Al-Maydān

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Al-Maydān
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)Mahmoud Al-Shennawi [1]
Founded16 March 1995;28 years ago (1995-03-16)
LanguageArabic
CountryEgypt

Al-Maydān (Arabic : الميدان) is an Egyptian independent weekly newspaper published in Arabic. [2] [3] The paper was first published on 16 March 1995. [4] It is part of Al-Maydān, Inc. [4] In 2001, its editor-in-chief, Mohammed Mohammed Al Mursy, was arrested and jailed for taking bribes from a producer to stop the defamation campaign against him published in the paper. [5]

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References

  1. "عن الجريدة". Al-Maydān (in Arabic). 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "No compromise". BBC News. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. "Al Maydan". Arab West Report. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 Ezz el-Arab, Mohamed (Fall 2008). "Greasing the Presses: Money and Journalism in Egypt" (PDF). Arab Memo to the Next American President. Arab Insight. Vol. 3. World Security Institute. pp. 102–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2015.
  5. "Newspaper Editor Bribed to Stop Calling Egyptian Producer a 'Car Dealer'". Al Bawaba . 1 July 2001. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.