October (magazine)

For a Russian magazine with the same name, see Oktyabr (magazine).
October
Categories Political magazine
Frequency Weekly
Publisher Dar Al Maarif
Year founded 1976 (1976)
Country Egypt
Language Arabic
Website October

October is a weekly Arabic political magazine published in Egypt. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country.[1]

History and profile

October was established by Dar Al Maarif group in 1976.[2][3] It is a political and social magazine and is published weekly on Saturdays.[2][4] Dar Al Maarif group is also the publisher of the weekly[5] which is owned by the Egyptian government[2] and is based in Cairo.[3]

Anis Mansour, an Egyptian writer, was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine[2] who held the post for a long period.[6][7] Ismail Montassar also served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[8] On 28 June 2014 Hassan Abu Taleb became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[9]

During the period of Anis Mansour the magazine published the articles by Israeli writers between 1979 and 1981.[6][10] However, on 28 August 2011 the front-page article by Ibrahim Abd Al Ghani in the magazine developed an analogy between Israeli generals and Nazis.[11]

The circulation of the weekly in 2000 was 120,000 copies.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mohamed El Bendary (2013). The Egyptian Revolution: Between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi. Algora Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-87586-992-6. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mohamed El Bendary (1 March 2010). The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events. Lexington Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-7391-4520-3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Media Landscape". Menassat. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "October Weekly Magazine". Araboo. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Hala El Zahed. "Egyptian Press and the Transition to Democracy" (PDF). LSE. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 William B. Quandt (1988). The Middle East: Ten Years After Camp David. Brookings Institution Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-8157-2052-1.
  7. ↑ "Anis Mansour". Masress. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Mohamed El Bendary (2011). The "ugly American" in the Arab Mind: Why Do Arabs Resent America?. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-59797-673-2.
  9. ↑ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Hassan A. Barari (1 March 2012). Israelism: Arab Scholarship on Israel, a Critical Assessment. Garnet Publishing Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-86372-416-9. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Egyptian State-Run Magazine Compares Israeli Generals to Nazis". The Blaze. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project" (PDF). FRONTIERS/Population Council. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

External links

Official website

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