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There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, [1] such as Turkish, French and English. [2] By 1951 Arabic language newspapers numbered to about 400, while 150 were published in other languages. [1] By 2011, daily newspaper circulation in Egypt increased to more than 4.3 million copies. [3]
The first children's magazine was published in 1893. [4] The number of the magazines in the period 1828–1929 was 481. [5] In 2014 the magazine market in the country was described as one of the lower-growth, smaller-scale markets. [6] The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Egypt.
The newspaper was founded in late 2002 by Salah Diab, an Egyptian businessman whose grandfather (Tawfik Diab) was one of Egypt's most renowned publishers in the 1930s and 1940s. Hisham Kassem is also a founder of Al Masry Al Youm . [ 5 ]
Egyptian writer Mohamed Salmawy was the first of Al-Ahram Hebdo editors-in-chief. [6] [7] Hisham Mourad also served as editor-in-chief. He was appointed to the post in January 2011. [8] In June 2014, Fouad Mansour who was the managing editor of the magazine since 2003, was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly. [9]
Al-Ahram is one of the largest circulating newspapers in the world. [24] Long-term editor of the daily Mohammad Hassanein Haykal was the confidant of Nasser and also, the semi-official voice of the Egyptian government when he was in office. [7] [25] The Egyptian government owns a controlling share of the stocks of the paper and appoints the ...
In 2012, the paper's online version was the sixth most-visited website in Egypt based on the Alexa data. [8] In 2014 the paper launched a new website, Photo7, which is a portal for pictures in Egypt and the Arab world. [9] Youm7 was named by Industry Arabic as the second most influential Arabic paper in 2020. [10]
During the Egyptian revolution in 2011 Osama Heikal was the editor-in-chief. [9] He was appointed information minister in July 2011. [9] The paper has also an online version, called Al Wafd Gate. [10]
The Egyptian Gazette, first published on 26 January 1880, is the oldest English-language newspaper in the Middle East. Today, the Egyptian daily is part of El Tahrir Printing and Publishing House. Eyad Abu El Haggag is chairman of the Gazette's board and Mohamed Fahmy has been the editor-in-chief since Sept. 27, 2020.