Al Arabi (newspaper)

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

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

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]

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]

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  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.