Al-Ahram Hebdo Explained

Al Ahram Hebdo
Type:Weekly newspaper
Publisher:Al Ahram publishing house
Chiefeditor:Fouad Mansour
Newseditor:Chérif Soliman
Language:French
Headquarters:Cairo
Issn:1110-5062
Oclc:32526243
Website:Al-Ahram Hebdo

Al-Ahram Hebdo is a French-language weekly newspaper in Egypt.[1]

History and profile

Al Ahram Hebdo was established in 1994[2] by the Al Ahram publishing house which also owns Al-Ahram newspaper, an English-language version, and Al Ahram Weekly.[3] The paper which is published weekly[4] is based in Cairo.[5]

Egyptian writer Mohamed Salmawy was the first of Al-Ahram Hebdo editors-in-chief.[6] [7] Hisham Mourad also served as editor-in-chief. He was appointed to the post in January 2011.[8] In June 2014, Fouad Mansour who was the managing editor of the magazine since 2003, was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly.[9] Fouad Mansour co-founded Ahram Online, Egypt biggest English language news website, with veteran Egyptian journalist and writer Hani Shukrallah in 2010. https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/386312/Egypt/Politics-/AlAhram-honours-former-Ahram-Hebdo,-Ahram-Online-e.aspx

Dina Abdel Mooti Darwich, an Egyptian journalist who won the first Samir Kassir Prize in 2006 for an article written in Al-Ahram Hebdo, is among the founding team of the weekly.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Egypt. World Press. 29 September 2013.
  2. http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-4 Media Landscape
  3. Web site: Al Ahram Newspaper. Allied Media. 14 February 2014.
  4. Book: Mohamed El Bendary. The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events. 2010. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-2431-4. 80.
  5. http://www.yellowpages.com.eg/profile/OTM3MDU=/Al-Ahram-Hebdo.html Al Ahram Hebdo
  6. Book: Dietrich Jung. The Middle East and Palestine: Global Politics and Regional Conflict. 2004. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-4039-8212-4. 79.
  7. Censorship and social realism at the Cairo Book Fair. Arab Media and Society. 2008. 14 February 2014. Ingrid Wassmann. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172916/http://www.arabmediasociety.com/articles/downloads/20080510204655_AMS_Ingrid_Wassmann.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead.
  8. News: Safaa Abdoun. Marwa Al A'asar. Shoura Council reshuffles editors of state papers, magazines. Daily News Egypt. 18 January 2011. Cairo.
  9. News: Egypt: Press Council Appoints Editors of State-Owned Newspapers. Aswat Masriya. 28 June 2014. Cairo.
  10. Web site: Egyptian Journalist Awarded First Samir Kassir Award . The Arab Press Network . 22 June 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200011/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/articlesv2.php?id=764 . 10 September 2014 .