Magdi El Gallad (Egyptian: مجدى الجلاد; born 6 of September 1964) is an Egyptian journalist.
Gallad started his career as an investigative journalist for Al-Ahram.
He is the founding editor of Al Watan newspaper.
Before that, he was the editor-in-chief of the independent daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm, and its sister English-language website, The Independent.
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