Top Headlines

• Egypt’s Sisi to arrive in Washington Saturday, meet Trump Monday
• Egyptian MPs in Washington to rally support against Muslim Brotherhood in Congress circles
• Rival campaigns mount ahead of President Sisi’s visit to the US
• Sisi and King Salman exchange invitations to respective countries on sidelines of Jordan summit
• Egypt court voids ruling halting transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia
• CPJ denounces Egypt’s continuous detention of journalists
• Egypt lowers customs exchange rate to 16.5 pounds/dollar in April
• Cairo, Berlin sign agreement on allowing German civil ‪society to resume work in Egypt
• Egypt judges voice strong objections to draft law regulating appointment of heads of judicial bodies

 Main Headlines

Monday

• Israel urges citizens to leave Egypt’s Sinai, citing IS threat
• ‘State Department report on ‎human rights in Egypt reflects ‎Obama’s negative view,’ says Egypt’s foreign ministry
• Egypt’s Sisi arrives in Jordan for Arab league summit
• Arab League suffers from ‘serious budget shortage’: Secretary General
• Egypt participates in Nile Basin Initiative talks in Entebbe

Tuesday 

• Egyptian judges voice strong objections to draft law regulating appointment of heads of judicial bodies
• Video by Egyptian Militant group Lewaa al-Thawra announces death of four of its members
• Egyptian man to face trial for rape of a 20-month old girl
• Egypt’s investment minister promises legal reforms to support investors
• Egypt to begin production from Zohr gas field by by late 2017

Wednesday

• Egypt’s Sisi and Saudi King Salman exchange invitations to respective countries during Jordan meeting
• Arab states should stand together against ‘foreign intervention’, Egypt’s Sisi tells Arab League
• ISIS group in Egypt’s Sinai beheads two accused of accused of practicing witchcraft and apostasy
• Egypt’s Judges Club calls for meeting with Sisi to discuss controversial judiciary law
• Egypt’s Interior Ministry agrees to transfer detainee with rare infection to private hospital to a private hospital

Thursday

• Italian travel company organizes 4 weekly flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh
• Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign deal to establish company to invest in start-ups
• Saudi Arabia allows ‪Egyptian visa violators 90-day grace period to leave country
• UAE jails an academic for ten years on Wednesday over tweets that criticized Egypt

Friday

• Egypt’s Sisi to arrive in Washington Saturday, meet Trump Monday
• Egypt lowers customs exchange rate to 16.5 pounds/dollar in April
• Cairo, Berlin sign agreement on allowing German civil society to resume work in Egypt
• Israeli tourists are ignoring warning of terror attacks in Egypt’s Sinai
• Belgium reissues Egypt travel advice: Sharm not included in Sinai warning
• CPJ denounces Egypt’s continuous detention of journalists
• Six men have been arrested in Egypt’s Sharqiya after mob harasses a woman
• Egypt’s Suez Canal records 1.7% revenue increase in March

Saturday

• Egypt’s Sisi to focus on economy in trip to Washington: FM Shoukry
• Egyptian MPs in Washington to rally support against the Muslim Brotherhood in Congress circles
• Rival campaigns mount ahead of President Sisi’s visit to Washington
• 1 killed, 5 critically injured in explosion outside Tanta’s police faculty
• Militant group Lewaa Al-Thawra claims responsibility for Tanta’s blast
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia foreign ministers to hold political consultations in Cairo
• Egypt receives second $500 million tranche of African Development Bank loan

 Sunday

• Egypt court voids ruling halting transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia
• Egypt court upholds ‘terror group’ designation for leading Muslim Brotherhood figures
• Egypt’s army has named a prominent leader of militant group Ansar Beit El-Maqdis who it said was killed after airstrikes
• Electricity returns to Sinai’s Sheikh Zuwayed and Rafah in North Sinai
• Egypt’s foreign debit jumps 40% to US$67 billion: Central bank
• Sisi discusses Egypt’s economic reform with president of World Bank
• Egypt destroys two Gaza border tunnels

Good Reports

• Trump seeks to ‘reboot’ U.S. relationship with Egypt. Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland
• Warm welcome awaits Sisi as Trump rolls out red carpet for Egypt’s strong man. Ruth Michaelson
• In major shift, Trump is taking Egypt’s human rights issues Peter Baker
• Egypt’s judges are up in arms over a draft law expanding the president’s control of the judiciary. AP
• Colossus discovery highlights difficulties of preserving Egypt’s heritage. Aya Nader
• Despite talk of good relations, security concerns darken Egypt-Sudan ties. Ayah Aman

Good Read

• Can Trump cut a deal with Egypt? Eric Trager
• President Trump talks terror with Egypt’s Sisi. David Schenker
• Egypt goes from bad to worse: Under President Sisi, the nation longs for the good old days of Mubarak. Steven Cook

And my thoughts on Egypt’s Sisi visit to Washington

From Twitter

Interview

• On the run: An interview with Egyptian atheist Sherif Gaber

Book Review

• A. Hellyer’s book: A revolution undone by–life after protest. Siona Jenkins

Plus

• Video of ‘Israeli envoy’ at Egypt wedding sparks anger
• Egypt’s biggest mall brings indoor skiing to Africa