Top Headlines

• Egypt raises fuel prices for second time in less than a year
• Egyptian Air Forces air forces foil arms smuggling attempt in Western Desert
• Tiran and Sanafir to be located within Saudi territories without a handover ceremony
• Egypt’s UN delegation blames Qatar, other unnamed country in the region for terrorism in Libya
• Hamas to create buffer zone with Egypt to improve ties
• Egyptian court sentences 20 to death for killing policemen for killing policemen
• Egypt property mogul back in charge after a presidential pardon
• Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

 Main Headlines

Monday

• Tiran and Sanafir to be located within Saudi territories without a handover ceremony
• Armed groups target Endowments Ministry imam in North Sinai
• Egypt’s PM orders implementation of measures to alleviate economic burdens
• Female police officers deployed to combat sexual harassment on Eid
• Businessman Hisham Talaat Mostafa released among 502 prisoners under presidential pardon

Tuesday

• Egyptian Air Forces air forces foil arms smuggling attempt in Western Desert
• Egypt blocks website after it slates army’s Eid biscuits
• Presidential instructions order establishing new seaport in Alexandria.

Wednesday

• Hamas to create buffer zone with Egypt to improve ties
• Egypt’s UN delegation blames Qatar, other unnamed country in the region for terrorism in Libya
• Egypt property mogul back in charge after he received a presidential pardon
• Cairo airport to screen passengers from Sudan for cholera

Thursday

• Egypt raises fuel prices for second time in less than a year
• PM says new cut in energy subsidies could not be delayed
• Sisi appointed the heads of several of Egypt’s top judicial bodies, excluding the State Council
• Nephew of assassinated Egyptian president mulls election run

Friday

• Security measures stepped up on June 30 anniversary
• Egypt’s Sisi: Four years after June 30, Egyptians should be proud, but long road ahead
• Electricity prices are expected to increase by 30% in July

Saturday

• Egypt would suffer most if Ethiopian Dam concerns are not taken into consideration
• 6 young people arrested from Al-Azhar Park handed 15-day detention order and charged with forming “Jerboa group”
• Communication Minister unveils 1st Egyptian-made 4G mobile

Sunday

• Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials
• Egyptian court sentences 20 to death for killing policemen for killing policemen
• Stephen Beecroft concludes three-year term as US ambassador to Egypt
• No poisonous jellyfish found along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast: Environment ministry
• Fuel prices increase construction costs by15 %
• Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

 Good Reports

• How a 91-year-old imam came to symbolize the feud between Qatar and its neighbours its neighbours. Sudarsan Raghavan and Joby Warrick
• The pro-democracy movement and June 30: Then and now. Mada Masr
• EU: Rights should be on Egypt meeting agenda. HRW
• Egyptians: Not out of Africa? Nevine El-Aref

Good Read

• The Muslim Brotherhood is the root of the Qatar crisis. Eric Trager
• Egyptians hearts the 1954 state. Maged Atiya
• Egypt is restricting the public right to know basic facts about the country. Mariam Elba
• Egypt’s leader faces a crisis of his own making. Steven Cook
• Al-Azhar’s Role Abroad: Signs of escalation efforts to undermine. Bilal Abdallah
• Egypt on the edge: how Europe can avoid another crisis in Egypt. Yasser El-Shimy and Antony Dwarkin (from June 14)

 From Twitter

Sports

• Egypt defeats Puerto Rico in its first 2017 U19 Basketball World Cup match

Plus

• Number of Chinese tourists visiting Egypt nearly doubles in the first five months this year

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt