Top Headlines
- A fourth chamber has been discovered deep within in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Khufu
- Egypt security forces free officer kidnapped during Western Desert shootout
- New al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for major Egypt’s Western Desert attack
- Egypt’s military foils attempt to smuggle arms and illegal materials across Egypt-Libya border
- Rights lawyer Khaled Ali to run against Sisi in Egypt’s 2018 vote
- Palestinian Authority takes over Gaza’s border from Hamas including Rafah border with Egypt
Main Headlines
Monday
- US State Department criticizes conditions of religious minorities in Egypt
- Egypt extends detention of man held over rainbow flag
- Egypt’s presidency appoints new spokesperson
- Geostorm’ actor Amr Waked is convicted in his native Egypt
- World Youth Forum campaign kicks off in Egypt
- MP drafts law to abolish political parties not represented in parliament
Tuesday
- Egypt security forces free officer kidnapped during Western Desert shootout
- Egypt’s military foils attempt to smuggle arms and illegal materials across Egypt-Libya border
- The IMF says Egypt’s economy is seeing “broad-based” growth
- Egypt responds to Iranian remarks on Cairo’s ‘wrong’ regional policies
- Egypt’s cabinet institutes new bylaws for media regulatory organizations
- Investment bank Renaissance Capital is hiring investment bankers and analysts in Egypt
- Construction of Cairo-New Administrative Capital electric train to begin in 2018
- Warraq residents set conditions for negotiations with government for development project
Wednesday
- Palestinian Authority takes over Gaza’s border from Hamas including Rafah border with Egypt
- Libyans accuse Egypt of bombing civilians in Derna
- Jordan to lift import ban on Egyptian potatoes
- Egypt sees oil company debt paid off in two years
- Egyptian lawyer says raping women who wear ripped jeans is a man’s “national duty”
Thursday
- Scientists discover hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
- Military says airstrike kills five alleged terrorists after an attack on checkpoint in North Sinai
- Egypt refers Muslim Brotherhood businessman Hassan Malik to court
- Egypt pays off last instalment of 2012 loan from Turkey
- Italy seeks to question Cambridge University professor of murdered student Regeni in Egypt
Friday
- New al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Egypt’s Western Desert attack
- Egypt’s parliament speaker tells US House Speaker Paul Ryan aid cut might undermine mutual ties
- Egypt’s antiquities minister: Scan Pyramids mission rushed in announcing ‘discovery of new void in Khufu Pyramid
- Egypt’s highest women’s rights body seeks action against lawyer over rape remarks
Saturday
- Rights lawyer Khaled Ali to run against Sisi in Egypt’s 2018 election
- Court sentenced popular TV host to 3 years in prison for extra-marital sex talk episode
- Egypt and Greece conclude joint military drill
- Egypt’s first World Youth Forum kicks-off in Sharm El-Sheikh
Sunday
- European countries condemn on-going detention of lawyer investigating Regeni case
- Egypt summons 5 western ambassadors over lawyer’s ‘detention’ remarks
- Sharjah hands back 400 ancient artefacts smuggled out of Egypt
- Egypt’s foreign reserves jump to $36.703 bln at end-October; highest in the country’s history
- Sisi talks to CNBC about #Egypt‘s WYF, economy, presidential elections, and relations with US http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/280995.aspx …
- The Minister of high Education demands legal action against MP who slapped university employee
Good Reports
- Bahariya Oasis TIMEP
- Former army officer led terrorists in West Desert’s attack. Al-Arabiya
- When Egypt’s World Youth Forum hastag #WeNeedToTalk Sherie Ryder and Mariam Rizk
- Egypt’s Sisi makes unprecedented overture to US Evangelicals. Amir Tibon
- Hope for Egypt’s scorpion prison inmates, facility notorious for holding political prisoners. HRW
- Egypt’s economy: Riding the tiger.Niveen Wahish
- Is Egypt reaching its aspired economic goals 1 year after the currency float? Ola Noureldin
- While Cairo condemns Derna bombing, government source attributes airstrikes to Egyptian Air Force. Mada Masr
Good Read
- Jihadists continue to torment Egypt. The Economist
- Egypt’s authoritarian crackdown hasn’t helped in the fight against Nancy Okail and Amr Kotb
From Twitter
Plus
- Oldest solar eclipse ever recorded offers clues on when Ramses the Great ruled Egypt
- Artist Haifa Wehbe has been reprimanded by Egyptian cultural authorities over a mini-short she wore during a performance in Cairo
- Egyptian actress Rania Youssef reveals she was sexually harassed in public
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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