# Dar Merit

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-07.

- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dar-merit
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dar-merit.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/dar-merit/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://darmerit.com
- **Slug:** dar-merit
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Dar Merit is an Egyptian publishing house focused on printing, publishing, and distributing books, while promoting freedom of thought and expression.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Dar Merit Publishing was established in 1998 at the initiative of its founder Mohamed Hashem, with the support of Egyptian cultural figures including the late Ibrahim Mansour. The house publishes books and organizes seminars and discussions, and distributes its publications through bookstores and other outlets across Egypt.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To promote rationalism, freedom of opinion, thought, and creativity; oppose censorship of the mind; and support new and pioneering creative voices in Egyptian culture.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Founded by Mohamed Hashem. The house's early cultural supporters included the late Ibrahim Mansour.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://darmerit.com
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Voice & tone:** Intellectual, culturally engaged, freedom-oriented, and advocacy-driven.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** 1998
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Headquarters:** 19 Youssef El-Gendy Street, off Hoda Shaarawi Street, Downtown Cairo, Egypt
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides a platform for books, ideas, and emerging creative voices while supporting freedom of thought and expression and challenging intellectual censorship.
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Printing, publishing, and distributing books
  - Publishing literary and cultural works
  - Organizing seminars and discussions
  - Supporting new and pioneering writers, artists, and creative voices
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Novels
  - Poetry
  - Short stories
  - Biographies
  - Journalistic works
  - Literary and cultural books
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Publishing and literary-cultural media
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Discovering and reading Egyptian literary and cultural publications
  - Accessing novels, poetry, short stories, biographies, and journalistic works
  - Participating in literary and cultural discussions
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Access to Egyptian literary and cultural works
  - Greater visibility for new and pioneering creative voices
  - Support for freedom of thought, opinion, and expression
Source: Brand's website (https://darmerit.com) · 2026-11-07

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