Main Headlines

• Interior ministry announces identity ‪Sunday’s suicide bombers of both Alexandria and Tanta Cathedrals
• Parliament approves Emergency Law amendment, permitting indefinite detention
• Egypt arrests 13 on suspicion of planning terror attacks  
• Egyptian police loses three females in Sunday’s bombing, for the first time in its history
• Egyptian- American aid Worker is cleared of child abuse charges in Egypt
• Egypt votes in favor of UN resolution on Syria chemical weapons attack

 Top Headlines

 Monday

• Families of victims of Sunday’s bombing gather under heavy security as three-month state of emergency is approved
• Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned despite bombings of Christian churches
• Egyptian police loses three females in Sunday’s bombing, for the first time in its history
• Israel bans Passover holiday exodus to Egypt’s Sinai

 Tuesday

• Egypt police kill ISIS militant suspects in a shootout after church attacks
• Inflation jumps to 32.5%, highest rate since 1980s
• US administration ” fully support” Egypt’s war on terrorism: Congressional committee to defense minister Sobhi

Wednesday

• Interior ministry identifies the suicide bomber responsible for Sunday’s deadly attack at Alexandria’s St Mark’s Cathedral
• ‘Egypt has provided UN Security Council with information on countries that fund terrorism,’ FM Shoukry tells MPs
• Egypt votes in favor of UN resolution on Syria chemical weapons attack

 Thursday

• Egyptian authorities identify the suicide bomber responsible for Sunday’s attack on Tanta’s Cathedral
• Egypt’s Sisi extended his condolences during a meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II at Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo
• Egyptian army to oversee restoration of churches targeted on Palm Sunday
• Egypt’s Catholic, Evangelical churches cancel Easter celebrations
• HRW calls on Egypt for information on 4 Palestinians missing for 20 months

Friday 

• Pope Tawadros leads Good Friday Mass at Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo
• Sectarian violence renewed in Minya as Christians brace for Easter celebrations
• Cairo denies backing maintenance of UN sanctions against Khartoum over Darfur
• Alexandrian rights lawyer gets 10-year jail term, five-year ban on internet use in terrorism conviction

Saturday

• Egypt’s Copts to celebrate Easter Mass days after twin bombings
• Security tight as Copts prepare for Easter mass
• US defense secretary Jim Mattis will visit Egypt on Wednesday April 19
• Mubarak-era interior is sentenced to 7 years in prison for elicit gains
• 1 dead, 10 injured in gas pipeline explosion in New Cairo

Sunday

• Courts acquits Egyptian-American charity worker Aya Hijazi
• Egypt’s prosecution detains three suspects in church bombing investigation
• Egypt arrests 13 on suspicion of planning terror attacks
• Egypt’s military holds Easter service for victims of Palm Sunday’s bombings
• Egypt’s State Council rejects amendments to judicial councils law
• MPs suggest Facebook users pay monthly subscription to aid state surveillance

Good Reports

• Despite bombings, Egypt’s Christian Church celebrates Easter. Bel Trew
• Egypt’s state of emergency in 2017: constitutional enforcement and consequences. Taha Saker
• Egypt’s media in a state of emergency. Mai Shams El-Din
• Handshake between king and president points to waning tensions. Asmahan Soliman and Omar Said
• Why are Israelis suing to go to Egypt on Passover? Naomi Zeveloff
• Filming Egypt after the revolution. Steve Rose
• Sell your garbage: Egypt’s new recycling initiative brings hope for some, threat to others. Zeinab El-Gundy

Good Read

• What Palm Sunday means to Egypt’s Copts. Samuel Tadros
• Coptic Christians’ endless struggle for survival in Egypt. Samuel Tadros
• Copts under western eyes. Maged Atiya

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