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Alaa Thabet “Al-

Ahram loses 25 EGP

with every sold copy”.

Al-Ahram Editor in Chief Alaa Thabet

in an Exclusive Interview with ELITE

Al-Ahram's Standpoint is to

Support the

state Wholeheartedly

I n t he s ame cont ext , s ai d Mohs en Abdel Azi z, a wr i t er and
Ca i r o : Ra my Ma g dy , Ca r o l i n She r i e f , Fa r a h Ez z e l di n ,
s uper vi s or of t he Fr i day s uppl ement t o Al - Ahr am new s paper ,
Oma r Al a a a nd Fa r a h El ne hl a wy
"What has ens ur ed Al - Ahr am t o cont i nue f or 144 year s , i s t hat Al -
Sy mb o l o f l e a d e r s h i p i n J o u r n a l i s m, Al - Ah r a m n e ws p a p e r
Ahr am s i nce i t s i ncept i on, was and s t i l l s t at e news paper , expl ai ni ng
h a s f o r me d t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f t h e Eg y p t i a n s t r e e t f o r
t hat Al - Ahr am i s not t he f i r s t news paper i n t he hi s t or y of t he
a l mo s t a c e n t u r y a n d a h a l f , a n d o wn e r s o f t h e g r e a t e s t p e n s
Egypt i an pr es s , but I t was pr eceded by s ever al s ucc es s f ul
h a d o n c e wr i t t e n i n i t s p a g e s l i k e Na g u i b Ma h f o u z , An i s
news paper s , but i t s bi as t owar ds t he Egypt i an s t at e , not t o t he
Ma n s o u r a n d Kh a l i l Bi s h o p .
r egi me or t o a pol i t i cal cur r ent . "The pr es s i s a br i dge bet ween t he
I n t h e i n t e r v i e w, wh i c h l a s t e d f o r a n h o u r a n d a h a l f a n d
i nt el l ect ual and academi c s i de and t he man of t he s t r eet , " Abdel
wh i c h El i t e c a r r i e d o u t wi t h Al - Ah r a m Ed i t o r i n Ch i e f “ Al a a
Azi z s ai d, advi s i ng t he el i t e t eam t o make s ur e t ha t t hei r wr i t i ngs
Th a b e t ” a c c o mp a n i e d b y t h e p r e s s wr i t e r Mo h s e n Ab d e l Az i z ,
t end t o human s ubj ect s i n a s i mpl i f i ed manner . At t he end of t he
Su p e r v i s o r o f t h e Fr i d a y Su p p l e me n t t o Al - Ah r a m
di al ogue, Thabet pr ai s ed t he pr of es s or s and s t udent s of t he Facul t y
n e ws p a p e r , we wa n t e d t o r e c a l l t h e me mo r i e s o f t h e p a s t a n d
of Economi cs and Pol i t i cal Sci ence, poi nt i ng out t h at i t i s t he f i r s t
e x p l o r e t h e f u t u r e o f t h e f o u r t h a u t h o r i t y f r o m a n o f f i c e
col l ege i n publ i c uni ver s i t i es , i n t er ms of t he pos s i bi l i t i es
wh e r e t h e Eg y p t i a n g o v e r n me n t wa s f o r me d i n a p e r i o d o f
avai l abl e, whet her pr of es s or s or s t udent s , poi nt i ng out t hat hi s
t i me .
s t udy at t he f acul t y qual i f i ed hi m t o r each t he pr e s i dency of t he
Al a a Th a b e t Ed i t o r i n Ch i e f s a i d t h a t “ Si n c e i t s l a u n c h Al -
edi t or of Al - Ahr am. And when t al ki ng about hi s car ee r , he poi nt ed
Ah r a m n e ws p a p e r h a d b e e n t h e Eg y p t i a n s t a t e ’ s n e ws p a p e r
out t hat hi s s t udy at t he Facul t y of Economi cs and Pol i t i cal Sci ence
a n d i t i s u s u a l l y b i a s e d t o t h e p e o p l e ” . An d h e a d d e d i n a n
i n Cai r o Uni ver s i t y qual i f i ed hi m t o r each edi t or i a l pr es i dency at
i n t e r v i e w c a r r i e d o u t wi t h h i m b y El i t e ma g a z i n e i n h i s o f f i c e
Al - Ahr am he al s o added; t hat i t i s cons i der ed as t h e f i r s t f acul t y
i n Ca i r o “ J o u r n a l i s m i s a mi r r o r t h a t e x p r e s s e s t h e n a t u r e o f
among l ocal uni ver s i t i es i n r egar d t o t he avai l abl e qual i f i cat i ons ;
t h e s o c i e t y . Th i s e n c o u r a g e s u s t o d e v e l o p t h e n e ws p a p e r a n d
ei t her t he doct or s or s t udent s .
i n t r o d u c e a b e t t e r s e r v i c e b e c a u s e j o u r n a l i s m i n t h e wo r l d
1- as we know you have a bi ndi ng r el at i ons hi p wi t h j our nal i s m
h a d b e c o me b a s e d o n s e r v i c e s ” .
s i nce your chi l dhood t el l us mor e about how t hi s r e l at i ons hi p
On t h e Te c h n o l o g i c a l o b s t a c l e s t h r e a t e n i n g t h e p r i n t e d p r e s s
s t ar t ed?
h e c o mme n t e d s a y i n g “ We h a v e t o b e n e f i t f r o m t e c h n o l o g i c a l
Even t hough I pr act i ced wr i t i ng as a hobby when I w as a chi l d, i t
o b s t a c l e s r a t h e r t h a n f e a r t h e m, e s p e c i a l l y t h a t n o w we c a n
had been a f r ui t f ul per i od of t i me and I have l ear n ed s o many
o n l y r e a c h t h e r e a d e r u s i n g t h e mo d e r n c o mmu n i c a t i o n
l es s ons , as at t hat t i me t he mos t i mpor t ant t hi ng f or t he j our nal i s t
t o o l s ” . He a l s o s a i d t h a t Al - Ah r a m i s a i mi n g a t d e v e l o p i n g
was t o expl or e hi ms el f . My r el at i ons hi p wi t h J our na l i s m s t ar t ed at
i t s we b s i t e i n t h e u p c o mi n g p e r i o d u s i n g a r t i f i c i a l a ver y young age, i n Luxor , I us ed t o vi s i t Luxor T empl es and t he
i n t e l l i g e n c e .
Hi s t or i cal s i t es t her e. When I f el t ups et I us ed t o t al k t o t he s t at ues
On Al - Ah r a m ’ s r o l e i n r e v i v i n g t h e Eg y p t i a n and f r om obs er vi ng t he i ns cr i pt i ons on t he wal l s of t he t empl es I
h e r i t a g e , ” Th a b e t ” r e v e a l e d t h a t Al - Ah r a m ’ s a s s o c i a t i o n i s r eal i zed t hat j our nal i s m had exi s t ed s i nce t he dawn of hi s t or y. At
t hat t i me I s t ar t ed s ear chi ng i n t he Phar aoni c hi s t or y; t hei r
l a u n c h i n g a u n i t f o r r u l e r s , wh i c h d o c u me n t s p i c t u r e s
r el at i ons hi p t o J our nal i s m f r om t he i ns cr i pt i ons on Luxor t empl es
b e l o n g i n g t o t h e r u l e r s ’ p e r i o d . An d wh i c h c o n s i s t s o f a b o u t
and Al Kar nak t empl e i n s peci f i c. Then, at s chool I es t abl i s hed t he
f o r t y n i n e t h o u s a n d p i c t u r e s .
f i r s t Wal l news paper at t hat t i me. I t had been i nt e r es t ed i n t he

event s t hat t ook pl ace i n t he Egypt i an s oci et y dur i ng t he Phar aoni c
er a, and t hi s happened wi t h t he hel p of my f r i ends who wer e
s peci al i s t s i n t he ol d Egypt i an l anguage t o t r ans l a t e t he t ext s . The
magazi ne ’ s bas i c goal was t o connect t he pas t wi t h t he pr es e nt , but
unf or t unat el y s omet i mes mi s under s t andi ngs happen. A s i n
Secondar y School , I wr ot e an ar t i cl e wi t h t he t i t l e “ Young
Phar aohs ” , whi ch was mi s t akenl y under s t ood as i f I was i mpl i ci t l y
t al ki ng about t he cur r ent pol i t i cal s ys t em and t hi s caus ed mer r ē a
l ot of t r oubl e. Si nce t hen, I have l ear nt t o car ef u l l y choos e t he
t opi cs s o t hat t hey ar e homogenous wi t h t he pol i t i c al s ys t em and s o
t o pr event any mi s under s t andi ngs .
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