{{Short description|Egyptian weekly newspaper}} {{distinguish|text= ''Akhbar al-Youm'', a Sudanese paper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Akhbar el-Yom <br> أخبار اليوم | logo = Akhbar-el-Yom-logo.JPG | logo_size = 160 | image = | caption = | type = Weekly | format = | owners = | founder = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | founded = {{start date and age|1944}} | political_position = | language = Arabic | ceased_publication = | headquarters = Cairo | circulation = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|https://akhbarelyom.com/}} }} '''''Akhbar el-Yom''''' ({{langx|ar|أخبار اليوم}}, {{literally|News of the Day|Today's News}}) is an Arabic language government<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-25 |title=Egypt : RSF decries government takeover of Cairo newspaper Al Mesryoon {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/egypt-rsf-decries-government-takeover-cairo-newspaper-al-mesryoon |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=rsf.org |language=en}}</ref> weekly newspaper published in Egypt.
==History and profile== ''Akhbar el-Yom'' was founded by the Amin brothers, Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin, on 6 November 1944.<ref name="Goldschmidt2000">{{cite book|author=Arthur Goldschmidt|title=Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt|url=https://archive.org/details/00jrgo|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-55587-229-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/00jrgo/page/21 21]}}</ref> The paper is released weekly on Saturdays. The newspaper is owned by the Shura Council and considered a semi-official newspaper. It has a daily edition called ''al-Akhbar'', which was also established by the Amin brothers.<ref name=Goldschmidt2000/>
The circulation of the paper in 2000 was 1.5 million copies.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sahar Hegazi|author2=Mona Khalifa |title=Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project |url=http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf|publisher=FRONTIERS/Population Council|accessdate=30 September 2014|date=October 2000|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006201517/http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2014}}</ref>
==See also== *List of newspapers in Egypt
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{Cite news|date=4 April 1976|title=Ali Amin of Cairo Is Dead at 62; Began a Leading Daily in Egypt|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/04/archives/ali-amin-of-cairo-is-dead-at-62-began-a-leading-daily-in-egypt.html|access-date=17 April 2021|issn=0362-4331}} *{{Cite news|title=إصرار "جوجلى" غير مبرر! {{!}} المصري اليوم|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2301877|access-date=17 April 2021|newspaper=Al Masry Al Youm|language=ar}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
Category:1944 establishments in Egypt Category:Arabic-language newspapers Category:Newspapers published in Cairo Category:Newspapers established in 1944 Category:Weekly newspapers published in Egypt
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