The Arabic-language satirical magazine al-Alam (Arabic: العلم; DMG: al-ʿĀlam; English: "The World") was published weekly in Cairo between 1926 and 1927 in a total of 51 issues.[1] Its founder and editor was ʿAli Fahmi Kamil (1870-1926 ), who also served as manager of the journal al-Liwaʾ.[2] The journal deals mostly with political and social events of its time.[3] In 1927, the magazine was merged with another publication, Kull shay, to form the periodical Kull šayʾ wa-l-ʿālam.[3]
Editor | ʿAli Fahmi Kamil |
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Categories | Politics, society, satire |
Frequency | Weekly |
Founder | ʿAli Fahmi Kamil |
Founded | 1926 |
Final issue | 1927 |
Country | Egypt |
Based in | Cairo |
Language | Arabic |
Website | nbn-resolving |
References
edit- ^ Fīlīb dī Ṭarrāzī (1913–1914). Tārīḫ aṣ-ṣiḥāfa al-ʿarabīya. Beirut. p. 209.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Badrawi, Malak (2000). Political Violence in Egypt, 1910-1924: Secret Societies, Plots and Assassinations. Curzon Press. p. 89.
- ^ a b Keren Zdafee (2019). Cartooning for a Modern Egypt. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-41037-4.