Al-Ahram
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Al-Ahram (), is an Egyptian daily morning newspaper founded on 5 August 1876, it is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second-oldest after ''Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian government, and is considered a newspaper of record for Egypt.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Al-Ahram
- Newspaper.logo
- Al-Ahram logo.png
- Newspaper.logo_size
- 140px
- Newspaper.image
- Al_Ahram_cover_page.jpg
- Newspaper.image_size
- 200px
- Newspaper.caption
- Typical Al-Ahram front page
- Newspaper.type
- Daily newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- Broadsheet
- Newspaper.language
- Arabic, English
- Newspaper.owners
- Egyptian Government
- Newspaper.political_position
- Uncertain (2011–present) National Democratic Party (1978–2011)
- Newspaper.publisher
- Al-Ahram Publishing House
- Newspaper.editor
- Mohamed Abdelhady Allam
- Newspaper.founder
- Beshara Takla Saleem Takla
- Newspaper.circulation
- 1,000,000 daily1,200,000 Fridays
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Boulaq, Cairo, Egypt
- Newspaper.publishing_country
- Egypt
- Newspaper.website
- Arabic: English: Français:
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Under Heikal
- Profile and editions
- Ownership and government influence
- Notable writers and editors
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Ahram (), is an Egyptian daily morning newspaper founded on 5 August 1876, it is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second-oldest after ''Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (The Egyptian Events, founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian government, and is considered a newspaper of record for Egypt.
Given the many varieties of Arabic language, Al-Ahram is widely considered an influential source of writing style in Arabic. In 1950, the Middle East Institute described Al-Ahram as being to the Arabic-reading public within its area of distribution, "What The Times is to Englishmen and The New York Times to Americans"; however, it has often been accused of heavy influence and censorship by the Egyptian government.
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