Al Shorouk (Egyptian newspaper)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Al Shorouk Company |
| Publisher | The Egyptian Company for Arabic and International Publishing |
| Editor | Amr Khafagy |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Website |
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Al Shorouk (Arabic: الشروق) is an independent daily Egyptian newspaper.
History
The paper was founded in 2009 and is a privately owned daily.[1] It was published as an independent newspaper by "the Egyptian Company for Arabic and International Publishing" and founded in Mohamed Kamel Morsi St., Mohandessin.[2] The publisher is Dar Al Shorouk.[1] As of 2014, the editor-in-chief is Emad El-Din Hussein.[3]
Following the 30 June Revolution which ousted Mohammed Morsi it was closed down for two consecutive days due to the publication of an article written by journalist Belal Fadl and he resigned from the newspaper.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amr Osman; Marwa Abdel Samei (Spring–Summer 2012). "The Media and the Making of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution". Global Media Journal 2 (1). Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Shorouk/About Us(Arabic Article)".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mustafa Salah (4 February 2014). "Prominent Egyptian journalist resigns over censorship". Al Monitor. Retrieved 1 August 2014.