Akhbar Al-Adab

Akhbar Al Adab (Arabic: أخبار الأدب; Cultural News in English)[1] is an Arabic weekly literary magazine which is published by state-run Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house.

Akhbar Al-Adab
February 2010 issue
Editor-in-chiefMagdi Afifi
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAkhbar Al Yawm
Founded1993 (1993)
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic

History and profile

Akhbar Al Adab was established by Gamal Al-Ghitani in 1993 as a platform for Egyptian and Arab literary production.[2][3] Since then it has been published by Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house on Sundays.[4][5] The company also publishes Al Akhbar newspaper.[6] The headquarters is in Cairo.[7]

The magazine features articles on literary work as well as interviews.[7]

From its creation in 1993 to January 2011 Gamal Al-Ghitani served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and he was replaced by Mustafa Abdullah in the post.[8][9] However, the journalists of the magazine demanded his removal as the editor-in-chief.[9] In May 2011, Abla al-Roweiny was chosen by the journalists as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[2][9] In August 2013 Magdi Afifi was appointed editor-in-chief.[4][10]

Editor-in-chief Tarek el-Taher and author Ahmed Naji were acquitted on 2 January 2016 on charges they had published indecent material in Naji's novel, The Use of Life, which Akhbar Al-Adab published in August 2014.[11]

Yasser Abdel Hafez and Hassan Abdel Mawgoud are among the contributors.[7] Palestinian author Fadwa Al Qasem published her short stories in the magazine.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Egyptian Figures". SIS. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. Lina Attalah (2 June 2011). "A new Akhbar al Adab". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. "Media Landscape". Menassat. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. Nadia Ahmed (1 August 2013). "Akhbar al Adab". Mada Masr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3.
  6. Joel Beinin; Frédéric Vairel (2013). Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa: Second Edition. Stanford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8047-8569-3.
  7. Nancy Linthicum (2017). "The Cultural Newspaper "Akhbar al-Adab" and the Making of Egypt's "Nineties Generation"". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. 37: 229–261. JSTOR 26191820.
  8. Safaa Abdoun; Marwa Al A’asar (18 January 2011). "Shoura Council reshuffles editors of state papers, magazines". Daily News Egypt. Cairo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. "Akhbar al-Adab Strike Succeeds". Arabic Literature. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  10. Mohammed Saad (15 August 2012). "Politics of new editor at Egypt's prestigious literarature news worries journalists". Ahram Online. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  11. "People, Places, Crisis, Conflict, Culture, Change, Analysis and Trends". ABC News. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  12. Nedim Gursel; Ghamal al-Ghitani; Fadwa Al-Qasem; Ala Hlehel; Hassan Blasim; Yousef al-Mohaimeed; Elias Farkouh; Nabil Sulayman; Joumana Haddad; Yitzkah Laor (2013). Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East. Comma Press. p. 110. GGKEY:TJQ3PCYQFQA.
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