Magdi El Gallad (Egyptian: àìïàçÃÂìÃÂçï; born 6 of September 1964) is an Egyptian journalist. He is the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan, and he is the first to hold the position since the newspaper was founded in March 2012.https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=06042024&id=cd8554e7-c7d4-4751-a95a-f8db71e96c1a
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.