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

https://twitter.com/thearabsource/status/925246306796359680

https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/925256701225439232

https://twitter.com/gaza_report/status/925419083948011520

https://twitter.com/hosamdakhakhni/status/926384597021028352

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