Apollo (Egyptian Arabic: اپولو; DMG: Apūllū) was an Arabic magazine, which appeared in Egypt from 1932 to 1934.[1][2] The first issue was published in September 1932.[3] Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955) was the founder of the magazine.[2] He was also the publisher of the first 25 issues and founded simultaneously the "Apollo Poet Society"[4] which was dedicated to the renewal of Arab poetry and the disposal of traditional conventions.[5]
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| Editor | Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi |
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| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Founder | Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi |
| Founded | 1932 |
| First issue | September 1932 |
| Final issue | 1934 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Apollo |
Abu Shadi was not only a poet and author of numerous papers on politics, social reform, Islam and art but also a translator of some works by Hafez, Omar Khayyam and Shakespeare.[6] His journal became an important medium for experimental Arabic poetry outside of Egypt and was considered to be a pioneer of modern Arabic literature.[7]
After working as a publisher he went to the University of Alexandria to teach medicine and finally emigrated to New York in 1946. There he edited various Arab diaspora magazines.[8]
In 1957 another magazine entitled Shi'r was established in Beirut, Lebanon, by the Shi'r movement which was significantly affected by the poetic approach of the Apollo Poet Society and Apollo.[9]
References
edit- ^ Elisabeth Kendall (July 1997). "The Marginal Voice: Journals and the Avant-garde in Egypt". Journal of Islamic Studies. 8 (2): 223. doi:10.1093/jis/8.2.216.
- ^ a b S. Moreh (1968). "Free Verse "(Al-shi'r al-hurr)" in Modern Arabic Literature: Abū Shādī and His School, 1926-46". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 31 (1): 30. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00112777.
- ^ Robin Ostle (2000). "The "Apollo" Phenomenon". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 73–84. JSTOR 25802896.
- ^ J. Brugmann, An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt (in German), London: Brill, pp. 151–204
- ^ "أحمد زكي أبو شادي" (in Arabic). Khayma. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Robin Ostle (1994), "Modern Egyptian Renaissance Man", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (in German), vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 184–192, doi:10.1017/s0041977x00028226
- ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Trends and movements in modern Arabic poetry (in German), London: Brill, p. 370
- ^ Slimane Z.Ghidour, La poésie arabe moderne entre l'Islam et l'Occident (in German), Paris: Karthala, p. 126
- ^ John Haywood (1978). "Book review". Die Welt des Islams. 18 (3–4): 236. JSTOR 1570475.