The MENA was founded on 15 December 1955 as a joint stock company owned by Egyptian press establishments.
[9][10] It has following six major services:[9] (1) Local Arabic news of which target audience is those subscribers living in Egypt and covers political, social, economic, culture and sports news in the Arab world, the Middle East and internationally.
(4) Cairo Press Review which is a daily English-language publication, offering news published in the Egyptian newspapers.
(5) Party Press Review news which is a biweekly publication in English about the main news published in the party newspapers in Egypt and (6) The MEN economic magazine which is a weekly English-language publication and offers the main economic news concerning those who are part of the economy of Egypt.
[9] On 5 February 2014, the agency started a news website, called Bawabet Sharq Al Awsat.