''Al-Akhbar'' (; ''The News'' in English) is an

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daily

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based in

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. It is a state-owned semi-official newspaper.

History and profile

''Al-Akhbar'' was first published in May 1952 as a part of '' Akhbar el-Yom''. The founders were the Amin brothers, Ali and Mustafa Amin. The publisher is Dar Akhbar El Yom. The paper is headquartered in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

. Egyptian novelist Gamal el-Ghitani is one of the former contributors and

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of the daily. He was appointed to the post in 1985. Another prominent Egyptian author Anis Mansour was also the editor-in-chief of the daily. In January 2011 Mohamed Barakat was appointed editor-in-chief, replacing Mohamed Mahdy Fadly in the post. Mohammad Hassan El Bana assumed the post during the Morsi era. Ibrahim Abdul Meguid worked for the daily and was dismissed during the same period due to his critical articles about the Muslim Brotherhood. The paper also ceased its "free opinion" section and fired several contributors during the same period. In terms of institutional size, it is the second daily in the country after ''

al-Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' (; ), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second-oldest after '' Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian governm ...

''. During the 1950s ''al-Akhbar'' had a circulation of over 700,000 copies. In 1976, the paper was the most read daily in Egypt with a circulation of 650,000 copies. In 2000 the paper sold 1.1 million copies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akhbar, Al 1952 establishments in Egypt Arabic-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Egypt Newspapers established in 1952 Newspapers published in Cairo State media