Top Headlines

• Egypt dismisses Qatari allegations of using membership to ‘achieve political purposes’
• Egypt’s foreign-currency reserves jumped to a record in July, as investor confidence surged
• Egypt names new head of stock exchange
• Egypt and Russia broker truce between Syrian regime and opposition in northern Homs
• Egypt’s military destroys smuggling tunnel crossing the Egyptian border in North Sinai
• Tensions with Sudan continue as Egypt’s foreign minister visits Khartoum
• Egyptian court postpones Morsi trial in “Hamas espionage” case to 10 September
• 160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Bahrain refutes rumors about new Egyptian military base on its territories
• The Central Bank of Egypt said that the country’s external debt has increased since July 2016 by 32.5 percent
• Egypt’s top prosecutor refers 4 former Al-Ahram CEOs to criminal court in “gifts” case
• Issue of Egypt’s blocked websites to be “resolved” within a week: Press syndicate head
• Egypt prosecution detains 11 employees over Cairo Airport blackout
• Egypt lifts restrictions on GDR deals, and allows returns in dollars

Tuesday

• Egypt’s foreign reserves surge to record as confidence returns
• Egypt’s giant gas field Zohr to produce 500 million square feet of gas by end of 2017
• Egypt criticises ‘non-inclusive’ EU Nile basin project
• An Egyptian court sentences former director of Alexandria Library to 3 years for squandering public funds
• Egypt’s education ministry cancels Primary Education Certificate, reforms secondary stage

Wednesday

• Tensions with Sudan continue as Egypt’s foreign minister visits Khartoum
• Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues fall to $427.2 million in June
• Shoukry discusses Libyan, regional issues with his Algerian counterpart
• Egypt started a joint military exercise with the Greek air and naval forces in the Mediterranean

Thursday

• A policeman and a civilian were killed and three people wounded in an attack on a patrol in Esna, south of Luxor
• Egypt and Russia broker truce between Syrian regime and opposition in Northern Homs
• 50 Egyptian policemen sentenced to three years in prison for illegal strike in South Sinai
• Egyptian armed forces chief holds talks with Libyan delegations in Cairo
• Restoration of Alexandrian Jewish synagogue is underway
• Egypt’s Sisi to visit France later this year: French ambassador to Cairo

Friday

• Egypt raises water and sewage bills as part of reform program
• 160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022
• Egypt’s state-owned General Petroleum Company has reached unprecedented oil production rates
• Cairo public bus fares increased by 50 piasters

Saturday

• Egypt dismisses Qatari allegations of using membership to ‘achieve political purposes’
• Rosneft delivered 129,000 tons of natural gas to Egypt
• Hundreds rally in Gaza Stripe in support of Egypt
• Egypt’s NEC to start preparations for the 2018’s presidential elections

Sunday

• Egypt’s military destroys smuggling tunnel crossing the Egyptian border in North Sinai
• Egypt names new head of stock exchange
• Egyptian court postpones trial of ex-president Morsi in “Hamas espionage” case to 10 September
• Egypt and Kuwait air forces conduct joint drill in Egyptian airspace
• The Arabic network for Human Rights Information website is blocked in Egypt

Good Reports

• Egypt businesses battle inflation after currency devaluation. Heba Saleh
• Israel makes plans for underground wall to block ISIS tunnels from Egypt’s Sinai. Jack Moore
• How climate change might affect the Nile. The Economist
• Egypt prepares draft law to impose harsher sanctions on the cultivation of water-intensive crops. Walaa Hussein
• Egypt’s Stella Beer: Celebrating 120 Years (1897 – 2017). Norbert Schiller and Omar Foda
• Egypt earmarks LE1 billion for housing in Halayeb triangle contested by Sudan. Mada Masr
• Forced disappearances in Egypt’s courts. Mai El-Sadany

From Twitter

Poll

• Baseera: 34% of Egyptians decreased their consumption following waves of subsidy cuts

Interview

• Egyptian education system is hostile to athletes. Farida Osman

 Video

• Workers at tourist-popular Fayed discuss the impact of Egypt’s economic issues on the season

 Plus

• Egyptian liver delicacy on the table at operating room themed restaurant

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt