Al Ahali

Al Ahali, also known as Al Ahaly, (The Masses in English) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt.

For Egyptian magazine, see Al-Ahali (magazine).

Al Ahali
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)National Progressive Unionist Party
Founder(s)Khalid Mohieddin
Founded1 February 1978 (1978-02-01)
Political alignmentLeftist
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt
WebsiteAl Ahali

History and profile

Al Ahali was first published in February 1978.[1][2] It is the organ of the National Progressive Unionist Party[1] which is also the publisher of the daily.[3] The founder of both the paper and the party was Khalid Mohieddin.[4] Dilip Hiro who is an expert on Middle Eastern, Islamic, and central Asian affairs argues that Al Ahali is much more popular than the National Progressive Unionist Party.[5]

Immediately after its start Al Ahali was temporarily shut down by the Egyptian government.[6] The paper has a leftist stance[7] and was the major critic of the Sadat rule.[8] As a result during the Sadat rule Al Ahali came across numerous bans and its offices were attacked by the Egyptian forces.[9] The paper's critical approach also continued during the rule of Sadat's successor Hosni Mubarak.[10]

Al Ahali was critical of Iranian ruler Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[11] The paper is the sole Egyptian publication which correctly interpreted the mass demonstrations in Iran in 1978 predicting that these demonstrations were the forerunner of the revolution.[11] In addition, it is the first Egyptian newspaper which published an interview with Ayatollah Khomenei before the revolution in 1979.[11]

Rifaat El Saeed, chairman of the National Progressive Unionist Party, published many articles in the paper which mostly included criticisms over the violation of Copts's rights in Egypt.[12] Farida Nakash served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[13] The daily was among twelve newspapers protested the Islamist-drawn constitution in December 2012.[14]

In 1989 Al Ahali nearly sold 100,000 copies.[15]

See also

References
  1. Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron (1999). "Freedom of the press in Egypt: Checks and Balances". Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online. 6 (1): 22–43. doi:10.1163/221129800X00032.
  2. Donald M. Reid (1979). "The Return of the Egyptian Wafd, 1978". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 12 (3): 407. doi:10.2307/218411. JSTOR 218411.
  3. "The National Progressive Unionist (Tagammo' El Shaab El Eshtraky) Party". Egypt Electionnaire. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. "مصر: وفاة خالد محيي الدين "آخر الضباط الأحرار"". BBC Arabic. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. Dilip Hiro (2013). A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. p. 863. ISBN 978-1-62371-033-0.
  6. Raymond William Baker (1990). Sadat and After: Struggles for Egypt's Political Soul. Harvard University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-674-78497-0.
  7. Lisa A. Blaydes (2008). Competition without Democracy: Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak's Egypt. Cambridge University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-549-84064-0.
  8. Mamoun Fandy (2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1.
  9. Saad Eddin Ibrahim (2010). "Domestic Developments in Egypt". In W. B. Quandt (ed.). The Middle East: Ten Years After Camp David. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Brookings Institution Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-8157-2052-2.
  10. Salah Eldin Hafiz; Eugene Rogan (1996). "Press law 93, 1995". Index on Censorship. 25 (2): 59. doi:10.1080/03064229608536033. S2CID 143395325.
  11. Hanan Hammad (2009). "Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution in the Egyptian Press: From Fascination to Condemnation". Radical History Review. 2009 (105): 41. doi:10.1215/01636545-2009-003.
  12. Hazem Zohni (5 May 2010). "Al Tagammu Party". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  13. "Remand of Islam". Audio Boom. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  14. "Egypt's media on strike ahead of anti-Mursi rally". Al Akhbar. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  15. Mona Makram Ebeid (Summer 1989). "Political Opposition in Egypt: Democratic Myth or Reality?". Middle East Journal. 43 (3): 429. JSTOR 4327961.
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