Akhbar el-Yom

Akhbar El Yom (Arabic: أخبار اليوم, News of the Day or Today's News) is an Arabic language weekly newspaper published in Egypt.

Akhbar El Yom
أخبار اليوم
TypeWeekly
Editor-in-chiefMohamed el-Bahnasawy
Founded1944 (1944)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
Websiteakhbarelyom.com

History and profile

Akhbar El Yom was founded by the Amin brothers, Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin, on 6 November 1944.[1] The paper is released weekly on Saturdays. The newspaper is owned by the Egyptian Shura Council and considered a semi-official newspaper. It has a daily edition called Al-Akhbar, which was also established by the Amin brothers.[1]

The circulation of the paper in 2000 was 1.5 million copies.[2]

See also

References

  1. Arthur Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project" (PDF). FRONTIERS/Population Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.