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
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
