[7] He had a great role in establishing the paper alongside its founder Rose al Yusuf,[8] a Syrian-born female journalist.

Armenian-Egyptian cartoonist Alexander Saroukhan drew the cover page of the magazine from March 1928 to 1934.

[3] In 1960 President Gamal Nasser nationalized the magazine, which began to be controlled by the Egyptian government.

[15] In July 2005 Abdallah Kamal was appointed editor-in-chief of Rose al-Yūsuf, replacing Mohamed Abdel Moneim in the post.

[17] In April 2011 Osama Salama became the editor-in-chief, but left his post when the Muslim Brotherhood came to the power.