Egyptian Press Foreign Journalism Berdak Bayimbetov
EGYPT • • • Capital: Population: Official languages: Currency: Internet TLD: Cairo 86, 000 Arabic Egyptian pound. eg
How many countries speak Arabic?
Arabic is spoken in 22 countries! Arabic is spoken in all of these countries:
Arabic is the 5 th most commonly spoken native language in the world There are well over 300 million native speakers of the language. These speakers are largely concentrated in the Middle East, but there are minority groups of native speakers throughout the world. It is also an official language of the United Nations, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Conference, and the African Union.
The most populated Arab country …is EGYPT • Egypt is a major regional media player • Its press is one of the most influential and widely-read in the region, and its TV and film industry supplies much of the Arabspeaking world.
Interesting facts about Egypt • The shape of ancient Egyptian pyramids is thought to have been inspired by the spreading rays of the sun • As of 2009, Egypt has 20. 136 million Internet users, ranking 21 st in the world. • Approximately 90% of Egyptians are Muslim (primarily Sunni), 9% are Coptic, and 1% is Christian.
Interesting facts about Egypt • Ninety-five percent of Egypt is desert. The majority of Egypt’s population lives on only five percent of the territory. • Tourism compromises 12% of the work force in Egypt. • In France, a glass pyramid stands outside the famous Louvre museum as a tribute to the ancient Egyptians and their amazing world. • The ancient Egyptians were the first people to have a year consisting of 365 days divided into 12 months. They also invented clocks.
Press in Egypt • The literacy rate for Egyptian men is 83% and 59. 4% for women. • Former President Hosni Mubarak's departure in early 2011 precipitated an editorial U-turn among state media outlets that had served for decades as government mouthpieces.
Press in Egypt • The written press is very diverse in Egypt, with over 500 newspapers, journals, and magazines. • The number of privately-owned newspaper titles has soared since the 2011 uprising.
State newspapers • The Egyptian government owns a controlling stock in three major daily Egyptian newspapers: – Al-Ahram – Al-Akhbar – Al-Gumhuriya • The editors of these dailies are appointed by the president, and as appointees, they enjoy little censorship by the government.
Non-state newspapers • Party-owned media, until recently the only true competitor for state-owned media • Fourteen of Egypt's political parties have the right to publish their own newspapers, receiving a small subsidy from the government and sometimes receiving foreign interest as well. • However, if they are receiving small subsidies and they enjoy very little censorship, again state domination has made its presence well known.
Party newspaper • Most party newspapers are weekly, although the main opposition, parties Al. Wafd and Al-Ahrar , maintain dailies. • Al-Shaab , an Islamic-oriented Socialist labor party, maintains a semi-weekly publication.
ﺍﻷﻬﺮﺍﻡ Al-Ahram • founded in 1875 • the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper • Circulation: 1, 000 daily (1, 200, 000 Fridays) • the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya (The Egyptian Events, founded 1828) • majority owned by the Egyptian government • widely considered an influential source of writing style in Arabic • described Al-Ahram as being to the Arabic-reading public within its area of distribution, "What The Times is to Englishmen and the New York Times to Americans"
ﺍﻷﻬﺮﺍﻡ Al-Ahram • The largest Arabic newspaper in the world • The Al Ahram Regional Press Institute has now been established, which helps Egyptian and Arabic journalists learn more current trends in journalism
ﺍﻷﻬﺮﺍﻡ Al-Ahram • Al Ahram Al Arabiya (in various Arab countries) • Al Ahram Al Duwali (international edition in Europe, USA, Canada) • Al Ahram Al Masa'y (evening daily) • Al Ahram Al Riyadi (magazine) • Al Ahram Al Arabi (magazine) • Also publishes Al Ahram Weekly in English and Al-Ahram Hebdo in French
ﺍﻟﺪﺳﺘﻮﺭ Al-Dostor (also Al-Dostour and Al-Dustour) • an independent Egyptian opposition newspaper founded in December 1995 and published in Arabic. • Circulation: daily - 45, 000 weekly - 85, 000 copies • Al Dostor was originally published with a registration in Cyprus in order to get around the restrictive newspaper publication laws in Egypt during the Mubarak era.
ﺍﻟﺪﺳﺘﻮﺭ Al-Dostor (also Al-Dostour and Al-Dustour) • After Al-Dostor published a statement attributed to Islamic groups in 1998, the Egyptian Ministry of Information closed down the paper. • Seven years later, on March 23, 2005, the paper was revived, initially being published every Wednesday, and since March 31, 2007 it has been issued both daily and weekly.
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