''Al-Ahram Weekly'' is an
English-language weekly
broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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.
History and profile
''Al Ahram Weekly'' was established in 1991 by the ''
Al-Ahram'' newspaper, which also runs a
French-language weekly version, ''
Al-Ahram Hebdo''.
Between 1991 and 2003, founder
Hosni Guindi Hosni (also spelled Husni or Housni, ar, حسني or Persian: حُسنی) may refer to:
Places
* Husni, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province
Given name
* Husni al-Barazi, Syrian politician
* Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian politician, fourth President of ...
, served as the
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
and
Hani Shukrallah
Shukrallah by el-Hamalawy, June 2010
Hani Shukrallah (also spelled ''Hany''; ar, هاني شكر الله; 1950 – 5 May 2019) was an Egyptian journalist and political analyst. He was editor-in-chief of ''Al-Ahram Weekly'' between 1991 and 200 ...
as managing editor and co-founder
Mona Anis as deputy editor-in-chief. After Hosni's death in 2003, Shukrallah succeeded him as acting editor. In 2005 Egypt's Shura Council appointed Assem El-Qersh as the paper's editor-in-chief, replacing Shukrallah. In June 2014, Galal Nassar was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly.
The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 50,000 copies.
See also
*
List of magazines in Egypt
The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. The earliest magazines included women's magazines as well as those published in Turkish from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's magazines in the co ...
*
Sherif Sonbol, ''Al Ahram Weekly'' chief photographer
References
External links
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1991 establishments in Egypt
English-language magazines
Magazines established in 1991
Magazines published in Cairo
News magazines published in Africa
Political magazines published in Egypt
Weekly magazines published in Egypt