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''Al Ahram Weekly'' was established in 1991 by the ''[[Al-Ahram]]'' newspaper, which also runs a [[French-language]] weekly version, ''[[Al-Ahram Hebdo]]''.
 
Between 1991 and 2003, founder [[Hosni Guindi]],served as the [[editor-in-chief]] and [[Hani Shukrallah]] as managing editor. After Hosni's death in 2003, Shukrallah succeeded him as acting editor. In 2005 Egypt's Shura Council appointed Assem El-Qersh as the paper's editor-in-chief, replacing Shukrallah.
Between 1991 and 2005, [[Hani Shukrallah]] served as the [[editor-in-chief]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Covering the Arab Spring Myths, Lies And Truths |url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/makdisi_memorial_fund/Documents/nmmf_annual_lecture/20120521ifi_nmmf_annual_lecture_poster.pdf|work=Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs|publisher=American University of Beirut|date=21 May 2012|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref> [[Gamal Nkrumah]] is the international affairs editor. In June 2014, Galal Nassar was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt: Press Council Appoints Editors of State-Owned Newspapers|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201406290012.html|accessdate=8 September 2014|work=Aswat Masriya|date=28 June 2014|location=Cairo}}</ref>
In June 2014, Galal Nassar was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt: Press Council Appoints Editors of State-Owned Newspapers|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201406290012.html|accessdate=8 September 2014|work=Aswat Masriya|date=28 June 2014|location=Cairo}}</ref>
 
The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 50,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sahar Hegazi|author2=Mona Khalifa|title=Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project|url=http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf|work=FRONTIERS/Population Council|accessdate=30 September 2014|date=October 2000}}</ref>