The number of Arabic newspapers in Egypt was about 200 in 1938. There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, such as Turkish, French and English. By 1951 Arabic language newspapers numbered to about 400, while 150 were published in other languages. By 2011, daily newspaper circulation in Egypt increased to more than 4.3 million copies.
The following is a list of newspapers in Egypt:
Newspapers in Arabic
3yonnews Afaq Arabia Akhbar el-Yom Akhbar El Hawadeth Akhbar El Nogoom Akhbar El Riada Al Akhbar Al Youm El Sabea Al Ahali Al-Ahram Al Ahram Al Arabiya (in various Arab countries) Al Ahram Al Duwali (international edition in Europe, USA, Canada) Al Ahram Al Masa'y (evening daily) Al-Ahram Hebdo in French Al-Ahram Weekly in English Al Ahrar Al Alam Al Youm Al Arabi Al Fajr Al Jadid Al-Badeel Al Balagh Al Borsa Al-Dustour Al Esbou' Al Fagr Al Gomhuria Al Ray Lel Shaab Al Kora wal Malaeb Al Messa Aqedaty Egyptian Gazette in English Le Progrès Egyptien in French Shashaty Al-Jamahir Al Jarida Al Karama Al Liwa Al Misri Al-Masry Al-Youm Al Maarif Al Muayyad Al Muqattam Al Qahira Al Shaab Al-Shorouk Al Taawin Al Tahrir Al Wafd Al Watany Alyoum Al Zamalek AlamelArab الصحف المصرية Ash-Shams Elaph MasrAlarabia مصر العربية Nahdet Mısr Nogoom Masrya Naseej News Mada de Masa Masrawy Rai Al shaab Shbab Misr Sut El Ummal Youm7 Parvaresh (newspaper) Zamalek SC (magazine) Sawt al'azhar Amwal alghad
Newspapers in Armenian Arev Housaper Tchahagir
Newspapers in English Daily News Egypt Egypt Independent Egyptian Streets Egypt Today The Egyptian Gazette Mada Masr Egypt Daily News Egypt News Egyptian Mail The Middle East Observer Middle East Times Hotels Africa
Newspapers in French Al-Ahram Hebdo Le Bosphore Égyptien Courrier de l'Égypte Le Progrès Egyptien
Newspapers in Ottoman Turkish Mizan
Newspapers in Persian Hekmat Parvaresh Sorayya
Status of Egyptian media Egyptian radio and TV channels are controlled by the government. However, in the past few years, several private satellite stations have been established in the country.
Egyptian print media can be divided into the following categories: Owned by the Egyptian government or the ruling national democratic party. Governmental. These publications are not owned by the Egyptian government, but since the Egyptian president appoints the head of the Shura Council (Senate) who is also, de facto, the head of the Higher Press Council that appoints the chair and board of directors of many publishing houses in Egypt, government influence is very strong. Belonging to an Egyptian opposition party Independent publications, not linked to government or any opposition party
Table of publications Egyptian government or ruling National Democratic Party Semi-governmental Publications belonging to the opposition Independent Egyptian dailies Al-Ahrām Al-Akhbār Al-Ahrār (Ahrār Party) Al-Wafd (Wafd Party) Egyptian weeklies Al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī (National Democratic Party - Islamic) Al-Qāhirah (Ministry of Culture) Al-Ahrām al-cArabī cAqīdatī (Islamic) Ākhir Sācah Al-Musawar October Rose al-Yūsuf Sabāh al-Khayr Al-Ahālī (Tajammu' Party) Al-cArabī (Nasserist Party) Al-Maydān Al-Usbūc Sawt al-Azhar (Al-Azhar – Islamic) Sawt al-Ummah Watanī (Christian)
(Notes between parentheses indicate political, religious or institutional affiliations.)Annual Report Arab-West Report 2006, placed in Arab-West Report, 2007, week 12, art. 2
The independent electronic magazine Arab West Report provides weekly summary translations and reviews of these media in English in order for a Western public to better understand the wide variety of opinions one finds in Egyptian print media.
See also Media of Egypt List of magazines in Egypt List of radio stations in Egypt Television in Egypt Telecommunications in Egypt List of Arab newspapers
References Kendall, Elisabeth. "Between Politics and Literature: Journals in Alexandria and Istanbul at the End of the Nineteenth Century" (Chapter 15). In: Fawaz, Leila Tarazi and C. A. Bayly (editors) and Robert Ilbert (collaboration). Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. Columbia University Press, 2002. , 9780231114271. Start: p. 330.
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