The Egyptian Gazette, Egypt’s oldest English-language daily, marks its 146th anniversary today, carrying on with a legacy that spans nearly a century and a half of the country’s modern history.
Founded on January 26, 1880, by British journalists, the Gazette initially reflected British interests in Egypt and the wider Middle East.
Following the 1952 Revolution, however, the paper underwent a profound transformation, aligning with Egypt’s national causes and becoming a key English-language voice during a pivotal period in the nation’s modern history. The Egyptian Gazette was part of the revolutionary tide at that sensitive transitional period in Egypt’s modern history.
Over the decades, the Gazette has documented some of Egypt’s and the world’s most significant events, including the Orabi Revolution, the British occupation, the two World Wars, and the establishment of the United Nations.
After 1952, the paper closely covered national milestones such as the construction of the High Dam, the Suez Crisis, and the 1956, 1967, and 1973 wars. Today, it remains a leading source of news and analysis in English, highlighting Egypt’s domestic and international developments and countering misinformation.
The Gazette was then the main source for Egypt’s news and analysis in English, the same leading role the paper still plays efficiently today, highlighting the country’s leadership at the domestic and external levels, at the face of various conspiracies, in addition to quashing false news targeting Egypt.
Renowned for its balanced reporting, insightful editorials, and in-depth features, the Gazette tackles local, regional, and global issues. On the home front, it has extensively covered Egypt’s great and ambitious economic, social, and cultural projects carried out under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, documenting the country’s transformative development plans and mega projects across the nation, as part of a view and an unprecedented plan of comprehensive development for building the New Republic. It adequately documented these achievements.
Late Egyptian great journalist, writer and intellectual, considered by many as a historian of Egypt’s modern history, Mohamed Hassaneen Haikal, always referred to his beginning at The Gazette in the early 1940s, boasting the time he spent training at the paper and working for it.
AlUstaz (The Master), as Haikal is widely-known on the Egyptian journalism scene, covered the 1942 El Alamein Battle for the Gazette, and he considered this the beginning of his real career as a journalist.
Today, the Gazette enjoys a wide readership among foreign communities, diplomats, tourists, expatriates, business leaders, students, and senior officials who rely on its English-language coverage.
As Egypt’s oldest English daily, The Egyptian Gazette continues to uphold its reputation for accurate, thoughtful, and influential journalism. Happy 146th anniversary to this historic publication.
Happy 146th anniversary for The Egyptian Gazette.
