Al-Badeel (Arabic: البديل, lit. "the alternative") was a privately owned Arabic-language Egyptian newspaper known for its left-wing orientation. Its first issue was published on July 16, 2007. It was founded by Mohamed El-Sayed Said, vice-president of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and Al-Badeel editor-in-chief from its founding until September 2008, when he was replaced by Khaled al-Balshi.
 | |
| Format | print/online daily |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Mohamed El-Sayed Said |
| Publisher | Future Foundation for Press, Media, and Advertising |
| Editor | Mohamed Ziada |
| Founded | July 16, 2007 |
| Political alignment | independent |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | November 2015 |
History
editPrint publication ended on April 10, 2009, due mainly to lack of funds. The Board of the Progress for Peace and Advertising Company, the publisher, tried unsuccessfully to raise capital.[1] Al-Balshi and a number of the journalists revived the publication in electronic form in November 2010.[2] Rumors circulated in 2011–12 about a complete end of the publication after a series of strikes and factional protests among the journalists. Controversies included Ibrahim Eissa's appointment as Editor-in-Chief[3] and allegedly arbitrary dismissals of some journalists. In November 2015, publication ended due to poor circulation.[4]
Arrests and injuries of journalists
editArrests and injuries of Al-Badeel journalists began to occur before the Egyptian revolution of 2011:
- Journalist Youssef Shaaban was arrested on charges of drug possession after participating in a solidarity march on Abou Soliman Street for residents displaced by gentrification in the Mahatet El Raml neighborhood of Alexandria[5]
- Journalists Ahmed Ramadan and Islam Abu Al-Ezz were referred to military tribunals after the 2012 Abbassia protest, leading to declarations of solidarity with them by several political movements
- Two employees, journalist Sara Ramadan and photojournalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak, were attacked by conservative firebrand imam Ahmed Muhammad Mahmoud Abdullah (nicknamed "Abu Islam"), head of the Ummah Channel and the Islamic Enlightenment Center, during an interview on 9 October 2012; their colleagues claimed Abu Islam had beaten and detained them afterwards, whence the police were contacted[6]
Contributors
editProminent contributors included satirist Galal Amer, journalist Syed Mahmoud, and Kamal Helbawy.
References
edit- ^ Kenawy, Nadine (April 13, 2009). ""البديل" تبدأ حملة "اكتتاب" واسعة لاستعادة "الإصدار اليومى"". Al-Masry Al-Youm. No. 772. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Ghada, Mohamed Al Sharif (March 10, 2010). "إطلاق الموقع الإلكترونى لجريدة "البديل" فى احتفالية بـ"الصحفيين"". Al-Masry Al-Youm. No. 1341. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Al-Hadi, Omar (February 28, 2011). "صحفيو "البديل" يرفضون تولي إبراهيم عيسى رئاسة تحريرها بعد إعادة الإصدار". Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Ramadan, Abdelrahman (January 12, 2017). "ازدهار إلكتروني بمصر والورق ينازع". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Abu Deif, Mohamed; Lotfy, Ahmed (November 22, 2010). "وقفة احتجاجية تضامنًا مع الصحفي يوسف شعبان". Masrawy. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Safa Al-Din, Muhammad (December 31, 2012). "2012.. الصحافة والإعلام المصري ليس حرًا رغم الثورة". Al-Badeel. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
edit
  | This Egyptian newspaper-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |