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List of newspapers in Egypt

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Egypt has the highest number of the printed publications in the region. The number of Arabic newspapers in the country was about 200 in 1938. There were also 65 newspapers published in other languages than Arabic. For instance, there were many newspapers published in Turkish in the country from 1828 to 1947. By 1951 Arabic newspapers was about 400 and those published in other languages was 150. As of 2011, daily newspaper circulation in Egypt was more than 4.3 million copies.

Contents

The following is a list of newspapers in Egypt.

Newspapers in Armenian

  • Arev
  • Housaper
  • Tchahagir

    • Newspapers in English

  • Daily News Egypt
  • Egypt Independent (defunct)
  • Egypt News
  • Egypt Today
  • The Egyptian Gazette
  • Egyptian Mail
  • The Middle East Observer
  • Middle East Times
  • Mada Masr

    • Newspapers in French

  • Al-Ahram Hebdo
  • Le Progrès Egyptien

    • Status of Egyptian media

    Egyptian radio and TV are controlled by the Egyptian government. However, in the past few years, one sees the development of private Egyptian satellite stations.

    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

    (Notes between parentheses indicate political, religious or institutional affiliations)

    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.

    References

    List of newspapers in Egypt Wikipedia
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