The Egyptian literary magazine al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر; English: The Dawn) was published weekly in Cairo between 8 January 1925 and 31 January 1927.[1][2] Ahmed Khairi Sa'id was editor-in-chief.[2]
| Categories | Literary |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | 8 January 1925 |
| Final issue | 31 January 1927 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
A group of young writers of the al-Madrasa al-Haditha ("Modernist School"), including Mahmoud Taymour (1894 -1973), Mahmoud Tahir Laasheen (1894-1954), Yahya Haqqi[3] (1905-1993) and Husayn Fawzy (1900-1988), are considered to be the founders of the magazine.[4] Some of them increased their popularity inside and outside of Egypt by publishing their works in al-Fajr.
Generally, the declared aim of the journal was reaching the renaissance of the Egyptian literary scene and in particular "intellectual independence".[5]
References
edit- ^ Robin Ostle (2000). "The "Apollo" Phenomenon". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 75–76. ISSN 1121-2306. JSTOR 25802896.
- ^ a b "فتحى سيد فرج - محمود طاهر لاشين : رائد القصة القصيرة المنسى 1/2". /www.ahewar.org. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Miriam Cooke (1981). "Yahya Haqqi as Critic and Nationalist". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 13 (1): 21–34. doi:10.1017/S0020743800055057. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 163285.
- ^ O. A. (o. J.): Development of Arabic Short Story. [1], Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski (1986). Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900-1930. New York und Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 125.
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