#egypt
Arabic-language newspapers began in Egypt, with Al-Waqa'i al-Misriyya first printed in Cairo in 1828. In 1998, Egypt became the first Arab country to own a satellite of its own, launching Nilesat to broadcast television across the region. Generations of Egyptian reporters and editors built newsrooms that shaped how the region understood itself, and Egyptian journalists remain at work across the Arab world's media today. That tradition rests on a simple idea: people are well served by reliable information about their…
