Top Headlines

• At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when two suicide car bombs tore through army checkpoints in North Sinai
• Egypt, Gulf countries say Qatar displaying ‘lack of seriousness’ in response to their demands
• Supreme Constitutional Court forces government to reveal captive doctor’s whereabouts
• Egypt arrests daughter, son-in-law of slamist leader al-Qaradawi
• Number of tourists in Egypt up by 32.9 percent
• Egypt refers 292 suspects to military court for plotting Sisi assassination

Main Headlines

Monday 

• Egypt repeats call on Interpol to arrest fugitive Muslim Brotherhood members in Qatar and Turkey
• Daughter of Brotherhood cleric El-Qaradawi and husband is arrested in Egypt on terror related charges
• Egyptian court sentences 55 to 15 years, acquits 31, in the storming of a police station in 2013
• Egypt grants four companies gold mining tender in Sinai and Eastern Desert
• Dollar rate drops below EGP 18 for the first time in months
• Fuel price hike to add 3-4.5 percentage points to Egypt’s inflation

Tuesday

• Egypt’s FM Shoukry and US counterpart Tillerson discuss Qatar crisis
• Two policemen were killed, 10 were injured in a bomb attack on a police armoured vehicle in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court forces government to reveal the whereabouts of people arrested under enforced disappearance
• Parliament approves law eliminating judicial supervision of elections by 2024
• Parliament approves extending state of emergency for 3 months
• Sisi discusses terrorism, irregular migration with Visegrad group leaders
• Number of tourists in Egypt up by 32.9 percent

Wednesday

• Arab states blast ‘negative’ Qatari reply to their demands, but no new sanctions
• Egypt, Gulf countries say Qatar displaying ‘lack of seriousness’ in response to their demands
• ‘Constructive negotiation’ needed in row with Qatar, Trump tells Sisi
• Suspected militant kills two retired officers and an active duty soldier in Egypt
• Egypt’s Sisi discusses regional developments with US congressmen in Cairo
• Egypt’s foreign reserves continues to rise registering $31.3 billion in June
• US dollar exchange rate’s decline continues for third consecutive day

Thursday

• Egypt hikes key interest rate again
• Egypt on Thursday raised household electricity prices by as much as 42 percent
• The US strongly condemns today’s attacks in Sinai
• Egypt and Russia’s foreign ministers discuss Qatar crisis

Friday

• At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when two suicide car bombs tore through army checkpoints in North Sinai
• Egyptian police detain Uighurs and deport them to China
• Cairo Criminal Court released business tycoon Ahmed Ezz

Saturday

• ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 23 soldiers
• Roadside bomb kills 2 police in Egypt’s Sinai
• Hassm claims responsibility for assassinating a police officer in Qalyubiya
• Egypt refers 292 suspects to military court for plotting Sisi assassination
• Egypt’s deputy finance minister sees rate hike as temporary
• Interest rate hike will impose significant fiscal burden
• Egypt calls to eject Qatar from anti-Daesh coalition

Sunday

• Egyptian migrants found dead in Libya’s eastern desert
• Police forces killed two men allegedly suspected of belonging to the militant group Hasm
• Egyptian, Palestinian leaders meet amid likely Gaza shakeup
• Egypt raises metro ticket prices by another 100 percent
• Egypt aims to double its high-quality cotton production and exports
• Egypt exports to U.S. rise to rise by 12.3 percent

Good Reports

• Why are there so many jellyfish in Egypt this year? Maha Khalil
• Egypt takes action against spread of jellyfish on its Mediterranean shores. Menna Farouk
• Despite taboo, Hebrew classes Hebrew classes open doors for young Egyptians. Amira Sayed Ahmed

From Twitter

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Photo Story

• The Sinai Trail: A tourism initiative run by Bedouins in South Sinai. Enas El-Masry

Plus

• Egypt reportedly spending $22 million to restore historic synagogue in Alexandria
• Moushira Khattab is Africa’s nominee for UNESCO secretary general
• Trying Koshery. Metropolitan diary

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt