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
From Twitter
Plus
- King Farouk’s corner to open soon in Egypt’s Helwan
- The 19 greatest cities in history in history.
Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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