Former Ahram CEO and veteran journalist Ibrahim Nafea passed away yesterday. Nafea, 84 at the time of his death, had been battling cancer, Ahram Online reports. “Nafea started his career as a reporter at Reuters news agency. He then worked as an editor at Egyptian Radio and an economy editor at the state-owned Al-Gomhoreya daily before joining Al-Ahram.” He headed the daily publication’s economy section before rising to deputy editor-in-chief, and editor-in-chief, and finally heading the institution.