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Newspaper publishing in the Middle East experienced much development during the Nahda, as literacy increased in the Arab countries. This development did not occur in the same way nor at the same time throughout the region. The two countries in which newspaper publishing developed itself quickly are Egypt and Lebanon. [16]
Location of Egypt. Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum imports, natural gas, and tourism; there are also more than three million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe.
The domestic supply price farmers receive in Egypt is E£1,200 (US$211) per ton compared to approximately E£1,940 (US$340) per ton for import from the US, Egypt's main supplier of wheat and corn. Egypt is the U.S.'s largest market for wheat and corn sales, accounting for US$1 billion annually and about 46% of Egypt's needs from imported wheat.
The Daily Star was an English-language newspaper in Lebanon which was distributed across the Middle East. It was founded by Kamel Mrowa in 1952, [ 1 ] ceased its print format in February 2020, [ 1 ] and completely closed on 31 October 2021.
Al Alam Al Youm, based in Cairo, was launched in 1991 as the first business newspaper in Egypt. [2] [3] In addition, it is the first privately owned independent newspaper of the country. [2] Yasser Thabet and Emad Adeeb are the founders of the paper. [4] [5]
One major potential setback for Egypt stemming from the latest Israel-Hamas War would be the loss of tourists seeking to explore the country's ancient pyramids and history.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will divert $95 million in military aid allocated for Egypt to Lebanon, which faces threats from Hezbollah and other non-state actors and is enforcing a ...
The main shareholders of L'Orient–Le Jour are former minister Michel Eddé and his grandchildren (38%), the Choueiri group (22.7%) and the family of the former minister Michel Pharaon (15.5%). The latter's shares are distributed as follows: Pharaon directly holds 2.6% of the shares, his sister, Nayla De Freige, holds 1.7%, the Pharaon Holding ...