[3] Soon after its start Mahmoud Abu Al Fath bought the paper for a few thousand dollars and made it an official media outlet of the Wafd Party.
[7] The paper sold 100,000 copies, making it both a financial success and an influential political force.
[2] In July 1939 the editors' houses were searched on the orders of the public prosecutor due to the fierce opposition of the Wafd Party against the government.
[8] During the same period Al Misri was among the ardent critics of the Muslim Brotherhood which began to gain more members in the society.
[2] However, it did not completely disappear, and the paper published numerous articles supporting the North African independence in line with the party policies in 1947.