Mostafa El-Dessouki is editorial secretary of the pan-Arab news magazine Al-Majalla. A native of Alexandria, Dessouki served in the Egyptian navy, received his Bachelors degree from the University of Alexandria, and earned a Masters in comparative Islamic theology at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Dessouki’s commitment to peace communications stems from a family legacy. In 1919, his grandfather, Mohammed Kamel El-Dessouki, founded the Alexandrian newspaper Al-Ta’akhi (Brotherhood), managed by Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coeditors and devoted to promoting friendship among the three faith-based communities.
