Al-Badeel
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| 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 |
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.
History
[edit]Print 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
[edit]Arrests 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
[edit]Prominent 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.
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