About Us

The CEDEJ and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are pleased to present, through the digitization of more than 1,795,000 press clips in Arabic, English and French, 67 years of Egyptian political, cultural and economic life - from the 1950s until 2017.

This exceptional performance is the result of a fruitful cooperation between the two institutions.

Since the year 1976, the CEDEJ formed a documentary collection of more than 1,795,000 press clips from the principal organs of the Egyptian press and classified according to 40 thematic areas. The CEDEJ catalogued and indexed the archives, preparing the material for online dissemination.

The BA, as a leader in the digitization of Arabic text, designed and implemented a proficient workflow for digitizing this valuable collection using state-of-the-art technology, while applying digitization best practices in the production of a user friendly website encompassing the whole collection. Moreover, the BA has implemented convenient browsing facilities and search functionalities to allow easy access to the material available.

This work was carried out from 300 Egyptian and Arabic newspapers - daily and weekly. Through these scanned articles, we can follow the evolution of swathes of contemporary Egyptian society.