NOVANEWS Four Egyptian kids who dared make fun of ISIS in a harmless video are headed for trial along with their teacher on charges of “insulting Islam,” after their Muslim neighbors got hold of the […]
NOVANEWS By Mai Shams El-Din Chants for bread and social justice didn’t emerge out of the January 25, 2011 revolution. Long before 2011, a strong protest movement existed against the economic policies of former President Mubarak […]
NOVANEWS By Marjorie Cohn Global Research On July 3, 2013, the Egyptian military staged a coup’etat and deposed the democratically elected government of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Thousands of Egyptians staged demonstrations throughout […]
NOVANEWS Ousted president and Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt Mohamed Morsi (Arabic: محمد محمد مرسى عيسى العياط, ALA-LC: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ‘Īsá al-‘Ayyāṭ, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd mæˈħæmmæd ˈmoɾsi ˈʕiːsæ (ʔe)l.ʕɑjˈjɑːtˤ]; born 8 August 1951) is an Egyptian politician who served as the fifth president of Egypt, […]
NOVANEWS Reprieve Lawyers for an American man facing a death sentence in Egypt, who has been on hunger strike for over 400 days, have called on the UN to take urgent action over his case. […]
NOVANEWS By Omar Said The No to Military Trials for Civilians campaign said on Monday that 3,000 civilians were tried in military courts in the last five months, since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi passed new […]
NOVANEWS ‘As usual,’ writes Glenn Greenwald, the US government is again ‘standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the region’s most oppressive regimes.’ By Jon Queally Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Despite widespread repression of human rights […]
NOVANEWS Arabian dinosaurs gather in Sharm el-Sheikh by Ayesha Alam With no victories to their credit, Arabian rulers gathered in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss the proposal to set up a […]
NOVANEWS In ideological battle against Islamist groups, Zionist Sisi removes from national curriculum iconic stories of Saladin and Uqba ibn Nafi, saying that they ‘encourage acts of violence’ like ISIS. Zionist Sisi announced in recent […]
NOVANEWS Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks at the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt hopes to revive its economy with a mix of austerity for the country’s poor, and mega-projects for foreign […]