Top Headlines

• Egypt is considering holding presidential elections before the end of 2023
• Egypt converts helicopter carrier into field hospital as Libya floods death toll tops 6,000
• Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding
• US to send most of its aid to Egypt despite rights concerns
• Leading critic of the Egyptian state is jailed for six months
• Egypt’s El Sisi raises minimum wage and living allowance for state employees
• Heliopolis Synagogue holds Cairo’s First Jewish New Year Celebration in 70 Years

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt is angry as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir amid water row
• Egypt bans niqab in schools
• Egypt denies imposing $1,000 fee on tourists

Tuesday

• Egypt declares three-day mourning for victims of humanitarian disasters in Morocco and Libya
• Egypt extends deadline for expats to settle military service position

Wednesday

• Egypt converts helicopter carrier into field hospital as Libya floods death toll tops 6,000
• New shark attack prompts Egypt to shutdown Dahab’s beaches

Thursday

• Egypt is considering holding presidential elections before the end of 2023, sources say, an earlier than expected date as the nation grapples with an economic crisis 
• Shoukry and Blinken discuss response to humanitarian tragedy in Libya over phone
• Suez Canal Economic Zone revenues hit all-time high of EGP 6 billion in FY 22/23

Friday

• Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding in Libya
• Egypt may step up its Turkiye-Syria mediation rule
• Egyptian and French foreign ministers hold talks in Cairo

Saturday

• Leading critic of the Egyptian state is jailed for six months
• Egyptian MPs raise questions about prolonged power outages despite cooler weather
• Heliopolis Synagogue holds Cairo’s First Jewish New Year Celebration in 70 Years
• Egypt frees Israeli held for 3 weeks over bullets found in his bag at border crossing

Sunday

• Egypt’s El Sisi raises minimum wage and living allowance for state employees
• Egypt’s presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawi is reportedly hacked
• Egypt inaugurates newly restored Ottoman mosque at Cairo citadel

Reports/Read

• US to send  most of military aid to Egypt despite rights concerns. Elizabeth Hagedorn
• Libya flood: The devastation of an Egyptian village 560 miles away. Yasmine Shaheen
• Egyptian banks’ net foreign liabilities may increase further. Fitch Rating
• Why is Egypt worried about Ethiopia’s dam on the Nile? BBC 
• The proposed India-Middle East corridor is set to reshape Eurasian connectivity, but challenges will persist. Emil Avdaliani

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