October (magazine)

For a Russian magazine with the same name, see Oktyabr (magazine).

October (Arabic: اكتوبر) is a political magazine published in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country.^[1]

October

Former editors	Anis Mansour
Categories	Political magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Publisher	Dar Al Maarif
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
First issue	31 October 1976
Company	Dar Al Maarif
Country	Egypt
Based in	Cairo
Language	Arabic
Website	October
ISSN	1110-8983

History and profile

October was established by Dar Al Maarif group in 1976.^[2][3] The first issue appeared on 31 October that year.^[4] It is a political and social magazine published by Dar Al Maarif group weekly on Saturdays.^[2][5] The company is owned by the Egyptian government^[2] and is based in Cairo.^[3]

Anis Mansour, an Egyptian writer, was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine^[2][6] who held the post for a long period.^[7][8] Ismail Montassar also served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.^[9] On 28 June 2014 Hassan Abu Taleb became the editor-in-chief of October.^[10] In September 2020 Muhammad Amin Ali Al Sayed was named as the editor-in-chief.^[11]

During the editorship of Anis Mansour the magazine published the articles by Israeli writers between 1979 and 1981.^[7][12]

October sold 120,000 copies in 2000.^[13]

See also

• List of magazines in Egypt