Rose El Youssef

Fatma Al-Yusef , also known as Roz Al-Yosef (1898 –10 April 1958), was a Lebanese-born Egyptian journalist and stage actress, a pioneer of Arab female journalism and a patron of the Arab female press. She is considered the Arab world's first woman journalist.

Biography Fatma Al Youssef was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, to a Turkish Muslim family. She received her primary education in Tripoli. Her mother died at birth, and she arrived in Egypt with her father when she was 10 years old. Her father then went on to live in Brazil and left her with the Christian family of Lebanese born Egyptian Eskander Farah, who had a major impact on her life, and especially on her choice to choose the acting profession. She began appearing at age 14. Initially, only in small roles, but her breakout came when none of the actresses agreed to play an old woman role, and Al-Yusuf took it upon herself.

From 1912 to 1925, she was a well-known theatre and work actress as part of the George Abyad troupe and the Yussef Wahbi troupe (1898–1982) reaching the peak of fame between 1923 and 1925. Her success won her the nickname the "Sarah Bernard of the East" and praise from Egyptian and international critics. She also became a favourite of the high society.

In 1925 she founded the news magazine Rose al-Yūsuf. Her grandson is the Egyptian-American playwright Yussef El Guindi.