Al-Shorouk, Shorouk News or Al-Shuruq (Arabic: الشروق) is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt[1] and several other Arabic nations. It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport. Its coverage ranges from for example the 2009 Egypt–Algeria World Cup dispute [2] to important political issues and activity and interviews of militant Islamists.[3]In late August and early September 2009 it published a document entitled al-Badil al-Thalith bayna al-Istibdad wa-al-Istislam (The Third Alternative between Despotism and Surrender) written by then incarcerated Abbud al-Zumar and Tarek al-Zumar[4]
Al-Shuruq is also published in Algeria, also covering important political issues and militant Islamist activity and as a magazine Al-Shuruq Magazine, an Arabic political magazine in the United Arab Emirates. In Sudan, the Al-Shuruq satellite channel operates.