Top Headlines

• IMF mission arrives in Cairo to discuss Egypt’s loan request
• Al-Azhar rejects Egypt government decision to standardize Friday sermons
• Egypt has not received political asylum request from Turkish cleric Gulen
• Central Bank of Egypt decided to leave its benchmark interest rates unchanged
• Egypt appeal court upholds 1-year sentence for TV host Behery in contempt of religion case
• Israel’s Netanyahu celebrates Egypt National Day

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt will “soon” receive $500 million Saudi loan Saudi loan
• Egypt’s Coptic pope warns of ‘danger’ following recent attacks against Christians
• Egyptian policeman killed in a Sinai in an attack claimed by ISIS
• Egyptian parliament approves a new civil service law
• Suez Canal introduces cheaper tolls for empty US oil vessels travelling to Gulf

Tuesday

• Egypt is “nearing the final stages” of its talks with IMF
• ‪Former top auditor sentenced to 1 year in jail for “spreading false news”
• Egyptian delegation in Moscow for talks on Russian plane crash investigation
• Egyptian MPs call on parliament to recognize the Armenian genocide
• Mubarak-era tourism minister is referred to criminal court
• ‪Egypt is‪ keen on promoting military cooperation with Pakistan

Wednesday

• Egypt stock market jumps on news of MF loan talks
• Sisi: IMF loan will bolster international confidence in Egypt’s economy
• Al-Azhar rejects Egypt government decision to standardize Friday sermons
• Director of political film ‘Clash’ is angry at efforts “to sabotage Egyptian release”
• 8 percent of Egyptian population lives below poverty line

 Thursday

• Despite soaring inflation, the Central Bank of Egypt decided to leave its benchmark interest rates unchanged
• Sisi meets Pope Tawadros as negotiations on law to build churches continue
• PM: Egypt has not received political asylum request from Turkish cleric Gulen
• An army conscript was killed and three were injured in a bombing in North Sinai
• Egypt is hosting Libya talks to ease deadlock
• Israel’s Netanyahu celebrates Egypt National Day
• Egyptian court bans ‘Women Against the Coup’ movement

Friday

• Egypt female circumcision doctor has served 3-month sentence
• North Sinai Security Director survives Interior Ministry reshuffle
• FM Shoukry and Kerry discuss Libya, Israeli-Palestinian peace process by phone
• British MPs discuss airport security with Egypt’s interior minister
• Egypt expresses reservations on labeling Gulen movement as terrorist group
• Health minister: No more waiting lists for hepatitis C drug

 Saturday

• IMF mission arrives in Cairo to discuss Egypt’s loan request
• 13 are sentenced to death over killing of policeman in Kerdasa ‪
• British lawmakers conclude four-day visit to Egypt
• Egypt’s Jewish community diminished to 6 women after death of Lucy Saul
• Dollar price drops on black market as talks on $12billion IMF loan is announced

 Sunday

• Egypt appeal court upholds 1-year sentence for TV host Behery in contempt of religion case
• Egypt denies IMF has imposed conditions on loan package.
• Detention is renewed for rights lawyer Malek Adly , defense team protests violations
• Egypt air force strikes ISIS explosives plant in Sinai, 46 dead.

 Good Reports

• Is Upper Egypt becoming the epicenter for sectarian violence? Sonia Farid
• Will Hamas accept new Egypt-brokered deal with Israel? Rasha Abou- Jalal
• The 23 July Revolution: A history through Egyptian cinema classics. Adham Youssef

 Good Read

• Tiran and Sanafir Trials Continue to Reverberate in Egypt. Khaled Dawoud
• Sisi’s new approach to Egypt-Israel relations. Mohamed Soliman
• Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism. Ziad Bahaa Eldin

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