Akhbar el-Yom

Akhbar el-Yom is an Arabic language government 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. The paper is released weekly on Saturdays. The newspaper is owned by the Shura Council and considered a Journals of [legislative bodies|semi-official newspaper]. It has a daily edition called al-Akhbar, which was also established by the Amin brothers.
The circulation of the paper in 2000 was 1.5 million copies.