Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya

Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (Arabic: الوقائع المصريّة / ALA-LC: al-Waqā’i‘ al-Miṣriyyah; meaning "the Egyptian affairs") was an Egyptian newspaper (now a government information bulletin) established in 1828 on the order of Muhammad Ali, originally called "Vekayi-i Misriye" (Ottoman Turkish: وقایع مصریه) and written in Ottoman Turkish in one column with an Arabic translation in a second column (Ottoman Turkish text was in the right one and Arabic text in the left one), and later in Arabic only under the Arabic title.

Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya
Founder(s)Muhammad Ali Pasha
PublisherAmiri Press
LaunchedDecember 3, 1828 (1828-12-03)
LanguageArabic
CityCairo
CountryEgypt
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It was printed at the Amiri Press.

Al-Waqa'i' was the official gazette of Egypt, and is now published as an appendix of the Official Journal.

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