The Egyptian Gazette
The Egyptian Gazette is an English-language Egyptian daily, part of El Tahrir Printing and Publishing House.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | El Tahrir Printing and Publishing House |
| Editor | Mohamed Kassem |
| Founded | 26 January 1880 |
| Political alignment | Nationalism, Secularism |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Website |
First published on 26 January 1880, it is the oldest English-language newspaper in the Middle East.
Saad Selim is chairman of the Gazette's board and Mohamed Kassem has been the editor-in-chief since 2014.[1]
History
The Egyptian Gazette was founded in 1880[2] as a four-page weekly tabloid in Alexandria by five Britons, including Andrew Philip, as editor, and Moberly Bell, later managing editor of The Times in London.[1]
In the 1930s, Cairo became more important than Alexandria as a news centre and the newspaper's offices were moved to the Egyptian capital on 20 February 1938.[1]
Shortly before World War II, ownership of The Egyptian Gazette passed to the Société Orientale de Publicité (SOP) (English: Eastern Publishing Company), in which Oswald J. Finney, a wealthy British businessman, was the major shareholder. The Egyptian Gazette found itself associated with The Egyptian Mail, another English-language Egyptian newspaper, founded in 1914, and also owned by the SOP. The market was split between the two dailies, with the Mail appearing in the morning, and the Gazette in the evening.[1]
At the end of the war and with the departure of most of the British Army stationed in Egypt, the market for English-language newspapers shrank dramatically. As a result, and as continues to the present day, The Egyptian Gazette is published every day except Tuesdays, when the now-weekly The Egyptian Mail appears.[1]
In May 1954, following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and the nationalization program of President Nasser, El Tahrir Printing and Publishing House took over ownership of the newspaper from the SOP. Amin Abul Enein was appointed managing editor, bringing the newspaper under the editorial authority of an Egyptian for the first time.[1]
Editorship
| Year | Editor |
|---|---|
| 1952 - 1978 | Amin Abul Enein |
| 1978 - 1980 | Ramez El Halawani |
| 1980 - 1989 | Sami el-Shahed |
| 1989 - 1991 | Mohamed el-Ezabi |
| 1991 - 2005 | Mohamed Ali Ibrahim |
| 2005 - 2011 | Ramadan Abdel Kader |
| 2014 - Till now | Mohamed Kassem |
References
- The Egyptian Gazette Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- William A. Rugh (2004). "Newspapers and Print Media: Arab Countries". Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Retrieved 3 May 2018.