Top Headlines

• ‘Blind Sheikh’ Trade Center bomber Omar Abdel-Rahman dies in prison
• Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved a cabinet reshuffle
• Egypt appoints first-ever female governor
• US dollar hits lowest against Egyptian pound in almost a month
• Egypt, Russia sign protocol before resumption of flights
• Egypt says it killed senior operative of IS in Sinai
• Egypt’s foreign ministry denies reports of proposal to establish Palestinian state in Sinai
• Cypriot court rejects Egypt Air plane hijacker asylum request
• Egypt bans motorbikes in areas of central and north Sinai ‪ for a year

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Lebanon’s Aoun to visit Cairo for talks with Egypt’s Sisi and Pope Tawadros
• Embattled Egyptian MP Sadat asks top prosecutor to investigate over allegations leveled against him in parliament
• Egypt’s parliament’s ethics committee recommends ‘insulting’ MP Agina to be stripped of membership

Tuesday

• Egypt’s parliament approved a cabinet reshuffle
• 13 Egyptians freed from kidnappers in Libya
• Italian energy group Edison says more gas discoveries will be made in Egypt
• British Petroleum signs 10 percent of Egypt’s Zohr gas field from Italian energy company Eni
• Libyan rivals meet in Cairo to discuss political settlement
• Egypt’s core inflation soars to a record 30.86 percent in January 2017
• Egypt to set schedule for repaying oil companies soon
• 6 April spokesman Zizo Abdo to be detained for violating probation

Wednesday

• IMF expects Egypt inflation to ease when impact of reform wear off
• 17 Egyptian conscripts were injured in a road accident in North Sinai ‪
• Israel quietly withdraws ambassador from Egypt “over security concerns”
• Some Aspects of ‪Egypt’s flights security remain Problematic: Russian upper house speaker
• Forty British companies showcased their portfolios at an oil and gas event in Cairo this week
• ‪”No alternative to two-state solution” says UN Secretary General in Cairo
• Egyptian mediation committee identifies ‘common ground’ between Libyan rivals to end stalemate
• Egypt’s unemployment is slightly down to 12.4 percent in Q4/2016: CAPMAS

 Thursday

• ‪ Egypt appoints first-ever female governor
• US dollar hits lowest against Egyptian pound in almost a month
• Egypt lowers customs dollar rate to EGP 16 until end of February
• Israeli PM dismisses claims by one of his ministers of an Egyptian plan to establish a Palestinian state in Sinai
• Egypt‪’s cotton exports rise 63.9 pct in Q1 of the agricultural year 2016/17

 Friday

• Egypt, Russia sign protocol before resumption of flights
• Egypt’s foreign ministry denies reports of proposal to establish a Palestinian state in Sinai
• 3 soldiers were killed in an explosion during a raid in central Sinai
• Cypriot court rejects Egypt Air plane hijacker asylum request
• Egyptian Christian is gunned down by a suspected ISIS militants in North Sinai
• A tripartite meeting between Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria on the Libyan crisis will be held on Sunday instead of March 1

Saturday

• ‘Blind Sheikh’ Trade Center bomber Omar Abdel-Rahman dies in prison
• President Sisi in Kenya for a historic state visit
• Egyptian FM heads to US Saturday for first visit since Trump inauguration
• Egypt says it killed senior operative IS in Sinai
• Egypt’s PM bans motorcycles in north, central Sinai for one year
• Higher Constitutional Court rejects lawsuit calling for dissolution of Salafist Nour Party

 Sunday

• Egypt’s army says arrests 8 terrorists in central Sinai
• President Sisi discusses Middle East developments with an American Jewish delegation
• Jama’a al-Islamiya to open headquarters, receive condolences for death of the “blind Sheikh”
• 13 people were sentenced to 2 years in prison for protest against Egypt-Saudi islands agreement
• Verdict in retrial of policeman convicted in El-Sabbagh killing to be issued in Egypt
• Suez Canal breaks record in number of ships, loads: chief

 Good reports

• A year ago, Israel, Jordan and Egypt secretly met for peace. Reuters
• Why 28% Inflation may still not warrant an Egypt’s interest rate increase. Ahmed Feteha
• New education minister raises hopes for future of education in Egypt. Mada Masr
• Egypt’s agricultural exports ripe for world markets after currency float. Reuters
• The right to marriage and divorce for Egypt’s minorities: Tinkering with the issue. Mai Shames El-Din
• Who’s who: Meet the Egyptian cabinet’s fresh faces. Ahram Online
• Nadia Abdo first female governor in Egypt’s history. Al-Masry Al-Youm

Good Read

• Reforming Islam in Egypt: Sisi versus the sheikhs. The Economist
• The price of love: Valentine’s Day in Egypt and its enemies. Aymon Kreil

From Twitter

Plus

• Suez 1956: one Jewish family’s flight from Egypt. Clemy (Menir) Lazarus
• UNESCO Director General visits Cairo’s newly restored Museum of Islamic Art

Finally here are Jason Casper’s prayers for Egypt