Noha El-Hennawy
Senior Reporter
Before joining Al-Masry Al-Youm, Noha had worked for the Los Angeles Times, Egypt Today Magazine, the Associated Press and the Cairo Times. She produced content for the Los Angeles Times from around the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Lebanon and Qatar. She also freelanced for several publications and wire services including the New York Times, Dow Jones and Daily News Egypt, a local division of the International Herald Tribune. Noha has just completed a master of science in digital journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She also holds a master of arts in comparative Middle East Politics from the American Unviersity in Cairo, where she did her undergraduate studies.
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The long-awaited announcement of a presidential election schedule makes headlines in most newspapers Thursday. Al-Ahram leads with: “The presidential poll on 23 May, runoffs on 16 June and the winner to be announced on 21 June.” The...
Before the revolution, Ahmed Ossama, a 35-year-old electrical engineer by training, made a conscious decision to pursue personal glory and to drop his dreams for his country.
He remained an active member in the Muslim Brotherhood but with no passion...
After nearly three months of a fierce parliamentary race, a new conflict may flare up soon between the Islamist majority and the secular minority over the make-up of the body in charge of drafting Egypt's first post-revolution constitution.
With...
As the countdown to the presidential election begins, Egypt’s largest political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, remains undecided on endorsing a candidate, insisting that Egypt’s first post-revolution president should be a man “of...
A leftist lawmaker dropped a bombshell earlier this week in the Islamist-dominated Parliament by filing a request to question the government over the “illegal” status of the Muslim Brotherhood, the nation’s primary civilian...
Egypt’s state-owned press on Tuesday pursues its anti-American campaign with incendiary headlines about the testimony of Fayza Abouelnaga, the planning and international cooperation minister in the infamous case of US-funded civil society...
A lawmaker representing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said on Thursday that his party had not decided to push for sacking the military-appointed cabinet or forming a new government. He contended that “the...
Amid the ongoing political turmoil, the Muslim Brotherhood seeks to walk a fine line between proving its commitment to the revolution’s pro-democratic demands and not antagonizing Egypt’s de facto military rulers.
Since last week, the...
Tuesday’s papers are filled with reactions to the ruling military council’s revelation that it has passed a presidential elections law.
The law reads: “The military denies the People’s Assembly the right to issue the...
Four days before the new People’s Assembly was sworn in, Egypt’s ruling generals amended the controversial presidential election law and the Al-Azhar law, according to a government publication.
Newly elected parliament members, however,...
