Al Ahali

Al Ahali
Type Daily
Owner(s) National Progressive Unionist Party
Publisher National Progressive Unionist Party
Founded 1 February 1978 (1978-02-01)
Language Arabic

Al Ahali, also known as Al Ahaly, (The Masses in English) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Egypt.

History and profile

Al Ahali was first published in February 1978.[1] It is the organ of the National Progressive Unionist Party[1] which is also the publisher of the daily.[2] The paper has a leftist stance.[3][4]

The paper was the major critic of the Sadat rule.[4] The same year it was founded it was temporarily shut down by the Egyptian government.[5]

Farida Nakash served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[6]

The daily was among twelve newspapers protested the Islamist-drawn constitution in December 2012.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron (1999). "Freedom of the press in Egypt: Checks and Balances". Law Journal Library. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "The National Progressive Unionist (Tagammo' El Shaab El Eshtraky) Party". Egypt Electionnaire. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Lisa A. Blaydes (2008). Competition without Democracy: Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak's Egypt. ProQuest. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-549-84064-0. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 Mamoun Fandy (1 January 2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Raymond William Baker (1 January 1990). Sadat and After: Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul. Harvard University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-674-78497-0. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Remand of Islam". Audio Boom. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Egypt's media on strike ahead of anti-Mursi rally". Al Akhbar. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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