''Business Today Egypt'' (also known as ''BT'') is an English business
magazine
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which is published monthly in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
, Egypt by Egyptian Media Group. It is the only independent business magazine in the country. The magazine models ''
Fortune
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'' and ''
Business Week
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'' magazines.
History and profile
''BT'' was launched in 1995.
It is being published by IBA Media which also publishes ''
Egypt Today
''Egypt Today'' is an Egyptian English-language monthly news magazine owned by Egyptian Media Group.
History and profile
''Egypt Today'' was first published in 1979. It covers Egyptian current affairs and some international news. The magazine is ...
'' magazine.
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
.[
The magazine provides political, economical and business news.][ Each month ''BT'' offers special supplements, for instance, in January digital boom, in April real estate and in October technology.][
In 2013 ''BT'' sold nearly 12,000 copies.
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Incidents
In October 2013 deputy managing editor Campbell MacDiarmid was arrested while covering the Islamist protests in Egypt. He was released after being detained for several hours, and said police told him to delete photographs he had taken of the protests.Kiwi journo staying put in Cairo
. ''3 News NZ''. 8 October 2013.
See also
* List of magazines in Egypt
The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. The earliest magazines included women's magazines as well as those published in Turkish from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's magazines in the co ...
References
External links
Official website
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1995 establishments in Egypt
Business magazines
English-language magazines
Independent magazines
Magazines established in 1995
Magazines published in Cairo
Monthly magazines published in Egypt
Political magazines published in Egypt