Akhbar El Yom was founded by the Amin brothers, Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin, on 6 November 1944.[1] The paper is released weekly on Saturdays. The newspaper is owned by the Egyptian Shura Council and considered a semi-official newspaper. It has a daily edition called Al-Akhbar, which was also established by the Amin brothers.[1] The circulation of the paper in 2000 was 1.5 million copies