Al-Musawar
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| Former editors | Amīnah al-Saʿīd Hamdy Rizq Makram Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Qadir Shuheib Fatema Sayed |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Dar Al Hilal Publishing House |
| Founder | George Bey Zidan Emil Zidan Shukri Zidan |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
Al-Musawar (Arabic: المصور; the Illustrated) is an Egyptian weekly current events magazine.[1] The weekly is a state-owned publication,[2] and its headquarters is in Cairo.[3] It has been in circulation since 1925.
History and profile
[edit]Al Musawar was launched as a weekly in 1925.[4][5] The founder of the weekly was George Bey Zidan.[6] Emil and Shukri Zidan are also the founders of the weekly which is published on Saturdays.[4] The publisher is Dar Al Hilal Publishing House.[4][7] On 17 December 1932 the magazine began to publish a sports supplement, Al Abtal (meaning Champions in English).[8]
The weekly has been owned by the Egyptian government since 1960[9][10] and its editors-in-chief and head of the publishing house are appointed by the state.[7][11] As of 2011 Al Musawar was cited as a liberal magazine.[12]
One of its longest-serving editors was journalist Fekry Abaza.[13] He held the post between 1926 and 1961 when he was fired due to his article published on 17 August 1961.[14] Female writer Amīnah al-Saʿīd and Hamdy Rizq are among the former editors-in-chief of Al Musawar.[9][15] Makram Mohammed Ahmed served as editor-in-chief of the weekly from the mid-1980s to 2005.[7][16] Abdul Qadir Shuheib was appointed editor-in-chief in July 2005.[7] On 28 June 2014 Fatema Sayed became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[17]
The weekly published interviews with major figures including one with Saudi King Faisal in August 1972[18] and several others with the former President Hosni Mubarak.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ William A. Rugh (2004). "Newspapers and Print Media: Arab Countries". Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
- ^ Hanan Hammad (2009). "Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution in the Egyptian Press: From Fascination to Condemnation". Radical History Review (105): 42. doi:10.1215/01636545-2009-003.
- ^ Europa World Year. London; New York: Europa Publication. 2004. p. 1538. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ a b c d Mohamed El Bendary (2010). The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events. Lexington Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-7391-4520-3.
- ^ M. Cherif Bassiouni (2016). Chronicles of the Egyptian Revolution and its Aftermath: 2011–2016. Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-107-13343-3.
- ^ Talaat I. Farag. "Satirical Papyrus and Modern Cartoonists (Part II)". The Ambassadors (15).
- ^ a b c d "Egypt axes media moguls". News24. Cairo. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Wilson Chacko Jacob (2011). Working Out Egypt: Effendi Masculinity and Subject Formation in Colonial Modernity, 1870–1940. Duke University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8223-4674-6.
- ^ a b Omar Halawa (28 September 2012). "Indebted and overstaffed, how can state-owned papers survive?". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron (1999). "Freedom of the press in Egypt: Checks and Balances". Law Journal Library. 6: 22–43. doi:10.1163/221129800X00032.
- ^ J. Miller. (11 November 1990). Gulf Crisis Produces Surge of Egyptian Confidence The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2013
- ^ Ewan Stein (September 2011). "The "Camp David Consensus": Ideas, Intellectuals, and the Division of Labor in Egypt's Foreign Policy toward Israel". International Studies Quarterly. 55 (3): 737–758. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00672.x. JSTOR 23020063.
- ^ "Text Viewer" مجلة المصور [Al Musawar Magazine] (in Arabic). Alexandrina: Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Archive. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Ghada Hashem Talhami (2007). Palestine in the Egyptian Press: From Al Ahram to Al Ahali. Lexington Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-7391-5863-0.
- ^ "Happened on this day: 20 May 2013". Discover Egypt. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Zvi Bar'el (8 December 2013). "Egypt's new constitution: Greater freedom - subject to military approval". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan. 10 November 2008. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-230-61650-9.
External links
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Media related to Al-Musawwar at Wikimedia Commons- Archives of Al-Musawwar from 1924 to 1966 by the American University of Cairo
