''Al Tahrir'' (

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التحرير; ''The Liberation'') is a privately owned classical Arabic 18-page daily published in Cairo, Egypt. It was named after the

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in Cairo which witnessed demonstrations in the 2011 protests. The daily was the second publication launched after "the revolution".

History and ownership

The daily was launched in July 2011 following the ouster of

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and was named after the Tahrir Square. It is the second daily started during the

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. One of its owners and board chairman is Ibrahim El Moellam, who also owns the independent '' Al Shorouk'' daily. Ibrahim Eissa is the other founder and editor-in-chief of the daily.

Content and editors

''Al Tahrir'' is an 18-page daily. In July 2011, Ibrahim Mansour, the executive editor of the daily, argued that it primarily targets young readers, who "lost faith in the print media because it served the regime." Significant editors of the daily include Ibrahim Mansour, Belal Fadl, Omar Taher and Ahmed Esseily.

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, who was a leading novelist, published weekly articles in the daily, the last of which involved criticisms over the

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. Following the

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's description of the July 2013

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in Egypt as a "coup" the daily published an English message on its front page on 4 July, saying "It's a revolution .. not a coup."

Political approach

The first issue of the daily reported "it will be a replica of ''Al Dostour'' in terms of its opinionated content and sarcastic flourishes." The initial approach of the paper was "to represent the voice of the January 25 Revolution," which opposed the Mubarak regime. It tries to challenge authoritarianism and corruption and all the red lines Egypt's rulers try to draw around a free press. Following the election of Abdel Fattah Sisi as president of Egypt the headline of the paper was "Egypt is in joy".

Controversy

In August 2012, ''Al Tahrir'' and two other dailies, ''

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'' and ''Al Watan'', blanked their columns, protesting the appointment of editors-in-chief by the Egyptian Shura Council. On 4 December 2012, ''Al Tahrir'' together with eleven papers and five TV channels went on strike for one day, protesting the draft constitution.

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