Al-Ahram Weekly

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Al-Ahram Weekly is an Egyptian weekly newspaper that appears in English . It is the publisher of the daily newspaper Al-Ahram published. The weekly newspaper is one of the most important English-language newspapers in the Arab world.

Al-Ahram weekly newspapers

The publishing house of the daily newspaper Al-Ahram publishes two foreign-language weekly newspapers, the Al-Ahram Weekly and the Al-Ahram Hebdo , the latter in French . Both weeklies appear Thursdays as printing . The articles of the Al-Ahram Weekly are also usually published on the same day around 7:00 p.m. local time on the website of the newspaper weekly.ahram.org.eg , on which they are also preserved.

The logo consists of three red pyramids with a brick structure , above which the title is written in black Latin letters. The logo is derived from the Arabic wordالأهرام, DMG al-Ahrām from 'the pyramids'.

history

The first edition appeared on February 28, 1991. The founder and first editor-in-chief was Hosny Guindy (* 1940, † August 10, 2003 in Cairo , Arabic حسني جندي).

Since 1997, the newspaper's articles have also been published in full on the Internet. The issue on the occasion of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 was viewed half a million times on the website.

content

Two articles on Egyptian or international key topics usually appear on the front page . Other key topics follow: Egypt (Home), Region, International, Economy, Opinion, Press review (press review), Reader's corner (readers' opinions), Culture, Heritage (Erbe), Living, Sports and People. Articles for special occasions are published in the Features, Focus and Special sections. There are special supplements on travel and books at longer intervals.

The content of the newspaper is not a summary of the articles in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, rather the team of its authors works independently . Your articles are nowhere near as close to government as the daily newspaper, they are professional and quite objective.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. weekly.ahram.org.eg , website of the newspaper