Al Arabi (newspaper)

Al Arabi is a newspaper based in Cairo, Egypt. It is the organ of the Nasserist Party.[1] In the 1990s the paper was one of the opposition publications.[2] In 1998 one of the editors of the paper was arrested and given six-month prison sentence due to the alleged defamation of a pro-government writer, Tharwat Abaza.[3] In 1999 the party declared that it could not finance the paper anymore, and the Egyptian government proposed to provide financial support to the paper.[1] However, the party did not accept the proposal, but reduced the frequency of Al Arabi from daily to weekly.[1]

For the Kuwaiti magazine, see Al-Arabi (magazine).

Al Arabi
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Nasserist Party
Political alignmentNasserist
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

Former editors-in-chief of the paper include Abdel Halim Qandil and Nasser Abu Tahoun.[4][5] Of them Qandil held the post until 2007.[6] Another editor-in-chief was Mahmoud Al Maraghi.[7] Mohamed Fayek, a cabinet member during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser, was among the former chairmen of its board.[8]

References
  1. Joshua Stacher (2004). "Parties over: The demise of Egypt's opposition parties". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (2): 224–225. doi:10.1080/135301904042000268222. S2CID 145021477.
  2. Salah Eldin Hafiz; Eugene Rogan (1996). "Press law 93, 1995". Index on Censorship. 25 (2): 59. doi:10.1080/03064229608536033. S2CID 143395325.
  3. Gamal M. Selim (2015). The International Dimensions of Democratization in Egypt: The Limits of Externally-Induced Change. Vol. 11. Cham: Springer Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-319-16700-8.
  4. Nabil Fahmi (8 November 2011). "Egypt Elections: Nasserist Party". The Cairo Review. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. Manar Shorbagy (Winter 2007). "Understanding Kefaya. The New Politics in Egypt". Arab Studies Quarterly. 29 (1): 48. JSTOR 41859016.
  6. "Abdel Halim Kandil General Coordinator of the Kefaya Movement". Masress. Youm7. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  7. Hesham Sallam (26 October 2020). "From the State of Vanguards to the House of Kofta: Reflections on Egypt's Authoritarian Impasse". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  8. "Mr. Minister / Mohamed Fayek". Boutros Ghali Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.