Al-Shorouk
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Al-Shorouk, Shorouk News or Al-Shuruq is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 and several other Arabic nations. It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport. Its coverage ranges from for example the 2009 Egypt–Algeria World Cup dispute
2009 Egypt–Algeria World Cup dispute
There were disturbances before and after two international association football matches between Egypt and Algeria in November 2009, leading to diplomatic tensions between Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan...

  to important political issues and activity and interviews of militant Islamists.In late August and early September 2009 it published a document entitled al-Badil al-Thalith bayna al-Istibdad wa-al-Istislam (The Third Alternative between Despotism and Surrender) written by then incarcerated Abbud al-Zumar
Abbud al-Zumar
Abbud al-Zumar is an Egyptian Islamist and fundamentalist and former military intelligence colonel in the Egyptian Army.Born into one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the Giza Governorate, he was founder and...

 and Tarek al-Zumar

Al-Shuruq is also published in Algeria, also covering important political issues and militant Islamist activity and as a magazine Al-Shuruq Magazine, an Arabic political magazine in the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. In Sudan, the Al-Shuruq satellite channel operates.

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