October (magazine)
{{for|a Russian magazine with the same name|Oktyabr (magazine)}}
{{Short description|Egyptian weekly political magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = October
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| editor =
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| previous_editor = Anis Mansour
| frequency = Weekly
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| category = Political magazine
| company = Dar Al Maarif
| publisher = Dar Al Maarif
| founded = {{start date and age|1976}}
| firstdate = 31 October 1976
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| country = Egypt
| based = Cairo
| language = Arabic
| website = [http://octobermageg.com/ October]
| issn = 1110-8983
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October ({{langx|ar| اكتوبر}}) is a political magazine published in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country.{{cite book|author=Mohamed El Bendary|title=The Egyptian Revolution: Between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi|year=2013|page=91
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faKf551DFxUC&pg=PA91|location=New York|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=978-0-87586-992-6}}
History and profile
October was established by Dar Al Maarif group in 1976.{{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|year=2010|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-4520-3|page=61|location=Lanham, MD}}{{cite web|title=Media Landscape|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-4|work=Menassat|access-date=5 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923120454/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-4}} The first issue appeared on 31 October that year.{{cite book|title=Catalogue record|url=https://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/2146933|publisher=Indiana University|access-date=2 April 2022}} It is a political and social magazine published by Dar Al Maarif group weekly on Saturdays.{{cite web|author=Hala El Zahed|title=Egyptian Press and the Transition to Democracy|work=LSE|access-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead
|archive-date=9 October 2014|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/research/Collaboration-Projects/collaboration-2011-2012/LSE-Collaboration-with-FEPS/hala-ElZahed.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009150313/http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/research/Collaboration-Projects/collaboration-2011-2012/LSE-Collaboration-with-FEPS/hala-ElZahed.pdf}} The company is owned by the Egyptian government and is based in Cairo.
Anis Mansour, an Egyptian writer, was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine{{cite journal |author=Gabriel R. Warburg |author-link=Gabriel Warburg |year=1982 |title=Islam and Politics in Egypt: 1952-80 |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |volume=18 |issue=2 |page=144 |doi=10.1080/00263208208700502}} who held the post for a long period.{{cite book
|author=William B. Quandt|isbn=0-8157-2052-1|title=The Middle East: Ten Years After Camp David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYzO8zmNEmcC&pg=PA19|year=1988|author-link=William B. Quandt|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|page=19|location=Washington DC}}{{cite news|title=Anis Mansour|work=Masress|date=13 November 2008|url=http://www.masress.com/en/almasryalyoumen/173112|access-date=5 October 2014}} Ismail Montassar also served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.{{cite book|author=Mohamed El Bendary|title=The "ugly American" in the Arab Mind: Why Do Arabs Resent America?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xckkismvr5UC&pg=PA27|year=2011|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59797-673-2|page=27|location=Washington DC}} On 28 June 2014 Hassan Abu Taleb became the editor-in-chief of October.{{cite web|title=Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014|work=Al Sawt Al Hurr
|format=Report|url=http://asahnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MM-13-En-2014-A1.pdf|access-date=6 October 2014}} In September 2020 Muhammad Amin Ali Al Sayed was named as the editor-in-chief.{{cite news|date=26 September 2020|language=ar|title="الوطنية للصحافة" تعلن التغييرات الجديدة بالمؤسسات القومية.. الإبقاء على عبد المحسن سلامة لرئاسة مجلس إدارة الأهرام.. اختيار أحمد جلال لمؤسسة أخبار اليوم.. ومحمد حافظ لإدارة دار التحرير.. وتعيينات رؤساء التحرير |access-date=6 November 2021|work=Youm7
|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/9/26/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF/4994348}}
During the editorship of Anis Mansour the magazine published the articles by Israeli writers between 1979 and 1981.{{cite book|author=Hassan A. Barari|title=Israelism: Arab Scholarship on Israel, a Critical Assessment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saaiDSE4mfoC&pg=PT106|year=2012|publisher=Ithaca Press|isbn=978-0-86372-416-9|page=106|location=Reading}}
October sold 120,000 copies in 2000.{{cite journal|author1=Sahar Hegazi|author2=Mona Khalifa|title=Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project|date=October 2000|journal=FRONTIERS/Population Council|doi=10.31899/rh4.1139 }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://octobermageg.com/}}
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Category:1976 establishments in Egypt
Category:Arabic-language magazines
Category:Magazines established in 1976
Category:Magazines published in Cairo