The Cairo Foreign Press Association is an organization of
journalist
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s representing non-
Egypt
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ian
media
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Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
in Egypt, founded in January 1977. The FPA has hundreds of members, both
Egyptians
Egyptians ( arz, المَصرِيُون, translit=al-Maṣriyyūn, ; arz, المَصرِيِين, translit=al-Maṣriyyīn, ; cop, ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, remenkhēmi) are an ethnic group native to the Nile, Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian ...
working for non-Egyptian media and non-Egyptians. The FPA was founded to serve the interests of all its members in carrying out their professional requirements as foreign media correspondents in Egypt through the maintenance of communications with the competent Egyptian authorities,
press conference
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s and trips and other activities.
Volkhard Windfuhr was the head of the FPA from 1994 til 2020.
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Egyptian journalism organisations