The Arab Observer was an English language

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 weekly newsmagazine published from Cairo

Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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 between the years of 1960 and 1966. At the time, it was one of the only English language publications from the Middle East

Middle East

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. Although not officially a state organ, it generally followed the political orthodoxy of the time. Its most famous employee was Maya Angelou

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, who worked as an editor of African Affairs while in Cairo from 1962-63.