Middle East News Agency

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Middle East News Agency
Wakalt Inbaa al Sharq al Awsat
Egyptian government
HeadquartersCairo
Parent agencyMinistry of Information
Websitemena.org.eg

The Middle East News Agency (MENA) is a

Egyptian government
.

History and profile

The MENA was founded on 15 December 1955 as a joint stock company owned by Egyptian press establishments.

Shura Council.[4] In 1980, a board of directors was established and began to run the agency.[4] It was later attached to the Ministry of Information.[4]

Mustafa Naguib is among the former chiefs of the agency.[5] Mahfuz Al Ansari also served in the post.[6] In July 2005, he was replaced by Abdullah Hassan as editor-in-chief.[6] In June 2014, Alaa Heidar was appointed editor-in-chief of the agency.[7]

The MENA is the member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies that includes the national news agencies of 18 Arab countries.[8] The agency had cooperation with nearly 25 news agencies in the 1990s.[4] It offers news in three languages, namely Arabic, English and French.[9][10]

It has following six major services:

Egyptian newspapers. (5) Party Press Review news which is a biweekly publication in English about the main news published in the party newspapers in Egypt and (6) The MEN economic magazine which is a weekly English-language publication and offers the main economic news concerning those who are part of the economy of Egypt.[9]

On 5 February 2014, the agency started a news website, called Bawabet Sharq Al Awsat.[11]

References

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  2. ^ "Historical background". Middle East News Agency. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Chronology: Egypt". The Middle East Journal. 54 (3). Summer 2000. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Kamalipour, Yahya R.; Mowlana, Hamid (1994). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ Napoli, James J. (August 1995). "Cairo Communique: New Press Law Alienates Mubarak's Media Supporters". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. XI (2). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Egypt axes media moguls". News24. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Press council appoints editors of state-owned newspapers". Aswat Masriya. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ^ "About Us". Fana News. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Allam, Rasha. "Egypt. Media Landscape". European Journalism Centre. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Egypt - Media Landscape". Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ Media Situation in Egypt: Tenth report for the period January and February 2014 (PDF). Al Sawt Al Hurr (Report). 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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