Top Headlines

• Egyptian police ‘investigated’ Giulio Regeni days before his murder
• Egypt names six provincial governors, mostly ex-generals
• A newly-established militant group published a video of footage from a an attack against a security checkpoint in Menoufiya governorate
• Court orders release of 5 activists accused of attempting to overthrow the state
• Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina: Female genital mutilation needed because Egyptian men are sexually weak

 Main Headlines

 Monday 

• France warns that ISIS fighters could flee Libya to Tunisia and Egypt
• Sisi and Putin agree on sending Russian delegation to inspect Egyptian airports
• Egypt’s approval of value-added tax is credit positive: Moody’s
• Court to announce its decision on appeal against imprisonment of ex-top auditor Hisham Geneina in October
• Egyptian airlines saw 40.4% decrease in passenger traffic in 2015
• Suez Canal sees 2% decline of revenues in July

 Tuesday

• Former army general is appointed as Egypt’s new minister of supply
• Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina: Female genital mutilation needed because Egyptian men are “sexually weak”
• General prosecutor orders detention of officials in Fayoum’s wheat supply case
• Coptic teenagers accused of insulting religion seek asylum in Switzerland
• Egypt to hire private companies
• Egypt to hire private companies to clean, manage and secure the area around the Pyramids of Giza
• AUC and Cairo University drop in QS World University Ranking

Wednesday

• New militant group Lewaa El-Thawra broadcasts attack on Menoufiya’s security checkpoint
• South Sinai deputy security director injured in an armed attack
• Egypt court orders release of ‘Street Children’ satire group on pending inquiry
• MP who called Egyptian men ‘sexually weak’ to be referred to ethics committee
• Illiteracy in Egypt stood at 14.5 million in 2015
• Egypt bans statues without official approval after public outrage

Thursday

• Egypt names six provincial governors, mostly ex-generals
• Russian delegation has paid another visit to check security measures at Egyptian airports
• ‪An Egyptian‪ court rules police must disclose results of its investigations into 2011’s church bombing
• An Egyptian court rules Egyptians married to Israelis must be stripped of citizenship

Friday

• Egyptian police ‘investigated’ Giulio Regeni days before his murder
• Egyptian investigators are “closer to” to identifying causes of Russian plane crash
• HRW hails Egypt’s approval of harsher penalties against FGM
• Natural deaths among Egyptian pilgrims in hajj climb to 16
• ‪Egypt receives first $1 billion tranche of World Bank’s loan

 Saturday

• A final court order was given for the release of 5 activists accused of attempting to overthrow the state
• Egyptian court rules NGOs have the right to foreign funding for development
• Egypt’s new VAT is now in force
• Egypt welcomes truce deal in Syria
• Pro-FGM MP says law will not curb the prevalent practice
• Turkey resumes flights to Sharm al-Sheikh on Saturday

 Sunday

• Activist and a legal adviser for the family of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni Ahmed Abdullah walks free
• “street children” are released 4 days after court order
• Online petition supports detained journalist Mahmoud Al-Saqa

 Good Reports

• The Armed Forces and business: Economic expansion in the last 12 months. Mohamed Hamama
• Egypt is about to slash the value of its currency to revive its flagging economy. Dominic Dudley
• Egypt’s money woes hit a touchstone of marriage. Dahlia Kholaif and Tamer El-Ghobashy.
• Research: No man’s land in Egypt. Aya Nader
• 5 ways Egyptians are dealing with the dollar crisis. Passant Rabie

And

• Meet Ebrahim Hamadtou, Egypt’s armless table tennis ‘legend’ who is in a class of his own AFP

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