Top Headlines

• Egyptian air force strikes arms convoy at Egypt’s western border with Libya 
• Libya arrested perpetrators of beheading of 21 Copts in 2015
• Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide sentenced to life in prison in ‘Beni Suef riots’ case
• Egyptian police arrested seven people on Monday after they were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert
• IMF: Egypt has made a “good start” to its reform programme despite a deeper-than-expected currency depreciation
• Egypt Air to suspends flights to and from Erbil airport from Friday
• Egyptian militant group claims attack on Myanmar embassy in Cairo
• Coptic church organizes ‘Volcano of Homosexuality’ conference

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed meets with Egypt president Sisi in Abu-Dhabi
• An Egyptian court sentences activist Khaled Ali three months in prison “for offending public decency”
• Sudan denies reports it has ‘frozen’ diplomatic ties with Egypt
• Three passengers were removed from Egypt Air plane in Paris after bomb alert
• Head of Egypt’s National Council for Women urges parliament to raise legal marriage age to 21
• World’s heaviest woman dies in Abu Dhabi hospital one week after celebrating her 37th birthday

Tuesday 

• Egyptian police arrested seven people after they were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert
• Music Syndicate bans Mashrou Leila from performing in Egypt over LGBT pride flag
• IMF: Egypt has made “a good start” to its reform programme despite a deeper than expected currency depreciation
• Egypt voices ‘deep concern’ about Kurdish independence vote
• British Thomas Cook to resume flights to Egypt due to increase on demand
• Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturns life sentences for 27 convicted of burning a police station in 2013
• Mercedes-Benz to acquire 96,000 square meter land for a new factory in Egypt’s Suez Canal industrial zone

 Wednesday

• Sinai Province slaughters six civilians including two children in North Sinai
• Egypt Air to suspend flights to and from Erbil airport from Friday
• Egypt’s Sisi to visit Macron in Paris next month
• No fuel subsidy cuts intended this fiscal year

Thursday

• Egyptian air force strikes arms convoy at Egypt’s western border with Libya
• Egypt’s Sisi approves cooperation agreement on peaceful use of nuclear energy with Saudi Arabia
• Police arrest 6 “homosexuals” in raid on downtown flat in Cairo
• Coptic church organizes ‘Volcano of Homosexuality’ conference

Friday

• Libya arrested perpetrators of beheading of 21 Copts in 2015
• Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide sentenced to life in prison in ‘Beni Suef riots’ case
• Egypt has made a great effort in airport security: Russian official

Saturday

• Egypt “hunting down” gays, conducting forced anal exams ^___ Amnesty
• Egypt imposes media blackout on LGBT community
• Hamas approves prisoner swap deal with Israel proposed by Egypt
• Egypt sets fixed customs dollar rate at EGP 16 for October
• Egypt’s population reaches 2 million

Sunday

• Egyptian militant group Hasm claims attack on Myanmar embassy in Cairo
• Hamas leader receives Egyptian delegation in Gaza ahead of national reconciliation talks
• Egyptian security forces foil attempt by migrants to enter Libya
• Egypt partners with CNN to promote Egyptian tourism
• Shrine of Cairo’s Al-Hussein Mosque closed on Ashoura
• Egyptian court refers Mahalla imam to trial for authorising marriage of 27 underage girls

Good Reports

• Egypt’s debt is no longer emerging markets’ juiciest. Paul Wallace
• Egypt’s experimental theater raises ire of tradionalists. Youssra el-Sharkawy
• Here’s why Egypt’s Nile River is in danger. Jacob Wirtschafter

Good Read

• Egypt’s Shia come out of hiding. The Economist
• Egypt cracks down, again. Rhys Dubin
• Death of a dedicated Muslim Brother Muslim Brother Zvi Mazel
• AnEgyptian officer’s view of the Ramadan War. Via Steven Cook’s blog

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/TodayinEgypt/status/913859791512047616

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/913369591501299712

Plus

• Lebanon’s Ziad Doueiri talks about his new film The Insult after El-Gouna Egyptian premiere
• Hurghada receives 133,000 tourists in September, , Germans rank first on the list
• Menasche Synagogue in Alexandria to be added to Egypt’s heritage list
• US Congress considers awarding its Gold Medal to late President Anwar Sadat’s name in 2018
• Azhar professor suggests imposing tax on dog owners
• American actress Vanessa Williams visits Giza Pyramids

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt