Mustafa Amin
| Mustafa Amin | |
|---|---|
| Native name | مصطفى أمين |
| Born |
21 February 1914 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 13 April 1997 (aged 83) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Alma mater |
American University in Cairo Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1928–1997 |
| Spouse(s) |
Umm Kulthum Isis Tantawi |
| Relatives | Saad Zaghloul (great-uncle) |
Mustafa Amin (Arabic: مصطفى أمين) (21 February 1914 – 13 April 1997) was an Egyptian columnist and journalist who enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the Arab world. Known for his liberal perspective, Amin and his brother Ali are regarded as the fathers of modern Arab journalism.
Mustafa and his twin brother Ali (1914–1976), were born in Cairo where their father was a lawyer. They spent their childhood at the house of their great-uncle Saad Zaghloul, a prominent lawyer and politician, who founded the liberal nationalist Wafd Party, and who served as Prime Minister of Egypt in 1922. Amin was educated at the American University in Cairo and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Amin began reporting for the Cairo newspapers in 1928, and had a column in the weekly Akher Saa ("Last Hour") magazine by the time of graduation from the AUC in 1934. After his graduation from Georgetown in 1938, Amin served as editor-in-chief of Akher Saa for a year before moving to Al-Ahram ("The Pyramids") the oldest and most prestigious Middle Eastern daily newspaper. During the 1940s Amin served as a reporter and columnist, but in 1944 left his post as editor of El-ethnin, when he and his brother Ali founded the weekly newspaper Akhbar el-Yom ("Today's News"). Within two years, they took over Akher Saa, and in 1951 founded two more weekly papers Akher Lahza and Al-Guil. Finally in 1952 they launched a daily newspaper Al Akhbar ("The News"). Amin and his brother were producing the five best selling news publications in Egypt prior to the nationalization of the Egyptian press by Nasser in 1960.
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