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There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, [1] such as Turkish, French and English. [2] By 1951 Arabic language newspapers numbered to about 400, while 150 were published in other languages. [1] By 2011, daily newspaper circulation in Egypt increased to more than 4.3 million copies. [3]
The word iqāma itself is multivalent, but its most common meaning outside the inauguration of prayer is in the context of immigration law, referring to a long-term visa for a foreign national. In some cases, as in Egypt , it is a stamp on the foreigner's passport; in others (as in Morocco and Saudi Arabia ) it is a separate identity document ...
Egypt has witnessed a slight increase in coronavirus infections, with 237 new cases and 25 deaths on Thursday (August 27). The country has so far recorded 98,062 coronavirus cases, including 5,342 ...
Adhān, Arabic for 'announcement', from the root adhina, meaning 'to listen, to hear, be informed about', is variously transliterated in different cultures. [1] [2]It is commonly written as athan, or adhane (in French), [1] azan in Iran and south Asia (in Persian, Dari, Pashto, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, and Punjabi), adzan in Southeast Asia (Indonesian and Malaysian), and ezan in Turkish, Bosnian ...
The 2009 Ipsos Stat survey revealed that the paper is the most popular newspaper in Lebanon and one of the five most popular in the Middle East. [9] An-Nahar is the first Arab paper which regularly covers news on environmental issues. [10] Since 1997, the daily contains a daily page for the environment. [10]
The muezzin (/ m (j) u ˈ ɛ z ɪ n /; [1] Arabic: مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer, Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer) at a mosque from the minaret. [2] [3] The muezzin plays an important role in ensuring an accurate prayer schedule for the Muslim ...
This is a list of Arabic-language and other newspapers published in the Arab world. The Arab newspaper industry started in the early 19th century with the Iraqi newspaper Journal Iraq published by Ottoman Wali, Dawud Pasha, in Baghdad in 1816. International Arab papers Al-Arab (United Kingdom) Al-Hayat (United Kingdom) Al-Quds al-Arabi (United Kingdom) Asharq Alawsat (United Kingdom) Hoona ...
Muslim rulers remained in control of Egypt for the next six centuries, with Cairo as the seat of the Fatimid Caliphate. With the end of the Ayyubid dynasty, the Mamluks, a Turco-Circassian military caste, took control about 1250. By the late 13th century, Egypt linked the Red Sea, India, Malaya, and East Indies. [10]