Matariya residents pose for pictures  the head of an unearthed statue of Pharaoh Ramses II -Reuters

Top Headlines

• Archaeologists in Egypt discover massive statue in a Cairo slum
• Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council rejects bill that gives president judicial appointment power
• Russia, Egypt have agreed on aviation security protocol
• Egyptians protest lack of subsidized bread after government decision to reduce bakeries quota
• An Alexandria criminal court sentenced a man to death after he was convicted of killing an Alexandria liquor store owner in January
• Vatican confirms papal trip to Egypt is under study
• Egyptian-Turkish Business Council to meet for first time since 2013 Morsi ouster
• Disagreement between Egypt, Palestine over proposed amendment to Arab Peace Initiative
• Egypt’s top archeologist Hawas apologizes for calling Lionel Messi “an idiot”

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Supply minister considers limiting share of bread to 3 loaves per capita
• Ibrahim Eissa: As a journalist I have the right to criticize the parliament
• US dollar rises at various banks Monday
• Police prevent Sunday mass in a Minya Church citing security concerns
• Sisi visits National Security Agency, commends counterterrorism efforts on anniversary of 2011 raids of Mubarak-era security services
• Remittances from Egyptian citizens working abroad rose by 23% in January
• Egypt’s FM demands open investigation into death of inmate in Italy

 Tuesday

• Egyptians block railroad in protest after the government cut supply of subsidized bread
• Egypt supply minister says bread quota reduction to combat misuse by bakers
• Egypt condemned the forceful takeover by a Libyan militant group of two of the country’s largest oil ports
• A Cairo criminal court has ordered the arrest of steel tycoon Ezz pending retrial on corruption charges
• Egypt, EU launch new phase of strategic partnership

 Wednesday 

• Egypt looks to avert bread protests after subsidy cut
• 100,000 electronic subsidy cards to be distributed in Egypt following bread crisis
• Egypt’s top archeologist Hawas apologizes for calling Lionel Messi “an idiot”
• Statue of Amenhotep III, 66 of goddess Sekhmet is unearthed in Luxor

Thursday

• Man convicted of killing Alexandria liquor store owner ‪is sentenced to death
• Egypt’s annual core inflation jumped to 33.10 percent in February
• An affiliate of the Islamic State affiliate in North Sinai claims responsibility for murder of a police colonel
• Disagreement between Egypt, Palestine over proposed amendment to Arab Peace Initiative
• Egypt’s presidential spokesperson launches an official Facebook page
• Egypt’s overall balance of payments registered a surplus of $7 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year
• No final decision on increase in visa fee
• Egypt becomes vice head of World Bank Board of Governors for Africans for 2017

 Friday

• Archeologists in Egypt discover a massive statue in Cairo slum
• Egyptologist Hawass refutes reports colossal statue was damaged during excavation
• Egypt says two security officers were killed, four wounded in Sinai
• Two ‪Egyptian policemen have been arrested for alleged ‘terror charge’ extortion plot

 Saturday

• Egypt to take part in joint military drills with Bahrain and UAE
• Vatican confirms papal trip to Egypt is under study
• Egypt’s ACA reports senior official at planning ministry for taking EGP 1.3 million bribe
• Schneider Electric aims to change Egypt’s electricity system
• Amazon studies establishment of logistics center in Egypt

Sunday 

• Russia, Egypt finalized aviation security protocol– Russian Transport Minister
• ‪Egypt Supreme Judicial Council rejects bill that gives the president judicial appointment power
• Parliamentary committees approve bill stipulating harsher penalties for sports team fan associations
• Egypt presents peacekeeping countries’ UN resolution to end sexual exploitation and abuse
• Egyptian-Turkish Business Council to meet for first time since 2013 Morsi ouster
• Egyptian court rules that American University in Cairo must collect all tuition fees in Egyptian pounds

 Good Reports

• Is the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai gaining ground? Basma Mostafa
• Inside Egypt’s women’s prisons. Ravy Shaker
• Feminist testimonies from Egypt. Hind Ahmed Zaki
• Bodily-rights – feminist testimonies from Egypt. Ghadeer Ahmed
• Egypt’s capital Cairo set to grow by half a million in 2017. Reuters

Good Read

• The future of Egyptian Islamism. Mokhtar Awad
• Egyptian feminist movement: A brief history. Rana Magdy

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• New statue of Ramses II is unearthed in Cairo

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• Giant catfish fossil is found in Egyptian desert
• Princess Fatma Ismail: The woman behind Cairo university

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt