Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya
Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (Arabic: الوقائع المصريّة / ALA-LC: al-Waqā’i‘ al-Miṣriyyah; meaning "the Egyptian affairs"), was an Egyptian newspaper established in 1828 on the order of Muhammad Ali, originally called "Vekayi-i Misriye" (Ottoman Turkish: وقایع مصریه) and written in Ottoman Turkish in one column with an Arabic translation in a second column (Ottoman Turkish text was in the right one and Arabic text in the left one), and later in Arabic only[1] under the Arabic title.
The first edition of Vekayi-i Misriye, published in 1828 (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
It was printed at the Amiri Press.
Al-Waqa'i' was the official gazette of Egypt, and is now published as an appendix of the Official Journal.[2]
See also
- List of newspapers in Egypt
- Media of Egypt
- History of Middle Eastern newspapers
- TGC Press Media Museum in Istanbul, Turkey exhibits examples of the newspaper
References
- Tripp (ed.), p. 2; Amin, Fortna & Frierson, p. 99; Hill, p. 172.
- "The General Organization for Government Printing Office" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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