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''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' ( ar, المصري اليوم ', , meaning ''The Egyptian Today'') is an Egyptian privately owned
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that was first published in June 2004. It is published in
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as is its website, ''almasryalyoum.com''. An English version of the website was introduced in 2009 as the ''Al-masry Al-youm English Edition'', which later evolved into ''
Egypt Independent ''Egypt Independent'' is an online newspaper that formerly published a weekly 24-page English-language edition of the Egyptian newspaper, ''Al-Masry Al-Youm''. History On 24 November 2011, the first print edition of ''Egypt Independent'' was pu ...
''. It strives to be a full-service multimedia news organization for Egypt.


History and profile

The newspaper was founded in late 2002 by Salah Diab, an Egyptian businessman whose grandfather (Tawfik Diab) was one of Egypt's most renowned publishers in the 1930s and 1940s. Hisham Kassem is also a founder of ''Al Masry Al Youm''. In 2004, its establishment was finalized, and on 7 June 2004, it published its first edition. The publisher of the daily is Al-Masry Al-Youm for Journalism and Publication.
Magdi El Galad Magdi El Gallad (Egyptian: مجدى الجلاد; born 1964) is an Egyptian journalist. Career Gallad started his career as an investigative journalist for ''Al-Ahram''. He is the founding editor of ''Al Watan'' newspaper. Before that, he was t ...
is one of the former
editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the paper. Until 3 May 2014 Mohamed Salmawi served as editor-in-chief of the daily when Ali Al Sayed was appointed to the post. The paper has a liberal leaning. It initially circulated primarily amongst Cairo's intellectual elite, providing objective news coverage in the belief that good news would beat sensationalist reporting found in other Egyptian print media. It has been said that the paper's launch "helped inaugurate a new opening for independent media in Egypt.". The 2005 circulation of the daily was 50,000 copies. After 3 three years, it was challenging ''
Al-Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...
'' for the status of being the national paper of record. As of 2009 it was regarded as the most influential newspaper in Egypt.2008, week 19, art. 2
Arab-West Report
It has successfully responded to the Egyptian media market as a whole and not a single political party, like many Egyptian opposition papers, and was unafraid to take on hard-hitting topics, like governmental news outlets. Further, it harnessed the energy of young journalists, giving them incentives to produce good work. In 2012, the paper's online version was the 26th most-visited website in Egypt based on the
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data. The same year the paper sold 250,000 copies.


2011 Gaza Aid Flotilla Initiative

In July, 2011, ''Al Masry Al Youm'' publicized its initiative to host the
Freedom Flotilla 2 "Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human" was a flotilla that planned to break the maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel by sailing to Gaza on 5 July 2011. Ultimately, the sailing did not take place. The flotilla was organized by a coal ...
in Egypt and to have the flotilla's ships sail for Gaza from an Egyptian port. The flotilla's ships were stalled in Greece after Greek authorities refused to let them sail. The paper reported that flotilla activists welcomed the paper's initiative to sail from Egypt. The French ship ''Dignité Al Karama'' was the only ship in the flotilla that managed to approach Gaza. It turned towards Gaza after publicly announcing that its destination was the port of Alexandria, before being intercepted by Israeli commandos and escorted to the Israeli port of
Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
. ''Al Masry Al Youm'' reported at the time that a source among the flotilla's activists said to the paper that "the ship will reach the port of Alexandria to refuel, in response to the invitation of ''Al Masry Al Youm'', and after that it will proceed to one of the Mediterranean ports, and from there directly to Gaza, challenging all of the threats that Israel has issued."


Accusations of self-censorship

On 1 December 2011, the chief editor of ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' objected to and ultimately censored a print issue of ''
Egypt Independent ''Egypt Independent'' is an online newspaper that formerly published a weekly 24-page English-language edition of the Egyptian newspaper, ''Al-Masry Al-Youm''. History On 24 November 2011, the first print edition of ''Egypt Independent'' was pu ...
'', Al-Masry's weekly
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newspaper supplement that was launched in November 2011. The second issue of ''Egypt Independent'' was to carry an opinion piece by Robert Springborg, a political scientist and expert on Egyptian civil-military relations, that was critical of the
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that had ruled Egypt since the February, 2011 departure of former president
Husni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in t ...
. Springborg and the Egypt Independent staff collaborated to alter the offending sections in the opinion piece, however the second issue of the supplement was nevertheless prevented from being published. Professor Springborg was himself accused of being a "conspirator against Egypt’s stability" on 7 December 2011 Arabic-language edition of ''Al-Masry al-Youm''. The self-censorship episode prompted the staff of ''Egypt Independent'' to write that "even after 25 January, self-censorship still plagues Egyptian media. As an Egyptian newspaper, we, too, suffer from it. But if self-censorship becomes internalized and goes unquestioned, it becomes an irreversible practice. We refuse to let this happen."


''Egypt Independent'' closure

''Egypt Independent'' was closed by the parent company in April 2013. Its final print issue which was due to be published on 25 April was withheld by the owners. It was eventually made available in an online digital edition. In June 2013, former journalists of ''Egypt Independent'' founded an online newspaper entitled ''
Mada Masr ''Mada Masr'' ( ar, مدى مصر) is an independent Egyptian online newspaper, founded in June 2013 by former journalists of the English-language newspaper ''Egypt Independent'' following the shutting down of its editorial operations in April 20 ...
.''


Editors

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Magdi Mehanna Magdi Mehanna (born Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, 1956-2008) was an Egyptian journalist and the founding editor of ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' newspaper, where he authored a column entitled "In the Forbidden Zone." He also presented a talk show with the ...
(2004) *
Anwar El Hawari Anwar may refer to: * Anwar (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Anwar (singer) (born 1949), an Indian playback singer * ''Anwar'' (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film * ''Anwar'' (2010 film), a 201 ...
(2004–2005) *
Magdi El Galad Magdi El Gallad (Egyptian: مجدى الجلاد; born 1964) is an Egyptian journalist. Career Gallad started his career as an investigative journalist for ''Al-Ahram''. He is the founding editor of ''Al Watan'' newspaper. Before that, he was t ...
(2005–2012) *
Mohamad Samir Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...
(2012) *
Yasser Rizk Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name. Notable people with this given name * Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyr ...
(2012–2013) *
Mohamed Salmawy Mohamed Salmawy is a leading Egyptian intellectual whose writings are widely read throughout the Arab World. He is the former president of the Writers Union of Egypt and the secretary general of the General Union of Arab Writers. A former editor-in- ...
(2014) * Ali Al Sayyed (2014–2015) * Mahmoud Musallam (2015–2016) * Mohamed El Sayed Saleh (2017–present)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masry Youm 2004 establishments in Egypt Arabic-language newspapers Newspapers published in Cairo Daily newspapers published in Egypt Newspapers established in 2004