Frequency Weekly | Country Egypt | |
Categories Women's magazinePolitical magazine Year founded 1989; 28 years ago (1989) Company Al Ahram Publishing Group | ||
Nesf El Donya (in Arabic نصف الدنيا), also known as Nesf El Donia, (meaning Half of the World in English) is an Arabic weekly women's and political magazine published in Egypt.
History and profile
Nesf El Donya was first published in 1989. It is published by Al Ahram publication group and its editors-in-chief are appointed by the Supreme Press Council which is a state-run body. The weekly is based in Cairo.
The magazine targets the working Egyptian women. It offers political news and covers also articles about legal, religious, social affairs, focusing on their relation to women. The magazine includes a special section on female genital mutilation which features articles about its negative aspects. In addition, the weekly publishes interviews with significant female figures one of which was with Naglaa Ali Mahmoud, wife of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi.
Afkar El Kharadly and Ali Al Sayed are the former editors-in-chief of the weekly. In June 2014, Amal Fawzi was appointed to the post.
The circulation of Nesf El Donya in 2000 was 350,000 copies.