Al Ahali
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | National Progressive Unionist Party |
| Publisher | National Progressive Unionist Party |
| Founded | 1 February 1978 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Website | https://www.hashd-ahali.org/main/ahali/ |
Al Ahali, also known as Al Ahaly, (The Masses in English) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Cairo, 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
- ^ a b Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron (1999). "Freedom of the press in Egypt: Checks and Balances". Law Journal Library.
- ^ "The National Progressive Unionist (Tagammo' El Shaab El Eshtraky) Party". Egypt Electionnaire. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Lisa A. Blaydes (2008). Competition without Democracy: Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak's Egypt. ProQuest. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-549-84064-0.
- ^ a b Mamoun Fandy (2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1.
- ^ Raymond William Baker (1990). Sadat and After: Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul. Harvard University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-674-78497-0.
- ^ "Remand of Islam". Audio Boom. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Egypt's media on strike ahead of anti-Mursi rally". Al Akhbar. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.