''Rose al-Yūsuf'' (; also written ''Rose al-Yousef'') is an

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weekly political magazine published in

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''Rose al-Yūsuf'' was first published on 26 October 1925. The magazine was named after its founder, Rose al Yusuf. It is published by the Rose al Yusuf group and is based in

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. The founding editor of ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' was Mohamed El-Tabii until 1934. He had a great role in establishing the paper alongside its founder Rose al Yusuf, a Syrian-born female journalist. Other renowned Egyptian journalists worked later on as editors, including

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and Ali Amin.

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cartoonist

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drew the cover page of the magazine from March 1928 to 1934. Rakha and Zuhdi, Egyptian cartoonists, also contributed to the magazine. ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' was started as a cultural and literary publication by Rose al Yusuf, but became a political magazine by 1928. In the early period the magazine was a fierce critic of the

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. In 1935, the publisher added a daily newspaper with the same name. Both are published in Arabic. Although ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' is a political magazine, it also covers entertainment news. In 1960

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nationalized the magazine, which began to be controlled by the

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. The magazine had a leftist leaning during the presidencies of Nasser and

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. In 1957 Ihsan Abdel Quddus was the editor-in-chief of ''Rose al-Yūsuf''. Since the government took control in 1960, the editors-in-chief of the magazine have been appointed by the

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. Ahmad Hamrush was serving as the editor-in-chief of ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' in the late 1960s. In July 2005

Abdallah Kamal Abdallah Kamal (1965 – 13 June 2014) was an Egyptian journalist and politician. Biography Kamal graduated from Cairo University, having studied in the faculty of mass communications. He became editor-in-chief of '' Rose al-Youssef'', a weekly ...

was appointed editor-in-chief of ''Rose al-Yūsuf'', replacing Mohamed Abdel Moneim in the post. He served in the post until 2011. In April 2011 Osama Salama became the editor-in-chief, but left his post when the Muslim Brotherhood came to the power. Essam Abdelaziz replaced him in the post. In 2014 Ibrahim Khalil became the editor-in-chief and served in the post until 30 May 2017. On 31 May 2017, 36-year-old Hany Abdullah became editor-in-chief of ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' who was the youngest editor-in-chief since the nationalization of the press in Nasser's era. The weekly sold 250,000 copies in 2000.

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