Abdallah Kamal Explained

Abdallah Kamal (1965 – 13 June 2014) was an Egyptian journalist and politician.

Biography

Kamal graduated from Cairo University, having studied in the faculty of mass communications. He became editor-in-chief of Rose al-Youssef, a weekly magazine owned by the Egyptian government, in July 2005.^[1] He served in the post until 2011.^[2]

Kamal was known as an opponent of the Muslim Brotherhood. He became an MP for the National Democratic Party in the Shoura Council from 2007 to 2011.^[2] He founded his own news website, dotmasr.eg.^[3] He was also advisor to the Al Rai newspaper of Kuwait and a contributor to Al Arabiya.^[2]

He died of a heart attack aged 49 on 13 July 2014.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Gamal Essam El Din . A radical shake-up? . Al Ahram Weekly . 7–13 July 2005 . 750 . 5 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326202054/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/750/eg4.htm . 26 March 2013 .
2. News: Abdullah Kamal. 5 October 2014. Al Arabiya.
3. "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.
4. News: Former newspaper editor Abdullah Kamal dies at 49. 5 October 2014. Ahram Online. 13 June 2014.