List of magazines in Egypt

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The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. [1] The earliest magazines included women's magazines [1] as well as those published in Turkish from 1828 to 1947. [2] In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's magazines in the country. [3] The first children's magazine was published in 1893. [4] The number of the magazines in the period 1828–1929 was 481. [5]

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In 2014 the magazine market in the country was described as one of the lower-growth, smaller-scale markets. [6]

The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Egypt. They may be published in Arabic or in other languages.

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  1. 1 2 Samir Ibrahim Hassan (2006). "Women and Society: Integrating Women's Perspective" (PDF). FAFO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (2012). "The Turkish Press in Egypt". The Turks in Egypt and their Cultural Legacy. Cairo University Press. pp. 243–296. doi:10.5743/cairo/9789774163975.003.0011. ISBN   9789774163975.
  3. ↑ Beth Baron (July 1989). "Unveiling in Early Twentieth Century Egypt: Practical and Symbolic Considerations". Middle Eastern Studies . 25 (3): 371. doi:10.1080/00263208908700787. JSTOR   4283318.
  4. ↑ Rania Khallaf (10–16 January 2002). "Freeing the imagination". Al Ahram Weekly (568). Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Ziad Adel Fahmy (2007). Popularizing Egyptian Nationalism: Colloquial Culture and Media Capitalism, 1870-1919 (PhD thesis). University of Arizona. p. 66. hdl:10150/195746.
  6. ↑ "Emerging middle classes in large-scale markets such as China and Brazil" (PDF). PWC. 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Lucie Ryzova (Fall 2004). ""I am a Whore but I will be a Good Mother": On the Production and Consumption of the Female Body in Modern Egypt". The Arab Studies Journal. 12/13 (2/1): 80–122. JSTOR   27933910.
  8. ↑ "Egypt's only independent English-language news magazine". cairotimes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Interview With HR Revolution Middle-East Magazine's Founder". democracychronicles.org. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "HR Revolution Middle East Magazine, Media Partner, atd Middle East Conference, Abu Dhabi". Informa Connect. Informa Connect. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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