Al-Ahram Weekly
{{short description|English newspaper based in Cairo, Egypt}}
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| title = Al-Ahram Weekly
| logo = Al-Ahram Weekly logo.jpg
| logo_size = 180px
| caption = Al-Ahram Weekly logo
| frequency = Weekly
| format = Broadsheet
| founded = {{start date and age|1991}}
| category = Nasserism, anti-reform
| publisher = Al-Ahram Publishing House
| country = Egypt
| based = Cairo
| editor =
| website = {{URL|https://english.ahram.org.eg/}}
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Al-Ahram Weekly is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt.
History and profile
Al Ahram Weekly was established in 1991 by the Al-Ahram newspaper, which also runs a French-language weekly version, Al-Ahram Hebdo.
Between 1991 and 2003, founder Hosni Guindi, served as the editor-in-chief and Hani Shukrallah as managing editor{{cite web|title=Covering the Arab Spring Myths, Lies And Truths|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/makdisi_memorial_fund/Documents/nmmf_annual_lecture/20120521ifi_nmmf_annual_lecture_poster.pdf|agency=Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs|work=American University of Beirut|date=21 May 2012|access-date=6 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929104140/http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/makdisi_memorial_fund/Documents/nmmf_annual_lecture/20120521ifi_nmmf_annual_lecture_poster.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2013|url-status=dead}} and co-founder Mona Anis as deputy editor-in-chief. After Hosni's death in 2003, Shukrallah succeeded him as acting editor. In 2005 Egypt's Shura Council appointed Assem El-Qersh as the paper's editor-in-chief, replacing Shukrallah. In June 2014, Galal Nassar was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly.{{cite news|title=Egypt: Press Council Appoints Editors of State-Owned Newspapers|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201406290012.html|access-date=8 September 2014|work=Aswat Masriya|date=28 June 2014|location=Cairo}}
The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 50,000 copies.{{cite web|author1=Sahar Hegazi |author2=Mona Khalifa |title=Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project |url=http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf |publisher=FRONTIERS/Population Council |access-date=30 September 2014 |date=October 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006201517/http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}
See also
- List of magazines in Egypt
- Sherif Sonbol, Al Ahram Weekly chief photographer
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://english.ahram.org.eg/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/ Archived website (2002 – 2019)]
- Archived PDF versions of 1996 editions
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Category:1991 establishments in Egypt
Category:English-language magazines
Category:Magazines established in 1991
Category:Magazines published in Cairo
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