Youm7

Youm7
TypeDaily
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Egyptian Media Group[1] (which is owned by United Media Services Group[1])
PublisherEgyptian Journalism, Publishing and Advertisement
"المصرية للصحافة والنشر والإعلان"
EditorOla Elshafey
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Political alignmentIndependent reformist/liberal
HeadquartersGiza, Egypt
Websitewww.youm7.com (in Arabic)

Youm7 (Arabic: اليوم السابع, IPA: [iljoːm issaːbiʕ], meaning The Seventh Day) is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper. It was first published as a weekly paper in October 2008 and has been published daily since May 2011.[2] It is published in Arabic. The paper was twice selected by Forbes Middle East as having the most effective news website in the Middle East.[3][4] Youm7 reportedly has the most-visited website of any Egyptian newspaper.[5] On 6 October 2013 it launched an English news website called The Cairo Post.

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  2. ^ "Who Are We من نحن". Youm7. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Youm7 wins Forbes prize for best website in the Middle East". Arab News Agency. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Forbes Middle East announced the official ranking of the Top 50 Newspapers Online for the MENA Region at its launch event". Zawya. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Egypt's Youm7.com website hacked". Bikya Masr. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.