Al Alam Al Youm

Al Alam Al Youm (Arabic: العالم اليوم; The World Today) is an Arabic business newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt.[1] It is the first private specialized independent paper of the country.

Al Alam Al Youm
TypeBusiness newspaper
Owner(s)Gn4me Holding Company
Founder(s)
  • Yasser Thabet
  • Emad Adeeb
Founded1991 (1991)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt
Sister newspapersNahdet Misr
WebsiteAl Alam Al Youm

History and profile

Al Alam Al Youm, based in Cairo, was launched in 1991 as the first business newspaper in Egypt.[2][3] In addition, it is the first privately owned independent newspaper of the country.[2] Yasser Thabet and Emad Adeeb are the founders of the paper.[4][5]

The owner of the paper is Good New 4Me Holding Company which also owns Nahdet Misr, another newspaper.[6][7] As of 2012 Emad Adeeb was the chairman[8] and Lamis Elhadidy was the chief executive officer of the paper.[9] Although the paper billed itself an independent publications both Adeeb and Elhadidy were among the supporters of the former President Hosni Mubarak in the mid-2000s.[10]

It is published six times per week[2] and focuses on business news in relation to Egypt, the Middle East and the other parts of the world.[11][12] The paper also offers financial analyses.[6] Its target audiences include opinion leaders, businesspeople and decision-makers at multinational and private companies.[9] The paper has offices in Paris, London, Geneva, Bonn, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, and Beirut.[11] It publishes an Egyptian edition and a Gulf region edition.[9]

In 2003, the approximate number of its readers was 650,000,[2] and its circulation was 15,000 copies.[13]

References
  1. Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
  2. African Media and ICT4D. Addis Ababa; Dakar: United Nations Publications. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 978-92-1-125088-6.
  3. "Alam Al Youm". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. "Yasser Thabet". Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3.
  6. Divisions Archived 27 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Artoc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. Media Landscape Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Menassat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. Mohammad Abdel Rahman (2 February 2012). "Emad el-Din Adeeb: The Return of "Citizen Mubarak"". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  9. "Muslim Women: Past and Present". WISE. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  10. Issandr El Amrani (1 September 2005). "The Long Wait: Reform in Egypt's State Owned Broadcasting Service". Arab Media and Society.
  11. "Al Alam Al Youm". City Scape Egypt. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  12. "AppliTek featured in Egyptian business newspaper Al Alam Al Youm". AppliTek. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  13. William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.

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