The ''Arab Observer'' was an
English-language
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weekly news magazine published in
Cairo
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, Egypt, between 1960 and 1966.
History and profile
The ''Arab Observer'' was founded by Zain Nagati in 1960. At the time, it was one of the only English-language publications from the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
. Although not officially a state organ, it generally followed the political orthodoxy of the time and supported the
Nasser
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's government.
Its most famous contributor was
Maya Angelou
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, who worked as an editor while she was in Cairo. Mahmoud Amr is the former editor-in-chief of the magazine.
See also
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List of magazines in Egypt
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1960 establishments in Egypt
1966 disestablishments in Egypt
Defunct political magazines published in Egypt
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Magazines published in Cairo
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