Top Headlines

• IMF reaches staff level agreement for second loan installment to Egypt
• Thomas Cook cancels hundreds of flights to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt on Foreign Office guidance
• Egypt’s Sisi receives an invite to upcoming Riyadah Trump summit
• Egyptian armed forces foils attempt to smuggle arms through Libyan border
• Egyptian Muslim Cleric who called Christians ‘unbelievers’ to face trial for contempt of religion
• Egypt ‘uncovers 3700 year-old burial chamber of a Pharoah’s daughter
• Mubarak-era interior minister Habib al-Adly escapes arrest  

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Al-Azhar University president dismissal creates strife
• Egypt passes delayed investment law
• Copt returning to Arish is killed as displaced families continue to suffer.
• Sisi arrives in Kuwait to reaffirm bilateral relations
• Western media dead set on conveying gloomy picture of Egypt: Foreign Ministry spokesperson

 Tuesday

• Egyptian armed forces foils attempt to smuggle arms through Libyan border
• 8 militants killed in armed clashes with security forces in Sohag
• Court hands out less severe prison terms and acquits 21 in Rabaa operations room retrial
• MP suggests bill to put ‘blasphemers’ of Egypt’s President, Parliament in jail for three years

 Wednesday

• Sisi may attend US-Arab Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia
• Suez Canal revenues have increased 4.1% over the past two months
• Administrative Court to decide on new Judicial Authority Law in June
• Egypt recovers 45 stolen ancient artifacts from France

Thursday

• Thomas Cook cancels planned bookings to Egypt’s Sharm until UK travel advice changes
• Egypt ‘uncovers 3700 year-old burial chamber of a Pharaoh’s daughter
• Inflation expected to rise higher as rate reaches 9% in April
• Mubarak-era interior minister Habib al-Adly escapes arrest
• Egyptian Muslim Cleric who called Christians ‘unbelievers’ to face trial for contempt of religion

Friday

• IMF reaches staff level agreement for second loan installment to Egypt
• Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate claims deadly attack killing 10 tribesmen in Sinai
• BP launches two new gas field in Egypt
• Thomas Cook to resume flights to Marsa Alam, suspended since 2008 ly/Jl9d30bFz94
• Poultry, meat prices soar ahead of holy month of Ramadan

Saturday

• Egypt’s Sisi receives an invite to upcoming Riyadh Trump summit
• Egypt calls for lifting of arms embargo on Libya
• Egypt’s Sisi meets Libya’s Haftar in Cairo
• Somalian president welcomes Al-Sisi’s invitation to visit Egypt
• Archaeologists uncover 17 mummies in an Egyptian necropolis

Sunday

• Egyptian colonel is killed in bomb attack on armoured vehicle
• State Council disregards controversial chief judicial appointments law
• Egyptian court reduces jail terms for 9 Damietta protesters in Red Sea Islands case
• Human rights defender Mohamed Zaree is summoned to interrogation
• Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia experts meet in Addis Ababa
• Egypt starts weaning itself off foreign gas as output surges http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/268669.aspx
• Egypt scholar in hot water for calling Muslim leader Saladin “despicable”

Good Reports

• Where does the government stand in implementing terms of IMF loan agreement? Osman El-Sharnoubi
• Nabil Saber: A displaced Copt killed over a stamp. Basma Mostafa
• Egypt sees recent archaeological findings as a blessing for a struggling economy. Sudarsan Raghavan

Good Read

• Do it, Mr. President!.. and don’t run for a second term. Mai Azzam
• The IMF is neither the problem nor the solution. Amr Adly

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Study

• 87% of Egyptian men believe women’s basic role is to be housewives

 Plus

• Egypt falls from global educational rankings
• Omar Hegazy: the first Egyptian to swim from Jordan to Egypt with an amputated leg
• Giza Pyramids director denies Saudi Emir rented area for marriage proposal

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt