Apology for the late posting of my weekly Egypt’s compilation, as I was in a short trip abroad. 

Top Headlines

• Egypt Air MS804 cockpit recorder contents are not damaged
• TV host Liliane Daoud is arrested and deported from Egypt
• Coptic Christian priest killed in North Sinai
• Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad/Central Bank governor denies
• Egypt condemns terrorist attack in Turkey
• Egypt welcomes lifting Sinai from no-fly zones

 Main Headlines 

 Monday 

• France opens manslaughter inquiry into the crash of Egypt Air flight
• Egypt police fire tear gas at high school students protesting against education ministry
• President Al-Sisi ratifies amendments on weapons and armor law…
• TV host Liliane Daoud is arrested in home raid
• Sisi government met PKK three times: Turkish intelligence raid

 Tuesday

• Egypt welcomes lifting Sinai from no-fly zones
• 8 men were released on bail following Muslim mob attack on Christians on Upper Egypt
• Egypt court sets ruling in former top auditor trial for July 28
• Egypt to open Rafah border crossing with Gaza with Gaza for four days

 Wednesday

• Smoke is detected on board Egypt Air flight before crash
• Sisi says exam leaks will not be repeated, state respects court ruling on islands deal
• Egypt court upholds 6-month sentence for man who appeared on balcony naked
• Egypt condemns terrorist attack in Turkey
• Egypt’s parliament approves state budget for FY 2016/17
• I will fight to return to Cairo soon, says renowned Lebanese TV host Liliane Daoud

Thursday

• Egypt’s army celebrates 30 June anniversary of June 30
• Six Egyptian border guards killed in shootout with smugglers near Libya
• Coptic Christian priest killed in North Sinai
• Italy blocks defense deal with Egypt over stalled investigation into Cambridge graduate’s brutal murder
• Egypt expresses ‘discomfort’ over Italy halting warplanes supplies in response to Regeni’s case
• Egypt’s Sisi: ‘Egyptian people regained identity in 30 June revolution
• Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad amid hard currency shortage
• Egypt’s Al-Azhar denounces ‘despicable’ murder of Coptic priest

Friday

• France condemns deadly attack on Egyptian border guards, killing of Coptic priest in Sinai
• Egypt repays Qatar final $1 billion in outstanding debt
• Egypt’s central bank governor denies debit card are banned for use abroad
• Egypt has no intention has no intention to amend Arab Peace Initiative: FM Shoukry
• Prosecution releases twin high school students who were arrested for exam protests

Saturday

• Egypt Air MS804 cockpit recorder contents are not damaged
• Trial of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate’s chairman is postponed again
• Egypt Thanaweya Amma applied math exam is leaked for the second time
• FM arrives in Baghdad to discuss supporting Iraq in terrorism fight
• Egypt condemns terror attack in Bahrain
• Egypt Air could lose up to $2 million if daylight saving time is cancelled

 Sunday 

• Two military personnel are injured in Rafah explosion in North Sinai
• Egypt in talks with UAE over US$500 million grant
• Egypt due for another devaluation of its currency in 2016/17
• Egypt facing ‘unprecedented’ challenges to human rights: NCHR report
• More TV advertisements are suspended during Ramadan

 Good Reports

• In Egypt, Sisi’s star fades as problems pile up. Amina Ismail and Lin Noueihed
• ‘Thug Life:’ Exposing Egypt’s disturbing revenge attack industry. Shounaz Meky
• Horrifying mob of 5,000 attacks Christians for building a church. Katie Mansfield
• Annual water crisis: Broken promises and local action. Heba Afifi
• Understanding 554 travel bans since 2011. Pesha Magid

Good Read

• No neutral in the Egypt-Qatar quarrel. Oren Kessler and David Weinberg
• June 30, 3 years on: Protesting intellectuals revisit their position. Hadeer al-Mahdawy
• June 30, 3 years on: The Muslim Brotherhood at breaking point.
• Egypt’s gender inequality has a price the country can’t afford.Rachel Aspden
• Farag Fouda: The man who died for the love of Egypt. Mohamed Abul Ghar
• Are Egypt’s courts carrying out their own revolution? Ayah Aman
• When Egyptian high school students headed to Tahrir square to protest. Zeinobia

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Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt