Editor-in-Chief
Board Chairman
Cairo, Oct. 12, 1992 — The most powerful earthquake in Egypt’s history struck Cairo, killing 241 and injuring 2,000, with its epicentre 20 miles southwest of the capital. A 14-storey building in Heliopolis collapsed, and rescuers dug through rubble recovering bodies and survivors.
The Egyptian Gazette is the oldest English-language daily newspaper in the Middle East.
It was first published on January 26, 1880 and it is part of El Tahrir Printing and Publishing House.
