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