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Al Alam Al Youm
TypeBusiness newspaper
Owner(s)Gn4me Holding Company
Founder(s)
  • Yasser Thabet
  • Emad Adeeb
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt
Sister newspapersNahdet Misr
WebsiteAl Alam Al Youm

Al Alam Al Youm (Arabic: العالم اليوم; The World Today) is an Arabic business newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt.[1] It is the first private specialized independent paper of the country.

History and profile[edit]

Al Alam Al Youm, based in Cairo, was launched in 1991 as the first business newspaper in Egypt.[2][3] In addition, it is the first privately owned independent newspaper of the country.[2] Yasser Thabet and Emad Adeeb are the founders of the paper.[4][5]

The owner of the paper is Good New 4Me Holding Company which also owns Nahdet Misr, another newspaper.[6][7] As of 2012 Emad Adeeb was the chairman[8] and Lamis Elhadidy was the chief executive officer of the paper.[9] Although the paper billed itself an independent publications both Adeeb and Elhadidy were among the supporters of the former President Hosni Mubarak in the mid-2000s.[10]

It is published six times per week[2] and focuses on business news in relation to Egypt, the Middle East and the other parts of the world.[11][12] The paper also offers financial analyses.[6] Its target audiences include opinion leaders, businesspeople and decision-makers at multinational and private companies.[9] The paper has offices in Paris, London, Geneva, Bonn, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, and Beirut.[11] It publishes an Egyptian edition and a Gulf region edition.[9]

In 2003, the approximate number of its readers was 650,000,[2] and its circulation was 15,000 copies.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
  2. ^ a b c d African Media and ICT4D. Addis Ababa; Dakar: United Nations Publications. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 978-92-1-125088-6.
  3. ^ "Alam Al Youm". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Yasser Thabet". Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3.
  6. ^ a b Divisions Archived 27 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Artoc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. ^ Media Landscape Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Menassat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ^ Mohammad Abdel Rahman (2 February 2012). "Emad el-Din Adeeb: The Return of "Citizen Mubarak"". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Muslim Women: Past and Present". WISE. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  10. ^ Issandr El Amrani (1 September 2005). "The Long Wait: Reform in Egypt's State Owned Broadcasting Service". Arab Media and Society.
  11. ^ a b "Al Alam Al Youm". City Scape Egypt. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  12. ^ "AppliTek featured in Egyptian business newspaper Al Alam Al Youm". AppliTek. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  13. ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.

External links[edit]

Official website

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Alam_Al_Youm