Mohamed El-Tabii
{{Short description|Egyptian political writer and journalist}}
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Mohamed El-Tabii ({{langx|ar|محمد التابعى}} {{IPA|arz|mæˈħæmmad etˈtæbʕi|}}; 18 May 1896 in Port Said – 24 December 1976 in El Senbellawein) was a leading Egyptian political writer, journalist and a pioneer of modern press in Egypt and the Arab World, so much so that he was dubbed "Prince of Journalism".
Biography
Mohamed El Tabii or "El Ostaz" as he became later known among his peers and colleagues, first joined Rose al-Yūsuf in 1923, where he made many changes that brought it to the front line as a leading political magazine.
In 1934, he founded the weekly magazine Akher Saa{{cite book|author=Mohamed El Bendary|title=The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_rYBkpqLRoC&pg=PA61|accessdate=5 October 2014|date=1 March 2010|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-4520-3|page=61}} which became the leading magazine in fast news with political jokes and caricatures. He later sold it Akhbar El Yom press group and it continues to be published by that group.
El Tabii was also co-founder of Al Misri newspaper with Mahmud Abu al-Fath.{{cite web|title=al-Miṣrī (المصري)
|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=almi|publisher=Global Press Archive|access-date=28 April 2023}}
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Category:People from Port Said
Category:20th-century newspaper founders
Category:Egyptian magazine founders
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