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''October'' () is a political magazine published in
Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
, Egypt. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country.


History and profile

''October'' was established by Dar Al Maarif group in 1976. The first issue appeared on 31 October that year. It is a political and social magazine published by Dar Al Maarif group weekly on Saturdays. The company is owned by the
Egyptian government The politics of Egypt takes place within the framework of a republican semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel ...
and is based in Cairo. Anis Mansour, an Egyptian writer, was the first
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
of the magazine who held the post for a long period. Ismail Montassar also served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly. On 28 June 2014 Hassan Abu Taleb became the editor-in-chief of ''October''. In September 2020 Muhammad Amin Ali Al Sayed was named as the editor-in-chief. During the editorship of Anis Mansour the magazine published the articles by Israeli writers between 1979 and 1981. ''October'' sold 120,000 copies in 2000.


See also

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List of magazines in Egypt The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. The earliest magazines included women's magazines as well as those published in Turkish language, Turkish from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's ma ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:October 1976 establishments in Egypt Arabic-language magazines Magazines established in 1976 Magazines published in Cairo Political magazines published in Egypt State media Weekly magazines published in Egypt