Al-Akhbar (Egypt)
Egyptian daily newspaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Akhbar (Arabic: الأخبار; The News in English) is an Arabic daily newspaper based in Egypt.[1] It is a state-owned semi-official newspaper.[2][3]
History and profile
Al-Akhbar was first published in May 1952 as a part of Akhbar el-Yom.[4][5] The founders were the Amin brothers, Ali and Mustafa Amin.[6] The publisher is Dar Akhbar El Yom.[7] The paper is headquartered in Cairo.[8]
Egyptian novelist Gamal el-Ghitani is one of the former contributors and editors-in-chief of the daily.[9] He was appointed to the post in 1985.[9] Another prominent Egyptian author Anis Mansour was also the editor-in-chief of the daily.[10] In January 2011 Mohamed Barakat was appointed editor-in-chief, replacing Mohamed Mahdy Fadly in the post.[11] Mohammad Hassan El Bana assumed the post during the Morsi era.[12] Ibrahim Abdul Meguid worked for the daily and was dismissed during the same period due to his critical articles about the Muslim Brotherhood.[13] The paper also ceased its "free opinion" section and fired several contributors during the same period.[12][13]
In terms of institutional size, it is the second daily in the country after al-Ahram.[2] During the 1950s al-Akhbar had a circulation of over 700,000 copies.[6] In 1976, the paper was the most read daily in Egypt with a circulation of 650,000 copies.[14] In 2000 the paper sold 1.1 million copies.[15]
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