Al Thaqafa (Arabic: Culture) was a monthly cultural and literary magazine which was in circulation between 1939 and 1953 in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine was founded by Ahmad Amin who also edited it during its lifetime.
| Editor | Ahmad Amin |
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| Categories |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Ahmad Amin |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Final issue | 1953 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
History and profile
editAl Thaqafa was launched in 1939 and published monthly until 1953.[1][2] It was printed on an A4-size paper and was consisted of 65 pages.[1] The founder and sole editor of the magazine was Ahmad Amin.[2][3] Al Thaqafa was among the publications which supported Islamic Arab culture in Egypt.[4] It published literary work, cultural articles, translations from Turkish, Persian, English, French and Indian and book reviews.[5]
In the 1940s one of the contributors was Mohammad Abd Al Bari who published articles on the political dimensions of culture.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Sabry Hafez (2017). "Cultural Journals and Modern Arabic Literature: A Historical Overview". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (37): 24. JSTOR 26191813.
- ^ William Shepard (May 1980). "The Dilemma of a Liberal Some Political Implications in the Writings of the Egyptian Scholar, Ahmad Amin (1886-1954)". Middle Eastern Studies. 16 (2): 85. doi:10.1080/00263208008700436.
- ^ Israel Gershoni (Summer 1992). "The Evolution of National Culture in Modern Egypt: Intellectual Formation and Social Diffusion, 1892-1945". Poetics Today. 13 (2): 333. doi:10.2307/1772536. JSTOR 1772536.
- ^ Chihab El Khachab (2021). "A brief history of the future of culture in Egypt". Journal of the African Literature Association. 15 (3): 372. doi:10.1080/21674736.2021.1935065. S2CID 237823111.
- ^ Patrick Kane (Fall 2010). "Egyptian Art Institutions and Art Education from 1908 to 1951". The Journal of Aesthetic Education. 44 (3): 45. doi:10.5406/jaesteduc.44.3.0043.