Death of The Dean of Sudanese Press
Cairo – Sudan Events
Sudanese press lost on Tuesday, February 13 in Cairo afternoon Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh, the great Sudanese journalist who is considered by many to be the dean of Sudanese press
Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh was born on April 12, 1928 ,in the city of Khartoum North (Bahri), where he received his primary and intermediate levels of education.
He joined Khartoum University College in 1947, and was serving as Secretary of the Student Union at the time.
The deceased’s professional career began with him joining the English-language Sudan Star newspaper in the year 1949 ,and he also worked for a short period in the New Sudan newspaper, before he and his colleagues Bashir Mohamed Saeed and Mahjoub Osman founded Al-Ayyam newspaper, the first issue of which was published on October 3, 1953. He worked as a professor. Mahjoub was appointed editor-in-chief at the time of its publication
Until the date of his death, Professor Mahjoub Mohamed Salih headed the Al-Ayyam Center for Cultural Studies and Development.
He was famous for his Voices and (Echoes column, ) in which he analyzed the political situation in Sudan and the problems facing the ordinary citizen.
He has many books, most notably his valuable travel, The History of Sudanese press in Half a Century, in addition to Highlights on the Southern Issue and others. He has won many awards inside and outside Sudan.
