Rose al Yusuf (magazine)

Rose al-Yūsuf was first published on 26 October 1925.{{cite book|author=Andrew Hammond|title=Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4eodEw7ZvsC&pg=PA105|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-449-3|page=105}}{{cite book|author=Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi|title=Casting Off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E10BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|date=18 December 2011|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85772-071-9|page=127}} The magazine was named after its founder, Rose al Yusuf.{{cite book|author1=Richard Butsch|author2=Sonia Livingstone|title=The Meanings of Audiences: Comparative Discourses|date=15 August 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVZtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-04305-6|page=125}}{{cite book|author=Earl L. Sullivan|title=Women in Egyptian Public Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y900ymkaKX4C&pg=PA172|date=1986|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-2354-0|page=172}} It is published by the Rose al Yusuf group and is based in Cairo.{{cite web|title=Media Landscape|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-4|publisher=Menassat|accessdate=5 October 2014}}

The founding editor of Rose al-Yūsuf was Mohamed El-Tabii until 1934.{{cite journal|author=Talaat I. Farag|title=Satirical Papyrus and Modern Cartoonists (Part II)|journal=The Ambassadors Magazine|date=January 2004|volume=7|issue=1

|url=http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue15/features2.htm}} He had a great role in establishing the paper alongside its founder Rose al Yusuf,{{cite web|author=Eyal Sagui Bizawe|url=http://www.haaretz.com/the-return-of-cinderella-1.6862|title=The return of Cinderella|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012022242/http://www.haaretz.com/the-return-of-cinderella-1.6862|archive-date=12 October 2013|work=Haaretz|date=1 October 2009|access-date=10 April 2013}} a Syrian-born female journalist.{{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}} Other renowned Egyptian journalists worked later on as editors, including Mostafa Amin and Ali Amin. Armenian-Egyptian cartoonist Alexander Saroukhan 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.{{cite book

|author=Cathlyn Mariscotti|title=Gender and Class in the Egyptian Women's Movement, 1925-1939: Changing Perspectives|isbn=978-0-8156-3170-5

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsZBcmMTpS0C&pg=PA114|year=2008|publisher=Syracuse University Press|page=114}} In the early period the magazine was a fierce critic of the Wafd Party.{{cite web|title=British Embassy Cairo Documents|access-date=7 November 2021

|url=http://nasser.bibalex.org/Data/Docs/BritishDocumentsMerged///FO_371_53330-merged.pdf|publisher=Gamal Abdel Nasser Digital Archive - Bibliotheca Alexandrina|date=30 November 1946}} 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 President Gamal Nasser nationalized the magazine, which began to be controlled by the Egyptian government.{{cite book|author1=James J. Napoli|author2=Hussain Y. Amin|title=Press Freedom and Communication in Africa|chapter=Press Freedom in Egypt|editor1=Festus Eribo|editor2=William Jong-Ebot|year=1997|publisher=Africa World Press

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMM2qKU9bVUC&pg=PA185|isbn=9780865435513}}{{cite journal|author=Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron|title=Freedom of the press in Egypt: Checks and Balances|journal=Law Journal Library|year=1999|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/yislamie6&type=Text&id=50}} The magazine had a leftist leaning during the presidencies of Nasser and Anwar Sadat.

In 1957 Ihsan Abdel Quddus was the editor-in-chief of Rose al-Yūsuf.{{cite book|author=Nasser Kalawoun|title=The Struggle For Lebanon: A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5k_qbw6fiYC&pg=PA185|year=2000

|page=185|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-423-8}} Since the government took control in 1960, the editors-in-chief of the magazine have been appointed by the Shura Council.{{cite magazine|author=Gamal Essam El Din|title=A radical shake-up?|magazine=Al Ahram Weekly|date=7–13 July 2005|issue=750|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/750/eg4.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092131/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/750/eg4.htm}} Ahmad Hamrush was serving as the editor-in-chief of Rose al-Yūsuf in the late 1960s.{{cite journal|author=Yehoshafat Harkabi|title=Liberation or genocide?|journal=Society|volume=7 |issue=9-10|year=1970|doi=10.1007/bf02804064|page=63}}

In July 2005 Abdallah Kamal was appointed editor-in-chief of Rose al-Yūsuf, replacing Mohamed Abdel Moneim in the post.[http://www.madamasr.com/content/journalist-mubarak-era-mp-abdallah-kamal-dies-age-49 High-profile journalist Abdallah Kamal passed away on Friday at the age of 49 due to a heart attack.] Mada Masr. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014. He served in the post until 2011.{{cite news|title=Abdullah Kamal|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/authors/Abdullah-Kamal.html|accessdate=5 October 2014|work=Al Arabiya}} In April 2011 Osama Salama became the editor-in-chief, but left his post when the Muslim Brotherhood came to the power.{{Cite web

|url=https://www.vetogate.com/3023421|title=أسامة سلامة.. القديس|website=بوابة فيتو}} Essam Abdelaziz replaced him in the post. In 2014 Ibrahim Khalil became the editor-in-chief[http://www.maspiro.net/news/13690-2014-06-28-16-16-57.html Maspiro] 28 June 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110113811/http://www.maspiro.net/news/13690-2014-06-28-16-16-57.html|date=10 January 2018 }} 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosa-magazine.com/|title=IIS Windows Server|website=www.rosa-magazine.com}}{{Cite web|

url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1141922|title=تغييرات المؤسسات الصحفية: "سلامة" للأهرام و"رزق" للأخبار و"سليم" لدار التحرير | المصري اليوم|work=Al-Masry Al-Youm|language=ar}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=28082017&id=45ab618b-5dd8-4de8-84e1-75fcae96a36a|title="الوطنية للصحافة" تقرر تعيينات مؤقتة لمجالس إدارات الصحف القومية - بوابة الشروق

|work=Shorouk News|language=ar}} since the nationalization of the press in Nasser's era.

The weekly sold 250,000 copies in 2000.{{cite web|author1=Sahar Hegazi|author2=Mona Khalifa|title=Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project|work=FRONTIERS/Population Council|access-date=30 September 2014|date=October 2000

|url=http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/frontiers/FR_FinalReports/egyptmedia.pdf}}

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