s military court sentences 8 Brotherhood to death for planning attacks against army and police
• Three Egyptian policemen are detained over suspect’s death in custody
• Fiji pulls some peacekeepers from Egypt amid security fears
• former Information Minister Safwat al-Sherif, sons sentenced to 5-10 years in prison for illicit gains ‪http://www.madamasr.com/news/safwat-al-sherif-sons-sentenced-5-10-years-prison-illicit-gains …
• Roadside bomb kills 2 police officers in Sinai
• Egypt to drop visa requirements for Gulf citizens in a bid to promote tourism
• Ex-Interim president Adly Mansour is replaced as head of Egypt’s constitutional court after reached retirement age

 Good Reports

• Were Egypt Air flight 804’s pilots were killed Before before they send a MayDay? Clive Irving
• The Egypt Air jet 804 did not show technical problems before taking off from Paris. Lin Noueihed and Tim Hepher
• Why is Egypt calling on Israel to release Marwan Al-Barghouti? Ahmed Fouad
• Egypt’s military cooperation with US continues to move forward. Ahmed Eleiba
• Cash offer for TV shows to hide cigarettes, drugs has some in Egypt fuming. Rami Galal

Good Read

• Drinking from the Nile. Steven A. Cook
• Questioning E Egypt’s golden era. Amr Kotb
• How to prevent the collapse of Egyptian tourism. Faisal J. Abbas
• Spare Egypt from those foreign loans. Zeinobia

Interview

• Egyptian Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag reflects on the group’s mistakes and future. Abdel Rahman Youssef

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Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt