The Egyptian Gazette newspaper is a supporting partner of the 2nd Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership
The Egyptian Gazette is the Middle East’s oldest English-language daily newspaper. It was established on 26 January 1880. Since its establishment, The Gazette has been covering a variety of local and international topics on politics, economics, sports, art, entertainment and lifestyle. It also has a weekly edition, The Egyptian Mail, which offers in-depth stories on local and international news.
Throughout its long process, the newspaper has, content-wise, had to perpetually remain mindful of its main task of reflecting the broadest spectrum of aspects of Egyptian life, policies, culture and history to Anglophone readers, be they at home or abroad. On the face of it, the task may look quite similar to that undertaken by the many foreign language newspapers that are being published in many countries of the world. For The Gazette, however, the task has been even more defying given the newspaper’s long history and the requirements of meeting its brand standards. Considering the status of the English language in the study of physical and pure sciences and humanities as well as in the conduct of global economic exchanges and international relations, The Gazette has had to meet the peculiar challenge of having to cover national events and introduce Egyptian life and thought to a diverse community of scholars and readers abroad.
In fulfilling this requirement, the newspaper is now placing noticeable focus on the presentation of news and visions on Egypt’s unique ancient civilisation, especially regarding the frequent discoveries of archaeological finds that depict the resourcefulness and wonders of this civilisation, in parallel with the manifestations of the state’s huge drive now under way for the achievement of sustainable development and full modernisation of multiple aspects of the life at both citizen and societal levels.
And it is with this orientation that The Gazette is devoting wide coverage of the giant developmental projects that have been accomplished or are under way, including the New Suez Canal, the New Administrative City, the high-speed electric train line, the monorail project, the replacement of old cars by modern, clean-energy-powered vehicles, the reclamation of large areas of desert land, the upgrading of the entire education system and the developing of a new national network of roads, to cite just a few examples.
