Al Gomhuria
الجمهورية
Al Gomhuria Cover Page
TypeDaily
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherDar Al Tahrir Publishing House
EditorAl Sayed Al Bably
Founded1954 (1954)
HeadquartersRamsees, Cairo, Egypt
WebsiteAl Gomhuria

Al Gomhuria (Arabic: الجمهورية; English: The Republic) is an influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper.[1]

History and profile

Al Gomhuria was established in 1954 following the Egyptian revolution[2][3] and became the new regime's leading media outlet.[4] The paper was published using the facilities of Wafd party's newspaper Al Misri, which had been disestablished by the regime.[4] Anwar Sadat became the editor of the daily.[4] The publisher of the paper is Dar Al Tahrir which was founded following the 1952 revolution.[5][6] However, Al Gomhuria could not completely achieved the goals set by Gamal Abdel Nasser.[7]

The circulation of the daily in 2000 was 400,000 copies.[8]

Samir Ragab served as the chairman of the board and the editor in chief of the daily.[9] In August 2012, Gamal Abdel Rahim was appointed editor-in-chief of the paper by the Egyptian Shura Council.[10] However, he was fired in October 2012 and Al Sayed Al Bably was named as the editor-in-chief in November.[11]

Dar Al Tahrir publishing house also owns the following:

  • Al Ray Lel Shaab (weekly newspaper)
  • Al Messa (evening newspaper)
  • Al Kora wal Malaeb (sports)
  • Shashaty (entertainment)
  • Aqidaty (Islamic)

The group also publishes:

Notable editors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Al Gomhuria".
  2. ↑ "Publication overview" (PDF). Ipsos. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Al Masry Al Youm transforming Egyptian press". Tavaana. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Alterman, Jon B. (1998). "New Media New Politics?" (PDF). The Washington Institute. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Mamoun Fandy (2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1.
  6. ↑ Angela Powers. "Transformation of Business" (PDF). Media Transformations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Jack Crabbs, Jr (October 1975). "Politics, History, and Culture in Nasser's Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 6 (4): 392. JSTOR 162751.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Renowned Author, Samir Ragab visits 57357". 57357. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "New editors appointed by Shura". Daily News Egypt. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  11. ↑ Hend Kortam (27 November 2012). "New editor-in-chief appointed at Al Gomhuria". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Veteran Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Nafea dies at the age of 84". Ahram Online. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. ↑ Fawaz Gerges (2018). Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East. Princeton, NJ; Oxford: Princeton University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9781400890071.
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