The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s.
The earliest magazines included
women's magazines
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*''10 Magazine (UK), 10 Magazine'' (UK – distributed worldwide)
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[ as well as those published in ]Turkish
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from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's magazines in the country. The first children's magazine was published in 1893. The number of the magazines in the period 1828–1929 was 481.
In 2014 the magazine market in the country was described as one of the lower-growth, smaller-scale markets.
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Egypt. They may be published in Arabic
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or in other languages.
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* ''Abu Naddara
''Abu Naddara'' (; full title ''Abu Naddara Zarqa'') was an Arabic political satire magazine based in Cairo, Egypt, and then in Paris, France. Its title, ''Abu Naddara'', was the pseudonym of the founder, Yaqub Sanu. The magazine was the first Ar ...
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* '' Adab wa Naqd''
*''Ad-Diya
Between 1898 and 1906, the Arabic periodical ''aḍ-Ḍiyā''ʾ (Arabic: ''Illumination'') was published twice a month in Cairo. There are eight year's issues with 24 numbers each (first to third year), resp. 20 numbers each (fourth to eighth yea ...
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* '' Al-Ahali''
* '' Al Ahram Al Arabi''
* '' Al Ahram Al Iktisadi''
* '' Al Ahram Al Riyadi''
* ''Al Ahram Weekly
''Al-Ahram Weekly'' is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt.
History and profile
''Al Ahram Weekly'' was established in 1991 by the ''Al-Ahram'' newspaper, which also runs a French-langu ...
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* ''Akhbar Al-Adab
''Akhbar Al Adab'' (; ''Cultural News'' in English) is an Arabic weekly literary magazine which is published by state-run Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house.
History and profile
''Akhbar Al Adab'' was established by Gamal Al-Ghitani in 1993 as a pl ...
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* ''Akher Saa
''Akher Saa'' (Arabic: آخر ساعة; ''the Last Hour'') is an Arabic-language weekly consumer magazine published in Egypt. The magazine is also described as a photo magazine. Launched in 1924 it is among the oldest publications in the country. ...
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* '' Al Alam''
* ''Al Arghul
''Al Arghul'' () was a biweekly literary magazine which was published in Cairo, Egypt, in the period 1894–1900. The founder was a teacher at Al-Azhar University, Sheikh Muhammad Al Najjar who also edited the magazine throughout its existence. T ...
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* ''Anis al-Jalis
''Anis al-Jalis'' ( / , ) was a monthly women's magazine published in Alexandria from 1898 to 1907. Its founder and editor was Alexandra Avierino, a British and Greek female writer who was born in Lebanon and spent most of her career life in Egy ...
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*''Apollo
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* '' Arab Observer''
* '' Arek Monthly''
* ''Arev Monthly
''Arev Monthly'' (أريف in Arabic, meaning sun in Armenian) was a monthly published in Cairo, Egypt by the Armenian daily '' Arev'' in Arabic covering Armenian subjects and concentrating on Arab-Armenian relations.
It was established in 1997. ...
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* '' Ar-Rawi''
* ''Arrissalah
''Arrissalah'' ( ''Ar-Risala'': the message, or ''Ar-Risala Magazine'') was an Arabic-language weekly cultural magazine for literature, science, and art published in Cairo from 1933 to 1953. It has been described as "the most important intell ...
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* ''Artemis
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* ''Al-'Arus
''Al-'Arus'' ( / , ) was a women's magazine which was one of the earliest feminist publications in the Middle East. It was also the first Arabic women's magazine in Syria. The magazine appeared between 1910 and 1925 with some interruptions. The f ...
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* '' Al-'Arusa''L'Aurore
; ) was a literary, liberal, and socialist newspaper published in Paris, France, from 1897 to 1914. Its most famous headline was Émile Zola's ''J'accuse...!'' leading into his article on the Dreyfus Affair.
The newspaper was published by Geo ...
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* '' Az-Zuhur''
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* ''Baba Sadiq
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Poland
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* '' Al-Balagh al-Usbuʿi''
* '' Al Bayan''
* '' Bint Al Nil''
*''Business Today Egypt
''Business Today Egypt'' (also known as ''BT'') is an English business magazine which is published monthly in Cairo, Egypt by Egyptian Media Group. It is the only independent business magazine in the country. The magazine models ''Fortune'' and ' ...
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* '' Cairo 360''
* ''Cairo Times
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* '' Cairo West Magazine''
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* ''Al Dawa
''Al Dawa'' (Arabic: ''The Call'') was an Arabic language monthly political magazine which was published in Egypt in two periods, 1951–1953 and 1976–1981. The publication was one of the media outlets connected to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egy ...
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* ''Don Quichotte
''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
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*''Egypt Today
''Egypt Today'' is an Egyptian English-language monthly news magazine owned by United Media Services (UMS), a company owned by General Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat).
History and profile
''Egypt Today'' was first published in 1979. It cover ...
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*'' Elle Egypt''
* '' L'Égyptienne''
*'' El-Shai.com''
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* ''Al Fajr
''Al Fajr'' () is an independent daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1974 the daily is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
''Al Fajr'' was launched by Obaid Humaid Al Mazrooei ...
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* ''Al Fajr Al Jadid
''Al Fajr Al Jadid'' () was a leftist magazine which was published in the period 1945–1946. Although the magazine was short-lived, it is one of the sources that laid the basis of the regime change in Egypt in 1952.
History and profile
The firs ...
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* ''Al-Fatat
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* ''Fatat al-Sharq
''Fatat al-Sharq'' (; ''Girl of the East'') was an Egyptian women's periodical first published in 1906 by Labiba Hashim when she was 18 years old, Though some sources date the magazine back to 1900. The magazine, one of the first examples of wome ...
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* ''Al Fath
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* '' La Femme Nouvelle''
* '' Al Fukaha''
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* ''Galerie 68
''Galerie 68'' () was an avant-garde literary magazine which was headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine existed in the period 1968–1971 with a one-year interruption and produced a total of eight issues.
History and profile
''Galerie 68'' ...
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* ''Hawaa
''Hawaa'' (Arabic: ''Eve'') is a weekly women's magazines published in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine is modelled by other women's magazines in the Arab countries. It was Egypt's first women's magazine, founded in 1954.
History and profile
''Hawaa'' ...
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* '' Al Hilal''
* ''HR Revolution Middle East''
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*'' Ibdaa''
* '' İctihat''
*''Israël
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* ''Al-Jamia
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Ja'far al-Sadiq refers to it as a scroll (''ṣaḥīfa'') that is 70 cubits long and was dictated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad and written down by Ali. ...
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* ''Al Jamila
''Al Jamila'' is an Arabic monthly women's magazine, published in Dubai. It is one of the publications of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
History and ownership
''Al Jamila'' was firstly launched in London and then, in Riyadh in October 1 ...
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* ''Kanun-i Esasi
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* ''Al Kashkul
''Al Kashkul'' () was a weekly political satire magazine in Cairo, Egypt. It was in circulation for twenty years between 1914 and 1934. Both ''Al Kashkul'' and its rival '' Rose Al Yusuf'' played an important role in the establishment of cartoon- ...
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* '' Al-Katib al-misri''
* '' Al Kawakib''[
* '' Kull shay''
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* '' Al Lataif''
* '' Lotus''
*''Lounge
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* '' Magazette''
* ''Al Majalla
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* '' Majallat Al Azhar''
* ''Al Majalla Al Jadida
''Al Majalla Al Jadida'' (Arabic: الجديدة المجلة; ''The New Magazine'') was an Arabic language socialist and avant-garde cultural and literary magazine that existed between 1929 and 1944 with a two-year interruption. Being an early ...
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* ''Al Manar
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* '' Al-Maʿrifa ''
* '' Al-Muqtataf''
* '' Al-Musawar''
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* ''Al Nadhir
''Al Nadhir'' (Arabic: ''The Warner'') was an Arabic language weekly Islamic magazine which was published in Cairo, Egypt, for one year between 1938 and 1939. Its subtitle was ''A Political Islamic Weekly''. It is known for being one of the offic ...
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* '' Nesf El Donya''
O
* ''October
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* ''Omdurman
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* '' Rawdat Al Madaris''
*'' Ar-Rawi''
* ''Rose al-Yūsuf Rose al Yusuf or Rose al-Yūsuf may refer to:
* Rose al Yusuf (journalist) (1898–1958), a Lebanese born journalist and stage-actress
* ''Rose al Yusuf'' (magazine), an Arabic weekly political magazine
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S
*'' Sahifat Dar al-Ulum''
* '' Al Siyassa Al Dawliya''
* '' Al Siyassa Al Musawwara''
* '' Al Siyasa Al Usbuiya''
* '' As-Sufūr''
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*''Al Tali'a
''Al Tali'a'' (Arabic:''The Vanguard'') was a monthly Marxist magazine which was based in Cairo, Egypt. It was in circulation between 1965 and 1977.
History and profile
''Al Tali'a'' was established by Michel Kamil, an Egyptian Coptic, and Lutf ...
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*''Al Tatawwur
''Al Tatawwur'' () was an Arabic language literary and cultural magazine published in Egypt in the period January–July 1940. It was the first avant-garde, surrealist and Marxist-libertarian publication in the Arab world.
History and profile
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*'' Al Thaqafa''
*'' At-Tahdhib''
*'' Tok Tok''
* ''Türk
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* '' Al Ustadh''
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* '' Weghat Nazar''
Z
* ''Zamalek SC magazine
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See also
* Media of Egypt
Mass media in Egypt are highly influential in Egypt and in the Arab World, attributed to its large audience and its historical TV and film industry supplies to the Arab-speaking world.
A period of ease on media marked the last years of Hosni Mu ...
* List of newspapers in Egypt
The number of Arabic newspapers in Egypt was about 200 in 1938. There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, such as Turkish language, Turkish, French language, French and English language, English. By 1951 Arabic langua ...
* List of radio stations in Egypt
* Television in Egypt
Television in Egypt is mainly received through free satellite, while analog terrestrial represents 41% of total viewers. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said the average time an Egyptian spends watching television a day i ...
References
{{Asia topic, List of magazines in
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Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
Magazines
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...