Top Headlines
- High voter turnout noted in Egypt presidential polls in the diaspora
- Egypt and UAE: Quartet stands firm on 13 demands for Qatar
- Egypt sees tourism rebound ahead of vote
- Egypt’s top prosecutor announces hotlines to combat ‘false news’
- Egyptian court hits Qatari media channel beIN Media with second hefty fine over anti-trust breach
- Egypt wants answers in death of teenage student in UK
- China to finance majority of tower district in Egypt‘s new capital
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt to launch social networking platform similar to Facebook
- Egypt clarifies minister’s statements on creation of “Egyptian Facebook” platform
- Agreement to link Cyprus, Egypt, and Greece via undersea cable is signed (from March 8)
- After two year absence Tawfik Okasha returns to television
- Egypt’s Ahly to impose three-year ban on fans charged with crimes relating to clashes at Mounana match
Tuesday
- Egypt’s top prosecutor announces hotlines to combat “false news”
- Moscow-Cairo flights t to resume March 18
- Egypt says failed attempt to assassinate Palestinian PM aimed to obstruct reconciliation
- Egyptian court hits Qatar media channel beIN Media with second hefty fine over anti-trust breach
- Egypt is in the process of launching a new high-speed railway linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
- Egypt’s FM heads to Rome to support UNRWA as funding crisis looms
- Kuwait to finance projects in Egypt worth EGP 5 billion for Sinai development
Wednesday
- Egyptian-French navies conduct joint military exercise in Red Sea
- Egypt parliament approves 3 articles of draft law legalizing website blocks
- Egyptian embassies prepare for presidential poll, diaspora vote due March 16
- Egypt’s Sisi calls on citizens to vote, meets with top officials to review security situation
- White House held a meeting on Gaza crisis without Palestinians present
- The ministers of irrigation, foreign affairs and the heads of the intelligence services in Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are going to meet next April in Khartoum
Thursday
- President Sisi hopes for high voter turnout in presidential elections
- Egypt sees tourism rebound ahead of vote
- Bodies of 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS to return to Egypt
Friday
- Egypt wants answers in death of teenage student in UK
- The family of an Egyptian student who died after she had been beaten by group of girls have claimed she may have been attacked due to a case of mistaken identity
Saturday
- Higher voter turnout is noted in Egypt presidential polls in the diaspora
- Egypt and France conclude joint naval exercise in Red Sea
Sunday
- Egypt’s Sisi and FM Shoukry hold broad talks with UAE foreign minister in Cairo
- Egypt and UAE: Quartet stands firm on 13 demands for Qatar
- Egypt’s Sisi, Sudan’s Al-Bashir to discuss bilateral ties in Cairo
- China to finance majority of tower district in Egypt’s new capital
- US Congress, Egyptian-Americans share concerns about Egypt’s elections
- British MPs’ request to visit Morsi in prison faces backlash in Egypt
- Egypt’s General Prosecutor demands medical reports of Egyptian girl beaten to death in UK
- An Egyptian court acquits female singer of debauchery charges over ‘sexual overtones’ music video
Good Reports
- Egyptian authorities call on citizens to report on the medi Hmaza Hendawi
- Mediterranean gas bounty suddenly seems within big oil’s reach. The Wall Street Journal
- The Arab Spring’s riskiest legacy may be Egypt’s baby boom. Marc Champion and Tarek El-Tablawy
- Parliament in haste to approve cybercrime bill: Ambiguous provisions, loose definitions, legalized web censorship. Mada Masr
- Belly dancer dons beard to protest LGBT abuse in Egypt. Emma Batha
Good Read
- A Ballerina’s story, once upon a time in Egypt. Brian Seibert
- Immigration and the reinvention of identity. Maged Atiya
Sports
- Mohamed Salah becomes top scorer in Europe’s top five leagues From Twitter
From Twitter
Plus
- Egypt to impose restrictions on cafes serving shisha
- Egypt: first country in Eastern Mediterranean region to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
- Cairo is ranked second noisiest city in the world
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
