''Al Gomhuria'' ( ar, الجمهورية; en, The Republic) is an influential state-owned
Egypt
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ian
Arabic language
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daily
newspaper
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.
History and profile
''Al Gomhuria'' was established in 1954 following
the Egyptian revolution and became the new regime's leading media outlet.
The paper was published using the facilities of
Wafd party's newspaper ''
Al Misri'', which had been disestablished by the regime.
[ ]Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
became the editor of the daily.[ The publisher of the paper is Dar Al Tahrir which was founded following the 1952 revolution.] However, ''Al Gomhuria'' could not completely achieved the goals set by Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...
.
The circulation of the daily in 2000 was 400,000 copies. The 2005 circulation of the daily was 200,000 copies.
Samir Ragab served as the chairman of the board and the editor in chief of the daily. In August 2012, Gamal Abdel Rahim was appointed editor-in-chief of the paper by the Egyptian Shura Council. However, he was fired in October 2012 and Al Sayed Al Bably was named as the editor-in-chief in November.
Dar Al Tahrir publishing house also owns the following:
*'' Al Ray Lel Shaab'' (weekly newspaper)
*''Al Messa
''Al Messa'' (in Arabic المساء, literally, ''The Evening'') is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt.
History and profile
''Al Masaa'' was founded in October 1956. From its start to March 1959 the paper was edited by Marxis ...
'' (evening newspaper)
*''Al Kora wal Malaeb'' (sports)
*''Shashaty'' (entertainment)
*''Aqidaty'' (Islamic)
The group also publishes:
*'' Egyptian Gazette'' (English)
*''Le Progrès Egyptien'' (French)
Notable editors
* Siham Bayyumi
*Ebrahim Nafae
Ebrahim Nafae ( ar, ابراهيم نافع) (12 January 1934 – 1 January 2018) was an Egyptian journalist. He was editor of the Egyptian newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' from 1979 to 2005 and chair of the General Union of Arab Journalists from 1996 to 2 ...
*Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
(1955–1956)
* Mahmoud Salem
See also
* List of newspapers in Egypt
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 p ...
References
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1954 establishments in Egypt
Publications established in 1954
Daily newspapers published in Egypt
Arabic-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Cairo
State media
Nasserism