Ash-Shams (Egyptian newspaper)

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Ash-Shams
TypeWeekly newspaper
EditorSaad Malki
Founded1934
Political alignmentEgyptian nationalism
Zionism
LanguageArabic
Ceased publicationMay 1948
CountryEgypt

Ash-Shams (Arabic: الشمس, 'The Sun') was an Arabic-language Jewish weekly newspaper in Egypt. The paper was established in 1934. The editor of ash-Shams was Saad Malki whose political outlook combined Egyptian nationalism with moderate Zionism. The weekly was closed down by the Egyptian government in May 1948.[1]

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  1. ^ Joel Beinin (2005). The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-977-424-890-0.