Top Headlines
- Egyptian explosives expert killed while trying to defuse bomb near a church in Cairo
- Palestinian Authority pulls employees from Egypt-Gaza crossing
- Sisi says Egypt and Israel cooperate against ISIS in Sinai
- Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds acquittal of #Mubarak‘s chief of staff Zakaria Azmy
- Egyptian cabinet to legalise 80 churches and attached buildings
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian court imposes jail term over activist Amal Fathy’s harassment video
- Egyptian cabinet to legalise 80 churches and attached buildings
- UAE banks invest Dh87 billion in Saudi Arabia and Egypt
- Belgium Queen Mathilde spent New Year’s Eve in Egypt
Tuesday
- Trump and Egypt’s Sisi discuss Middle East in a phone call
- Egyptian naval forces arrive in Saudi Arabiato participate in Red Waves joint training
- Cairo Scene is now blocked in Egypt for violating the New Media Law
- Egypt maintains customs exchange rate at EGP 16 through January for essential goods
- Egypt to auctionEGP 181.5 billion in T-bonds, bills in January
Wednesday
- Egyptian gay couple have been attacked after Media publicized their engagement
- Navigation at Suez Canalrecords second highest worldwide in terms of vessels and tonnage
- Al-Azhar Grand Imam visits Pope Tawadros II for Christmas
- Egyptian universities order disciplinary action against couple who “hugged”on campus
Thursday
- Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam To Be Ready By 2020
- Egypt’s Supreme Media Regulatory Council d postponed the adoption of a controversial set of bylaws for media violations for one week
- Head of Old Cairo district is arrested for receiving a bribe
Friday
- Secretary Pompeo’s travel to Amman, Cairo, Manama, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat, and Kuwait City
- Diplomatic sources rule out imminent restoration of Syrian-Arab relations
- Germany approves Meko 200 frigate export to Egypt
- Terminal 2 at Hurghada Airport to be reopened in February
Saturday
- Egyptian explosive expert is killed while defusing a bomb near church in Cairo
- Sisi says Egypt and Israel cooperate against ISIS in Sinai
- Popstar Sherine Abdel-Wahab in hot water again for “insulting Egypt”
- Egypt’s top court clears Mubarak’s chief of stafffrom illicit gains charges
Sunday
- Egypt’s Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East’s largest Cathedralin Egypt’s New Capital
- PA to stop operating Gaza-Egypt crossing over spat with Hamas
- Over 1.2 million Egyptians registered for US diversity visa lottery
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses enhancing cooperation with Sudan
Reports
- House Democrats slash aid to Egypt. Bryant Harris
- Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: Why did Egypt want CBS interview pulled? BBC
- On the Egyptian pound, living standards and real estate: An economy forecast for 2019. Mada Masr
Good Read
- The Muslim playboy behind Paris’ most scandalous painting. Christopher Dickey
From Twitter
On Saturday’s terror attack near a Coptic Church
On President Sisi’s interview with CBS:
Plus
- Egypt is among CNN’s best ’19 places to visit in 2019
- Brits are ditching Benidorm for Turkey and Egypt where holidays are much cheaper
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