''Al-Shorouk'', ''Shorouk News'' or ''Al-Shuruq'' ( ar, الشروق "The Sunrise") is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
and several other Arabic nations. It is a daily independent liberal-oriented newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport.
History
The paper was launched by Dar El Shorouk publishing house in February 2009.
The founder and owner of the paper is Ibrahim Al Moellam, who also owns ''
El Tahrir'' daily. It was published as an independent newspaper by "the Egyptian Company for Arabic and International Publishing" and founded in Mohamed Kamel Morsi St.,
Mohandessin
Mohandiseen ( ' , "The Engineers"), is a major 1940s sub-division project originally named Madinat al-Awqaf, and made up most of the Wasat (middle) district in the city of Giza, before being divided in 1997 into the districts of Agouza (cov ...
. The publisher is
Dar Al Shorouk.
Following the
2013 Egyptian coup d'état
The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected
President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, from power and suspended the Egyptian constitut ...
which deposed President
Mohammed Morsi
Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Belal Fadl
Belal Fadl ( ar, بلال فضل) (born 1974) is an Egyptian screenplay writer, journalist and a column writer. He was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. Fadl has roots from Alexandria.
Fadl graduated from Cairo University 1st class with honors, sc ...
who later resigned from the newspaper.
Content
Its coverage ranges from for example the
2009 Egypt–Algeria World Cup dispute to important political issues and activity and interviews of militant Islamists.
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
Aboud El Zomor ''(also ''Abboud el-Zumar'', ''Abbud el-Zumar'', ''Aboud el-Zomoor'', ''Abboud el-Zomor'', ''Abboud el-Zomor'', ''Abod Zoummar'' '', arz, عبود الزمر, Abbud el-Zummor, , born August 1948) is an Egyptian Islamist and fundam ...
and
Tarek al-Zumar
Tarek al-Zumar is an Egyptian Islamist politician and the secretary-general of the Building and Development Party. The party has a non-political wing named al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya. Al-Zumar was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. His cousin is Abou ...
Circulation
The printed version of the paper is not among the top ten,
[ but the circulation of the paper became 150,000 copies during the ]25 January revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
in 2011.Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
in 2012.
Editors
Between 2008 and 2009 Hani Shukrallah
Shukrallah by el-Hamalawy, June 2010
Hani Shukrallah (also spelled ''Hany''; ar, هاني شكر الله; 1950 – 5 May 2019) was an Egyptian journalist and political analyst. He was editor-in-chief of ''Al-Ahram Weekly'' between 1991 and 200 ...
served as the paper's editor-in-chief.[
]
References
External links
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2009 establishments in Egypt
Arabic-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Egypt
Newspapers established in 2009
Newspapers published in Cairo