Akher Saa

Akher Saa (Arabic: آخر ساعة; the Last Hour) is an Arabic-language weekly consumer magazine published in Egypt. The magazine is also described as a photo magazine.^[1] Launched in 1924 it is among the oldest publications in the country.^[2]

Akher Saa was established by Mohamed El Tabii^[3] in 1924.^[4][5] During its initial period the magazine was one of the publications supporting the Wafd Party.^[5] It was relaunched by Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin in 1944.^[6] Then, it became part of Akhbar El Yom^[3] which is also the publisher of the magazine.^[7] Akher Saa has been owned by the Egyptian government since 1960.^[8]

Based in Cairo, Akher Saa covers social events, women's interests and sports.^[7] The magazine, published on Saturdays, also includes political, economic and social news.^[4][6] The memoirs of Gamal Abdel Nasser was published in the magazine in Spring 1955.^[9]

Mohamed Heikal was the editor-in-chief of Akher Saa in the 1950s.^[4][10] From 1970 to 1976 Egyptian author Anis Mansour was the editor-in-chief.^[11] Ahmed Roshdy Saleh also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.^[12] As of 2008 Samir Ragab was the editor in chief and chairman of the magazine.^[13] On 28 June 2014 Mohamed Abdel Hafez became the editor-in-chief.^[14] In September 2020 Mohamed El Sebaei Mohamed was appointed to the post.^[15]

From 2006 to 2008, Mohamed Abdelbaki served as foreign affairs editor for the magazine.^[2]

Armenian-Egyptian cartoonist Saroukhan worked for the magazine from its inception in 1934 to 1946.^[16] Rakha, an Egyptian cartoonist, also contributed to the magazine.^[16] Graphic arts by Al Hussein Fawzi were also published in the magazine.^[17]

The circulation of the weekly in 2000 was 120,000 copies.^[18]

• List of magazines in Egypt

• Official website (in Arabic)