[8] Egyptian novelist Gamal el-Ghitani is one of the former contributors and editors-in-chief of the daily.

[9] Another prominent Egyptian author Anis Mansour was also the editor-in-chief of the daily.

[11] Mohammad Hassan El Bana assumed the post during the Morsi era.

[12] Ibrahim Abdul Meguid worked for the daily and was dismissed during the same period due to his critical articles about the Muslim Brotherhood.

[13] The paper also ceased its "free opinion" section and fired several contributors during the same period.