Al-Wafd

Al-Wafd (Arabic: الوفد meaning the Mission in English)[1] is the daily newspaper published by the Wafd party in Giza, Egypt.

Al-Wafd
الوفد
TypeDaily
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Wafd Party
PublisherWafd Party
Founded1984 (1984)
Political alignmentOpposition (Centre-right, National liberalism, Egyptian nationalism)
HeadquartersDokki, Giza, Egypt
WebsiteAl Wafd

History and profile

Al-Wafd was launched in 1984.[2][3] As the house organ of the liberal-democratic neo-Wafd party, the paper is considered an opposition paper,[4] although both party and paper have oscillated between support and opposition for the regime.

It is one of the highest circulated papers among those dailies owned by a political party in the country.[5] The paper sold more than half a million copies in the 1990s.[6] The circulation of the daily in 2000 was 600,000 copies.[7]

Mohamed Ali Ibrahim was named as the editor-in-chief of the paper in 2005. Then Abbas Al Tarabili served as the editor-in-chief until February 2009.[8] During the Egyptian revolution in 2011 Osama Heikal was the editor-in-chief.[9] He was appointed information minister in July 2011.[9]

The paper has also an online version, called Al Wafd Gate.[10]

Controversy

Abbas Al Tarabili, then chief editor of the daily, was fired in February 2009 due to low circulation rates that were between 9,000 and 10,000.[8]

On 4 September 2013, the paper portrayed the US President Barack Obama as Satan due to his support for opposition forces in Syria.[11]

See also

References
  1. "The Political Role of the Media". Country Studies. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. Hend Selim. "The Coverage of Egypt's Revolution in the Egyptian, American and Israeli Newspapers" (PDF). Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. Mohamed El Bendary (2013). The Egyptian Revolution: Between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi. Algora Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-87586-992-6.
  4. Andrew Hammond (2007). Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, Politics, and the Media. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-977-416-054-7.
  5. Rasha Allam. Media landscapes. Egypt Archived 27 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine European Journalism Centre. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  6. Yushi Chiba (2010). "Media History of Modern Egypt: A Critical Review". Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies: G-COE Series. p. 10. hdl:2433/155745.
  7. Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project" (PDF). FRONTIERS/Population Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  8. "Egypt: Al-Wafd newspaper editor fired because of drop in circulation". The Arab Press Network. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  9. "Egypt's reinstatement of Information Ministry is a setback". Committee to Protect Journalists. New York. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  10. "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. Leslie Larson (5 September 2013). "Egyptian newspaper creates image of Obama as Satan". New York Daily News. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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