Al Alam Al Youm

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

Al Alam Al Youm
TypeSix times per week
Owner(s)Gn4me Holding Company
Founder(s)Yasser Thabet
Emad Adeeb
Founded1991 (1991)
Political alignmentIndependent
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
Sister newspapersNahdet Misr

History and profile

Al Alam Al Youm, based in Cairo, was launched in 1991 as a first business newspaper in Egypt.[2][3] In addition, it is the first privately owned independent newspaper of the country.[3] Yasser Thabet and Emad Adeeb are the founders of the paper.[4][5][6]

The owner of the paper is Good New 4Me Holding Company which also owns Nahdet Misr, another newspaper.[7][8] Emad Adeeb is also the chairman[9][10] and Lamis Elhadidy is the chief executive officer of the paper.[11]

It is published six times per week[3] and focuses on business news in relation to Egypt, the Middle East and the other parts of the world.[2][12] The paper also offers financial analyses.[7] Its target audiences include opinion leaders, businesswomen and men, and decision-makers at multinational and private companies.[11] The paper has offices in Paris, London, Geneva, Bonn, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, and Beirut.[2] It publishes an Egyptian edition and a Gulf region edition.[11]

In 2003, the approximate number of its readers was 650,000[3] and the circulation was 15,000 copies.[13] The 2005 circulation of the paper was 35,000 copies.[14]

See also

References
  1. Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. 2007. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
  2. "Al Alam Al Youm". City Scape Egypt. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. African Media and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence: a Baseline Study on the State of Media Reporting on ICT and Information Society Issues in Africa. United Nations Publications. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 978-92-1-125088-6.
  4. "Yasser Thabet". Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3.
  6. "Senior Management". Good News Media Group. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. Divisions Artoc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. Media Landscape Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Menassat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  9. Asma Yousef (August 2002). "Post-9/11 Media Coverage of International News". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. 21 (6). Retrieved 3 January 2014. – via Questia (subscription required)
  10. 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.
  11. "Muslim Women: Past and Present". WISE. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  12. "AppliTek featured in Egyptian business newspaper Al Alam Al Youm". AppliTek. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  13. William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
  14. "Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13–14)". Wikileaks. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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