Al Ahali


Al Ahali, also known as Al Ahaly, is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt.

History and profile

Al Ahali was first published in February 1978. It is the organ of the National Progressive Unionist Party which is also the publisher of the daily. The paper has a leftist stance.
The paper was the major critic of the Sadat rule. The same year it was founded it was temporarily shut down by the Egyptian government.
Farida Nakash served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.
The daily was among twelve newspapers protested the Islamist-drawn constitution in December 2012.