"Youm7" was first published as a weekly paper in October 2008 and has been published daily since 31 May 2011. It's board of directors is headed by Walid Mostafa and its editor Khaled Salah who said shortly after the paper's expansion to daily publication that "Youm7" "supports the popular need for a civil state and will strive to present facts to readers without political bias and with credible representation of diverse views."