Top Headlines

• Egypt journalist union chiefs are charged with harboring wanted colleagues
• Egypt investigates teenage girl’s death during illegal FGM
• 6 Egyptian soldiers were killed, 6 were injured in North Sinai
• Egypt Air crash: Black box signals have been detected by search team
• Egypt receives first of two French Mistral worship
• Appeals court acquits 33 convicted for 2 years over island deal protests

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt journalist union chiefs are charged with harboring wanted colleagues
• Egypt’s press syndicate leaders were released on bail
• Egypt investigates teenage girl’s death after female genital mutilation procedure
• Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie sentenced to life in prison for the 7th time for Ismailia violence
• Guardian denies that Joseph Mayton, whom it accused of fabricating quotes and sources, was its Cairo correspondent
• Sisi pledges to eliminate slums within two years as he inaugurate housing project
• Fitch affirms Egypt rating at ‘B’ with stable outlook

Tuesday

• Egypt FM opens inquiry into an official’s alleged reference to Sub-Saharan Africans as “dogs and slaves”
• 6 Egyptian soldiers were killed, 6 were injured in North Sinai
• Hungarian PM in Cairo to boost ties and economic cooperation
• Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate can’t be broken, says chairman Yehia Kalash
• Nineteen Egyptian human rights groups denounce charges against leaders of press syndicate
• Egyptian TV figures El-Ibrashi, Shobeir, El-Tayeb are banned following on-air fight

 Wednesday

• Egypt Air crash: Black box signals have been detected by search team
• Egypt denies one of its officials called Africans ‘dogs and slaves’
• Egypt reopens Gaza crossing for first time in 3 weeks
• ‪Hungry‪ to finance Egypt’s €900 million purchase of 700 train carriages
• Egyptian FM: Egyptian territories are not on table in Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
• Egypt, Kuwaiti fund sign first development deal for Sinai worth $100 million
• Egyptian FM: It is pointless not to acknowledge Ethiopia’s dam
• Egypt Air cancels flight to Bangkok after false bomb scare

Thursday

• Egypt receives first of two French Mistral worships
• Egyptian military court sentences 187 Morsi supporters to life in prison
• Egypt’s former top auditor referred to court “for spreading false news”
• Egypt’s army says it killed 22 militants in North Sinai in 3rd phase of Martyr’s Right
• Egyptian veteran activist Shahenda Maklad dies at 78
• Egypt’s Foreign ministry hits back at EU statements criticizing ‘crackdown’ on journalists
• Team testing new scanner on Egypt’s Great Pyramids

Friday

• Egypt’s former top auditor was released on bail ahead of corruption trial
• Egypt wants Kenya diplomat fired over “fabricated” racism charge
• Egypt Air plane made no emergency landings day before crash: Egypt Air chairman
• Blackouts in North Sinai as terrorists attack power line
• Palestinian state must become a reality: Egyptian FM addresses Paris conference
• Egypt’s Sisi to discuss first two years of presidency in a TV interview
• Egypt’s military sends forces to rescue a migrant boat

Saturday

• Sisi has launched the national project for Sinai development worth 150 billion Egyptian pounds
• Trial of Journalists Syndicate chairman is adjourned to June 18
• After 2 years in office, 91% of Egyptians are satisfied with Sisi

 Sunday

• Appeals court acquits 33 convicted for 2 years over island deal protests
• Egypt’s population to hit 91 million on Sunday
• Amid leaks, general secondary certificate religion exam is cancelled
• Egypt police stop Sepultura heavy metal concert for “incomplete permission”
• Egypt’s non-oil business activity slows for the 8th month

 Good Reports

• How the luxury resorts on Egypt’s perfect beaches turned into abandoned “ghost hotels”. Bethan Staton
• Ahead of Paris Summit, Israel sees Egypt’s regional initiative is preferable to the French peace plan. Barak Ravid
• In Egypt’s broad crackdown, prominent journalists are now facing trial. Leila Fadel
• Breaking the back of the Journalists Syndicate. Omar Said
• Gender-based violence in Egypt costs between EGP 2.17 and 6.15 billion annually: Survey. Mariam Mecky
• Women’s rights activists launch “Say No” campaign to stamp out abuse. Hend El-Behary
• Egypt’s battered tourist industry anxiously awaits the results of Egypt Air crash investigation. Isabel Esterman
• Experts look at human factors to explain Ain Sokhna shark attack. Mada Masr

Good Read

• Will Sisi squander his chance to fix Egypt’s economy? David Shenker
• An outrageous anti-Christian attack in Egypt. Lela Gilbert
• Transitional Justice Project:Egypt’s court system 101.The Tahrir Institute
• What if the June 1967 War” never happened? Maged Atiya

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Video

• Ceremony of raising the Egyptian flag on the Mistral in France.
• Rare look at Egypt’s sunken cities

Interview

• Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri spoke about the improvements in Hamas-Egypt ties

Photo Gallery

• When boxing legend Muhammad Ali came to Egypt
• Ramadan lanterns light up Cairo’s streets

 Plus

• An Emerging Tattoo Culture in Egypt. Ines Della Valle
• King Tut’s dagger was made from a “space iron”
• Cairo metro doubles fines on passengers who violate rules

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt

 For new followers, Aak means “a mess” in Arabic

A blessed and happy Ramadan for all -Ramadan Karim