Arrissalah (Arabic: الرسالة Ar-Risala: the message, or مجلة الرسالة Ar-Risala Magazine) was an Arabic-language weekly cultural magazine for literature, science, and art published in Cairo from 1933 to 1953.[1][2] It has been described as "the most important intellectual weekly in the 1930s Egypt and the Arab world."[3]
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| Editor | Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat |
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| Categories | Literature, poetry, social issues |
| Frequency | Biweekly Weekly |
| First issue | 15 January 1933 |
| Final issue Number | 23 February 1953 1025 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Abdeen, Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
History and profile
editThe first issue of Arrissalah appeared in January 1933.[4] It was published by Dar Arrissalah and owned and edited by Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat.[4] Muhammad Farid Abu Hadid was instrumental in the establishment of the magazine.[5] It consisted of 86 pages printed on A4-sized paper.[2] Arrissalah started as a biweekly publication, but became a weekly later.[4]
The magazine featured the work of prominent writers such as Sayyid Qutb, Ahmad Amin, Muhammad Farid Abu Hadid, Ahmad Zaki Pasha, Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq, Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie, Taha Hussein, Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi.[4]
References
edit- ^ Sabry Hafez (2017). "Cultural Journals and Modern Arabic Literature: A Historical Overview". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (37): 9–49. JSTOR 26191813.
- ^ a b Elisabeth Kendall (July 1997). "The Marginal Voice: Journals and the Avant-Garde in Egypt". Journal of Islamic Studies. 8 (2): 221. doi:10.1093/jis/8.2.216.
- ^ Sonja Hegasy (2010). "The Arabs and Nazi Germany: Collaborators and Antagonists". Qantara. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d Israel Gershoni (November 1999). "Egyptian Liberalism in an Age of "Crisis of Orientation": Al-Risala's Reaction to Fascism and Nazism, 1933-39". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 31 (4): 555. doi:10.1017/S0020743800057093.
- ^ الجوادي, د محمد. "محمد فريد أبو حديد.. العبقري الذي سابق الحداثة فلم تسبقه". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
External links
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